Kotori: Papa...
After learning of what Shino, Yuuka and Miku had done to Kaneki for the last of months and learning that they were responsible for what happened to Kaneki.
Atsuo started crying on his knees after the Higanbana girls had left the room.
Atsuo: Son... Sob~
Aiya: There, there... Kaneki is strong he'll surely get through this...
And Aiya was comforting him.
Kotori's thoughts*
(No way... This can't be happening right?!?!)
And as for Kotori, she was still in shock after witnessing their memories first hand and what she felt the most right now was... Guilt.
Kotori: Papa-
Atsuo: Kotori... Please get out...
Kotori: !!!
Atsuo: I don't think I can look at you right now...
Knowing that she helped Shino, Yuuka and Miku. Kotori understood very well, her father was also angry at her.
So instead of trying to explain herself.
Kotori: I understand...
She gave him and Aiya the space they needed with Kaneki.
She went towards the door but before leaving she had one last thing to say.
Kotori: I know I'm also at fault, but please know this. All I wanted to do was to help their love grow, that's the reason why I helped them, and I'm sorry for deceiving you both... That is all.
Creak~
Kotori then opened the door and left the room, leaving Atsuo and Aiya alone with Kaneki.
Drizzle~
Kotori: Oh... It's raining. It's like even the sky is crying...
As she got out of the room, Kotori noticed it raining from a window nearby.
She got closer to it and placed her hand directly on the glass before staring blankly at the rainy skies while she drifted into her thoughts.
Kotori's thoughts*
(How could they? I thought they loved Kaneki-chan? I don't understand... Could everything they've done up until now be planned to do this to Kaneki-chan?)
Even Kotori was a little convinced that Shino, Yuuka and Miku was guilty.
(Wait a minute.)
But after thinking about it carefully.
Kotori: That's... Not right...
The way those three acted in the memory did not make any sense at all.
(It could just be that they were hiding their true feelings... But the way they acted in the memory... It all felt oddly fake.)
Kotori: And it could just be they were devastated after being discovered, but the way they reacted after seeing their memories...
Remembering how those three looked after seeing their memories of what happened and how odd they acted in said memories, Kotori felt something was very wrong.
Kotori: Hmm...
As she continued to stare blankly at the rainy sky.
"It wasn't them"
Kotori: Huh?!
She heard a voice which instantly made her turn around to see who said it and.
Kotori: No one's here...
No one was nearby.
Kotori: ...
But even without seeing anybody nearby, she knew she wasn't hearing things.
Kotori: That was definitely a spirit.
She knew she wasn't hearing things and the voice came from a spirit.
Kotori: Whoever is here right now, please tell me what you know?
She tried to communicate and immediately got a response, but it wasn't an answer to her question.
"Can't"
"Busy"
"Must tend"
Kotori: !!!
Kotori tensed up after realizing it wasn't just one but two of them.
Kotori: What?! What do you mean?!
She tried asking again but no more response came after.
Kotori: ...
Without hearing a response, she looked back at the last things the two spirits said.
Kotori: "Can't" "Busy" "Must tend" as she spoke these words she quickly pieced it together.
Kotori: Wait...
She approached the room and gently opened the door so she wouldn't make a sound.
She peeked through the barely opened door and looked at Kaneki's unconscious body.
Shake~!
It was still shaking but after her encounter with two spirits just now.
(Are they the ones responsible for his shaking? Are they trying to possess him? No that's not th case.)
"Must tend"
(It seems like these two spirits are worried about him, so "Must tend" probably means they are trying to heal him.)
After enough looking, Kotori gently closed the door and went back to the window and stared outside once more.
Kotori: "It wasn't them".
Remembering the three's strange behavior both in their memories and what happened earlier, and what the spirits said.
Kotori came to a conclusion.
Kotori: What we saw wasn't the complete truth wasn't it?
After saying this, she wore a face filled with determination.
Kotori: My mission right now is Uncover and bring the truth to light.
Knowing that the full truth of what happened in the rooftop wasn't complete, Kotori assigned a mission to herself to find what really happened.
Kotori: Hmm... Where should I start first though?
But she had no lead.
Kotori: I can't start if I don't have any leads... C'mon Kotori, there has to be something?
She looked into her own memories until she got to a certain point.
Flashback*
Miku: There's some weird guy staring at us over there.
Miku: Huh? Where did that weird person go?
Flashback end*
Kotori: Wait Miku-chan mentioned something about a weird guy when we were sneaking in this morning...
Remembering how Miku was the only one to see someone that she nor Shino or Yuuka saw at the time was very strange.
Kotori: Maybe that's related?
She wasn't completely sure if what Miku said was related, but that alone was good enough for her to start her investigation.
Kotori: I guess I'll have to find Miku-chan first. She probably hasn't gone far right?
Swoosh~
Kotori opened the window and climbed out.
Kotori: I'm so sorry janitors but you'll need to clean that up.
After apologizing to the janitors, Kotori grabbed tightly on the walls and looked down and immediately saw them.
Kotori: Huh?
She saw Shino, Yuuka and Miku all on their knees at the parking lot in the middle of the rain.
Kotori: ...
She was speechless but seeing them in that state made her angry, she wasn't angry at them but for them.
Kotori: I don't know why... but I feel very angry for them right now. Well then.
Crack!
Swoosh!
She Demonized turning into her Demon form and quickly flew down to check up on them.
At the parking lot*
All 3: It's our fault... It's our fault...
Swoosh!
Kotori: ... It's worse than I thought.
Kotori had landed in the parking lot where the three of them were.
She already knew they were devastated, but upon a closer inspection. It was worse than she expected.
Looking at them with sadness in her eyes, she saw how soaked they were from the rain.
Kotori: Poor things... You're all soaking wet.
Slash!
Splash!
She slashed her arm letting blood flow out and then she used her copied ability, blood clones.
Kotori: Don't worry Onee-chan will take care of you.
Even though Kotori was in the middle of an investigation, she wouldn't want to hurt them any further so by creating two more blood clones that she can see through and control.
She was going to monitor the three of them for the time being.
Grip!
Kotori: Let's go home.
Splash!
Using Darkness travel, Kotori and her clones brought Shino, Yuuka and Miku to their homes.
(Kaneki-chan. Please wait a bit longer I'll fix the broken bond of your friends, and once we find out the truth we'll deal with it together.)
And now she will now start searching for the whole truth.