CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:
FREEDOM IS NEVER PERMANENT.

     THE THIRD DAY STARTED the same for Y/N. She woke up early and prepared herself to get breakfast, while Kaneki was already waiting for the girl to come out from her room so he could invite her to eat together.

     Of course, she agreed. Kaneki was one of the few people she got friends with in an instant in a span of two days, along with Yukinori.

     "Good morning, Kaneki-kun!" She greets excitedly, waving her head a bit as she went out of her room, already wearing her training attire for the day.

     The white haired boy smiles in return and slightly bowed, "good morning, Y/N. Do you want to get breakfast together?" He asks, flashing her an innocent look.

     The girl nods her head. "Sure!" Kaneki flashes her a smile once again and offers his arm for her to hold on. Y/N looks down on his arm, a confused smile etched on her face, bewildered at the sudden gesture. But she just shrugs it off and proceeds to hold onto him.

     The two made their to the lunch area. After getting their own portions of food, they chose their own spot and sat in front of each other then began eating.

     "Ah, I wonder what we'll be doing today." Y/N wonders after swallowing the chewed dish in her mouth. Kaneki hummed, looking up a bit while placing an index finger on his chin in a thinking manner.

     He hummed, "I think it'll be the same though, you'll go through training with Yukinori-san then do few paperworks. Oh! I heard that he'll bring us to patrol today." He smiled.

     The girl's E/C irises widened in excitement. "Really? That's great! Will that be it?" Kaneki paused, his sweet smile turning into a smirk, earning a look of confusion from the girl. "Uhh, what is it, Kaneki-kun?"

     He chuckled and shook his head, "nothing! It's just... I heard that we'll be doing something after going on patrol tonight when we return."

     "Mhm? What is it?"

     Kaneki playfully scowls at her, "nope! No telling you! I want it to be a surprise!" He said then winks at her in a teasing manner. Y/N puckers out her bottom lip in a pout, the boy internally cooing at the sight. "Eh? Tell me!"

     "Nope!"

     "Tell me, Kaneki-kun!"

     "Never!"

     "Why not?!"

     "It's a surprise!"

     "I don't want it to be a surprise!"

     "Well, I want it to be!"

     "Please?!"

     "That won't work on me, Y/N."

     The girl sighs dramatically, playfully sulking from her small bickering with Kaneki. "Fine. But at least tell me, if it involves you and I, and not just me and Shinohara-san?"

     Kaneki smiles, "yep! I'm actually excited for it!"

     "Ah, you must be excited for your training with Kaneki, Y/N." They suddenly heard, causing their heads to snap at Shinohara's direction. Kaneki frowned. "Yukinori-san! Why would you tell her? I was trying to surprise her!" He sulked. Y/N laughs loudly, "hah! So that's the surprise!"

     Shinohara paused, looking at the white haired boy in a confused manner. "Oh, you're trying to surprise her? Sorry about that, Ken." He added a tiny chuckle at the end.

     Y/N lets out a small laugh again, "aw, that's all right, Kaneki-kun! I'm so excited to train with you later!" Then she pats the boy's white locks, him leaning in her touch as an instinct. She paused a bit, Kaneki's actions reminding her of a certain someone.

     Ah, I must've been missing him lately even if it's only been three days.

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     "Good! You've been improving more, Y/N. Good job!" Shinonara praises after him and Y/N just finished their training for the day.

     The girl was able to win over him twice during their five matches for the training. Shinohara felt like a father even though he has only known the girl for three days, and he could see that she was improving well despite the fact that she's already good as she is from her past experiences.

     Y/N grinned widely, "thank you, Shinohara-san!" the pro-hero lets out a tiny chuckle then ruffled the girl's H/C locks. "All right, take a rest. We'll go on a patrol after thirty minutes."

     "Okay!" She nods and gets out from the training room to return to her own room and dressed out of her training clothes.

     The girl took a short bath before changing into her hero costume. After a while, she glances over the clock in her room, checking the time. Realizing that she still has ten minutes, she decided to call Aizawa since it's been days since the last time they talked.

     Y/N brought out her phone and instantly went to her father's contact then she clicked the call button. The phone started ringing, signifying that she's currently just waiting for the adult to finally answer the call.

     After a few rings, Aizawa finally answered and Y/N smiled upon hearing her guardian's voice. "Hello, Y/N..."

     "Dad! I missed you!"

     Aizawa smiles from the other side of the line. "Yeah, I miss you too, kid. How's your internship doing?"

     The girl beamed, "it's doing amazing! Shinohara-san is a good guy and Kaneki-kun, too! Shinohara-san kept praising me whenever I do a good job, but he never stitches me up..."

     Aizawa mentally sighed, the tiny smile that he got when his daughter called him instantly formed into a frown as soon as he heard her words. "Oh, really... Well, he doesn't need to, Y/N. Good girls don't have to be stitched up anymore."

     Y/N paused for a moment, her lips forming into a straight line. But Miss Momma... She decided to shrug it off and nod her head, momentarily forgetting they're in a call. "All right, sorry, Dad."

     "No need to apologize, N/N. Anyway, have you been talking to Henshin? Hizashi kept whining over here, saying that he misses him." He sighed. The girl giggled. "ah, goodluck to you, Dad!"

     Aizawa sighs heavily, letting out a chuckle at the end. "All right, all right. I got to go, kid, okay? You be good and don't do anything reckless." He reminds in a stern voice.

     Y/N smiles and brought her hand up to her head as she saluted, her tone getting deeper. "Yes, sir!" She joked. Aizawa chuckles one last time, "'love you, kid." He softly says. "'Love you, too, Dad."

     And with that, they ended the call. Y/N plopped herself on her bed with a content smile after talking to her father, not minding one bit if her hair turns into a mess after she had just fixed it.

     After a short while, she finally heard a knock on her door. So she stood up and immediately went to open it, showing Kaneki who was already wearing his hero costume and his mask while standing in front of the girl's door.

     "Woah, you look cool, Kaneki-kun!" She beamed, running her eyes over the boy's figure which suddenly made him feel small and shy, him blushing behind his mask. "A..Ah, thank you, Y/N. But, are you ready to go now?" He asks.

     The girl nods. "Yep! I'll just fix something for a second." She earned a nod from the boy and went back inside to her room.

     She lifted her skirt and made sure all her 1/56 scorpion knives were intact with the extra holster in her skirt, as well as her other dagger on her thigh. Then she summoned her scythe, making sure it was on perfect condition.

     Once she was all done, she smiled at herself in front of the mirror and winked. Then she stuffed her phone into one of her dress's hidden pocket before going back to the door where Kaneki still stood waiting.

     "All right, I'm good to go!"

     Suddenly, Kaneki chuckles and pointed at her hair, the girl tilting her head in confusion in return. The boy sighed with a tiny smile as be reluctantly brought up his hands, but continue nonetheless to fix the loose and messed up strands of her H/C locks.

     "All right, now you're really good to go." He smiled and leads the way. Y/N continues to smile, but her minds were running, and there's only one thing where she could be think of. Henshin always do that for me.

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     Shinohara walked aimlessly on the sidewalks in his hero costume just like his usual patrols, just walking around until he comes across with an incident or a problem with the citizens. But this time, Y/N and Kaneki were trailing behind him, smiling every now and then to their side whenever someone would greet them.

     While the three were walking ahead, Shinohara would give out lectures and advices towards Y/N about things she should whenever she would go out on a patrol, which she would nod at.

     Suddenly, a man came running towards them, his figure bumping harshly with Y/N's ffigure that caused the both of them to fall on the ground, the man falling on top of her.

     Shinohara and Kaneki panicked upon seeing this and went to help Y/N. But they weren't quick enough when the man was able to whisper something in the girl's ear that somehow made her eyes grew bigger in confusion, shock and anxiety.

     "Ah, I apologize for bumping into to you! I'm kind of in a hurry, I'm running late for my job!" The man goes back to his panicking self and immediately stood up, not even thinking about helping the girl on the ground.

     "It's all right, please be careful next time." Kaneki gently reminds, reaching out to take the girl's hand and pulled her up. The man bowed and apologizes once more before dashing away from them, the smirk he's giving towards Y/N's direction going unnoticed by him and Shinohara.

     When the man finally left, Y/N was standing up properly again but her gaze was focused on the ground, her E/C irises still widened.

     For some reason, the man's words made her anxious and scared, she could literally feel her heart beating rapidly against her chest and she could hear his words ringing in her ears.

     Enjoy your remaining days of freedom, reaper. She will come back, she always will. Don't forget that she owns both of you.

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     The man loomed over the blue haired villan's figure, one of his katana slashing through his shoulder. "In order to accomplish anything, you need a creed... A mind!" The hero killer, Stain exclaimed as his irises glared down at Shigaraki.

     He continues, "that those weaklings, who lack them both, are culled is only natural. That is why you'll die."

     Despite his threatening words, Shigaraki still had the guts to laugh out but soon he winced from the gash on his shoulder. "Owww, you're strong, damn it! Blackmist! Quick, send him back!" He calls out to his comrade.

     Blackmist, also known as Kurogiri, just groaned. "My body, it won't move! This must be the work of the hero-killer's quirk."

     Stain scoffs, "the word 'hero' has lost all meaning! In this society overrun by fakes even criminals who are just aimlessly scattering around their 'power' become target to purges... Hah!" He exclaimed, leaning his katana near the blue haired villain's hand on his face.

     Shigaraki's vermillion irises immediately grew bigger and at the same time, he used his right hand to grasp the blade with his hand. The katana slowly disintegrating due to his quirk.

     "Just, just wait a sec..." He stuttered out. "This palm... you can't. I'll kill you." The blue haired man-child suddenly lowered his voice in a serious manner.

     "You're awfully talkative... A conviction? A creed? I ain't got anything so dramatic... Though if I were forced to say... It's All Might. I wanna crush the society, where that trash is set up so high and mighty to the goddamn ground! That's what I've been thinking!"

     All of a sudden, he threw his arm towards Stain, who avoided by jumping away from him. "Ah, right in that last scar'd finally closed up. We don't have a healer in our party!" Shigaraki complains. "Why don't you take responsibility for it?"

     "So that's what you're about..." Stain muttered, earning a confused sound from Shigaraki. "Huh?" The hero killer continued, "it seems our goals lie at polar opposites... But, destroying today's society is the one point we have in common."

     Shigaraki furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance. "Are you fucking kidding me? Get the fuck out and die. Aren't I the 'type you despise the most'? I tested your mettle. Those at death's door always express their trye colors. You are an odd one, but a 'mind'... The sprouts of a crooked creed dwell inside you."

     Stain remained silent, having no words to respond to the blue haired villain. But all of a sudden, the bar's entrance bursted open, causing their head to immediately snap towards it and they could only look at the figure in confusion and annoyance at the same time.

     "Who the hell are you?" Shigaraki rasped out. The figure chuckled darkly, lowering their black sunglasses, showing their irises. "Now, now, ladies. Don't get so tense around me. I'm your ally!"

     Shigaraki groaned. "I don't care. Tell me who the fuck you are." Due to the tone of his voice, the guards behind the person pointed their guns at him almost immediately, they quickly raised their hand and told them to lower their weapons.

     She sighs out, "I'm known as Miss Momma. And I'm here to help you, in order to bring back what is mine."

END OF CHAPTER.