I entered the sanctuary with a bucket of flowers for my parents and Mari. It's been a while since I came to visit, basically beacuse I was busy with my training. I placed the flowers on the grave and took a seat on the ground, hugging my knees.

"Mom, dad, Mari... sorry that I haven't visited you for so long, I asked Yomo-san to train me and believe it or not... I actually turned out to be of use" I smiled shyly as I told my family what was currently going on in my life.

"Yomo-san is really strickt and bossy but thanks to that I managed to complete his training... finally I can proceed with my goal..." I looked over to my parents.

"Mom, dad, I am really sorry that I don't remember anything from the time we spend together... but no matter what I heard, I know that you loved me very much... and I love you too" my eyes moved to Mari.

"Mari... you risked your own life to save mine and for that I am in your debt forever. We may not be sisters by blood but to me you mean the world, I learned so many things from you and experienced happiness... I can not say how lucky I am to have known such a great person like you" my eyes were watery but I continued to speak.

"I promise that I will stop Kanou from continuing his experimentations ... and the CCG... I won't let your deaths be in vane." I stood up from the ground and took my leave, my heart felt lighter after I talked with my family.

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"2 vanilla ice creams with strawberry topping please!" Shiho ordered at the restaurant we met after I left the grave.

"Since when do you like vanilla?" I asked raising an eyebrow at her.

"Since... now?" she replied giving me a smirk.

"How come?" I crossed my arms and waited for her to spill the beans.

"Ok, ok! there is this cute guy I am going out with and he is totally into vanilla stuff... so I thought I try it out too until I come to like it..." she replied and I let out a sigh.

"Really? you are doing this because of a guy?" her face got all fluffy and red as she thought about the guy.

"He is so worth it!! look how cute he is!!" she showed me a picture of the guy but I stayed uninpressed.

"So... why are you doing this again?" her mood dropped as she placed her phone away.

"Really? you don't feel anything when you look at a hottie like that?" she growled.

"Should I?" I replied.

"YES YOU SHOUULLLDDD, JUST LOOK HOW HOT HE IS!!" I placed my face on the table and kissed the wooden plate.

"Is that the reason why you called me out here today?" I asked slightly annoyed.

"Well...." I let out another sigh.

"I should have known when you squeal in the phone last night..." she played with her finger tips innocently.

"Come on (First name), you can't tell me that you never have been in love with someone" she rested her elbows on the table and stared at my downed head.

"I haven't" I replied annoyed.

"Really? not even a crush?" I shook my head.

"Nope" she let out a sigh and then the waitress walked over with our dessert in her hands.

"Here is your order, enjoy!" she smiled as she placed the plates in front of us and I was forced to remove my miserable face from the wooden plate.

"Thank you very much" I said and picked up the spoon.

"You are pretty green for a girl your age..." Shiho said as she watched me stuffing a large portion of ice cream into my mouth.

"How about this guy you are living with, Yomo-san? he is really handsome and has a very good body..." I noticed how my cheeks flamed as she mention Yomo.

"Oh damn... I am drooling just imagining him cupping my face and whispering sweet nothings in my ear..." my face exploded and I pressed my eyes together.

"Stop imagining it too!!!! he would never do such a thing in the first place, he is way to monotone for lovey dovey things like that!!! cut out already and get it together!!" I screamed some sense into myself.

"What I would give to taste those sweet soft lips of his once..." she continued to dream.

"Please stop it! stop imagining it! stop imagining it!!"

"His large hands tracing over my waist up to my back.... when his mouth connects with mine".

"NOOOOO STOPP IT I CAN'T TAKE THIISSS!"

"CUT IT OUT ALREADY I AM TRYING TO ENJOY MY ICE CREAM!!!" it burst out of me and she could not hold back her smirk as she saw the huge blush on my cheeks.

"Got you!" she thought to herself as I sunk my face and stuffed more ice cream into my mouth to cool my hot head.

"L-Let's not talk about Yomo-san, I clearly don't have those kind of feelings for him" I stuttered.

"Such a bad liar" Shiho smirked at me and changed the subject to prevent my face from getting any darker.

"Ok then if you say so, let's talk about your visit at the grave today" I was glad she stopped.

"How did it go?" she asked curious.

"I talked to my family about my future plans..." I said lookig up to her face after my blush finally disappeared.

"Your still thinking about taking down Kanou and the CCG's reaper?" I nodded.

"Yeah, that's my plan"she had mixed feelings about it since it sounded easier than done.

"But the CCG is really strong... how do you plan to take out their reaper??? remember" she leaned over the table to whisper in my ear.

"You are not a ghoul, without any supernatural strenght you can't win against such a monster" I was very well aware of that fact.

"I know, my strenght isn't enough to take him out but at least I can weaken him until he tells me what I want to know" I stuffed another big spoon in my mouth.

"And that is?" my eyes sharppened.

"The name of the person who sold out my parents" her eyes widened.

"What? I thought that was a coincidence?" I was silent for a moment but I remembered Yomo's story and I was sure that the CCG did not appear out of coincidence in the bakery that day.

"It wasn't... I did some research after I heard what happened from Yomo-san"

"And, what did you find out?" my hands tightly squizeed the spoon.

"On that day my father was in the office, usually my mother runs the bakery alone because my father was responsible to for the business and marketing meetings at the campus and rarely visiting the shops at all. But that day he was doing some paper work in the bakery office when the CCG walked in, they already knew about the ghoul customer that was visiting the bakery everyday. However they decided to arest him exactly on this day when my father was in the shop... My father was not only a business man, he was also sharing a partnership with a private detective company. He gave them the job to find me but instead the detectives digged up some stuff about the CCG that wasn't supposed to go public" Shiho listed with full attention, she knew how important this was to me.

"The CCG found out about the detective and cornered him until he spilled the name of the client. My parents died because they wanted to find clues about my whereabouts, but the newspaper reported that they died as accomplices for covering a ghoul" Shiho looked down into her plate, the ice cream started melting already.

"I always thought that the CCG were the good people who protected the world from ghouls...but as it turns out they are not any better than ghouls..." I finished my last piece of the desert.

"That is the reason why I want to change something, this world we are living in is nothing but a puppet show. We are only hanging on strings that are controlled by others who don't want us to break free." I placed my spoon down and stood up from the table.

"What are you planning to do next?" she asked.

"I think it's time for me to step out on the stage, I have kept myself hidden long enough... it's time to introduce the CCG to the black cat"

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