Christmas Eve Murders
is a Collateral and Tokyo Ghoul crossover fanfiction story.
During Christmas Eve, Yoriko has taken a job from Vincent into driving him to five locations in Tokyo for deliveries, but she realized that five deliveries mean five murders since he is a hitman. Can she get out of this situation on her own?
Tropes included in this fic
- An Ass-Kicking Christmas: The setting took place in Christmas Eve, in which where Vincent's murders will took place.
- Ascended Extra: After being a minor character in her series for so long, Yoriko gets to shine as the main character in this fic.
- Big Damn Heroes: In chapter 7, Yoriko saves Touka from being killed by Vincent.
- Big Damn Reunion: Yoriko gets reunited with Touka in the last chapter when she saves her from being killed by Vincent.
- Bittersweet Ending: Yoriko and Touka survive the night and Vincent is defeated. However, Yoriko's delivery car has been totalled, and many people (including Haise aka Kaneki) were killed throughout the fic and Vincent himself dies a rather tragic death.
- The Dog Bites Back: After spending the entire fic mocking and tormenting Yoriko, Vincent finds out that there is a lot more to the humble delivery girl than he anticipated.
- Extremely Short Timespan: The fanfic takes place on a single Christmas Eve night.
- Killed Off for Real: Whoever gets killed by Vincent becomes this.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Like in his movie, Vincent gives one to Yoriko for not taking any risks. Even Yoriko realized he's right about this. However, like Max, it got to her so much that she shifts into a badass and deliberately wrecks the delivery car to halt Vincent's killing spree.
- The Worf Effect: Yomo and Touka are powerful ghouls, yet Vincent is able to take them down without any problem. Only the latter has survived, thanks to Yoriko.
- Villain Protagonist: Vincent has enough significance to the plot that made him like this.
- Would Hit a Girl: Vincent's targets include Irimi, Hinami, and Touka. He is even willing to kill Yoriko for helping Touka in the climax.
