Tangled Web
Chapter 1
She hung suspended in the air deep in thought. 'Just when I think I've figured him out, he actually surprises me again.' She smiled a small smile as she felt a vibration in her web. 'That would be Centoria. The others should be getting up soon.' She moved to clean her web and undo any tangles. 'Miia should be fun to tie up...but I'll visit him and treat him special...' She felt another vibration from the web. 'That would be Papi and Suu...those two will be a handfull.' After clearing her web she moved to the window. As she was about to leave she felt two more vibrations. 'The first was Miia and the second was...the front door.' She had some of her spun silk in hand and jumped out the window making a great silent landing. As she opened his window she viewed him as he slept. 'I think I should let my honey gets some rest...' She started to web the closed door to where it wouldn't open. She spun a small web to hang from to watch him as he slept.
"Darling...Why won't this door open…?" Miia on the other side of the door was trying to open it.
"He's still asleep?" Agent Smith sounded a little annoyed.
'He needs his rest...and the only web he should fall into is mine.' Rachnera looked darkly to the door.
The door fell to pieces as Centoria cut it down. "Rachee-san, you did this again?"
"At least I'm not on top about to mate with him this time...though that does give me ideas…" Rachnera had a seductive tone in her voice.
"Over my dead body!" Miia was in his room quick, only to be tied up by spider silk.
"Oh you don't need to go that far. At least we're not in America where they still look at us like demons…" Rachnera looked away with alot of hate.
"Thats actually why I'm here. Since Darling-kun has been a great role model for all host families we would like to set up webcams so that Americans will come around to coexistence." Agent Smith smiled to them all.
"You mean-" Centoria started.
"-their still bigoted against Extra-species?" Rachnea had no surprise in her voice.
"Well...the Extra-species that live over there have to hide or run. If one is discovered they are usually sent to a lab at Area 51 as an 'Alien'. We need to stop those experiments if we are to be truly successful at full integration. Now getting them to tell the truth and releasing their prisoners is a whole other matter." Agent Smith looked a little agitated.
"It's why you won't send us over." Rachnea looked to Agent Smith.
"It's no guarantee that they won't try to snatch you up...as for Darling-kun he might even be tried for harboring illegal aliens. We are also making it free to watch, just so you know, the cameras won't be in your bedrooms. Just the living room, kitchen, main hallway and the front door." Agent Smith had their attention.
"So...how do you think they'll react?" Meroune looked seriously to Rachnera.
"Like they normally will...denouncing us and saying that we seduced my Honey to the dark side." Rachnera looked back. 'Some of us are trying, but we aren't making any headway...'
"Wh-at...my room…" Kurusu looked around sleepily.
"You woke Darling up!" Miia nearly shouted.
"Just sign here…" Agent Smith smiled as he signed them. "Here is your copy and the team will get to work."
"Through no fault of your own." Rachnera shot to Miia acidly.
"I-I'm up...now for breakfast…" He shooed them all out of his room so that he could get dressed.
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As breakfast was served Kurusu started to notice how edgy everyone but Suu, Papi, & Dullahan was. 'Is it me or are they walking on eggshells?' Usually the girls were a bit too open and in Miia's case, coiling around him.
"Rachnee-san, are you ok? You haven't hunted any of us this morning…" He brought his forehead to hers to check her temperature, completely missing the blush she had on her face.
"I'm feeling alright…" '...now...' She smiled demurely as he pulled his head away.
"It's just you, Cerea and Miia are...toned down. I know you weren't here when I said this, but please don't suffer in silence. Be yourselves when you're here. We are after all a family." He had a kind look on his face as he viewed the rest of his housemates.
"Alright...if it will make you feel better…" Rachnera finished her food and left the table.
'What did I just get myself into...' Kurusu looked down and face-palmed.
"D-Darling, you remember signing something from Agent Smith?" Miia looked nervously to him.
"Not really...what did I sign?" He looked confused as he started looking around.
"They have webcams in the living room, kitchen, main hallway, and front door. S-Since you're a great role model for host families...they want to try to get the rest of the world in on the integration of liminals...by having us on camera all the time." Miia looked back to him slowly.
"...Ok...Then we need to still be a family here. We need to be ourselves so that we can show the world what coexistence truly means." He looked around and went back to work in the kitchen.
"Is a webam what Rachnee-san makes?" Papi looked confused. Suu had the same exact expression.
"Rachnee-san doesn't make them, they give the ability to see into a place where they have been pointed…" Centoria(Cerea) started to notice the steam filling the place.
"Looks like it was too much for her…" Miia looked worriedly over to the harpy.
"No matter...Master just wants us to be happy..." Centoria just looked over to him with a slight blush as he was in the kitchen cleaning up.
"I'll go and help Master." Suu walked into the kitchen and started drying the dishes.
"I need to go to my part time job and then to classes, I'll leave Cerea and Rachnee-san in charge." He left for his room only to be tied up.
"Feel better now Honey?" A sweet voice came from the ceiling.
"Y-yes Rachee-san...this is what I know what you'll do." He smiled up to her as she loosened the strands.
"Darling! Why did you leave them in charge!" Miia sounded annoyed.
"Well, I know the house will still be intact when I get back...and they seem to work together rather well." He walked the rest of the way to his room and shut the door.
"That's not fair..." Miia slithered back to her room and slammed the door shut.
"I'll speak to him about letting her be in charge on one day...a week maybe." Centoria looked thoughtful.
"Lets play! Papi wants you to play with her!" She was bouncing on the couch while holding a controller.
"Dullahan, you're up first." Rachnera smiled from the ceiling.
"...Fine." She put her head in her lap as she picked up the other controller.
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Miia held the pillow close as she glared at the door. 'Why dose Darling seem to trust Centoria and Rachnee-san more than me?' The door opened and Centoria walked in.
"Please don't take it personally...we all know that you were the first one in this house, just understand that with all of us living here the place can be a little...chaotic." 'Especially with Papi...'
"I know I was here first...and I feel that he should only be with me...but the way he treats everyone..." Miia still hugged her pillow.
"He treats us like family. At first Master didn't understand each of our races culture...but he is learning. And before he can choose one of us as a bride, he must get to know us. All of our merits and our flaws." Centoria put her hand on the Lamia's head. "You have your heart in the right place when it comes to cooking...but please stay out of the kitchen."
"B-But-"
"I need to check up on Papi and Suu...Rachnee-san must have a headache by now." The centaur left Miia to her thoughts.
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Kurusu sat in his desk and stared at the clock, almost willing it to end the lecture that the Sensei was droning on about. The bald professor stopped and looked right at him.
"Kimihito-san, since this is a class on culture, could you tell us about your housemates culture's." The sensei's stare was joined by his classmates.
"Well...I have a Lamia, a Harpy, a Arachne, a Dullahan, a Centaur, and a Slime living with me. They tend to be...striving to learn more about our culture as I learn about theirs. Lamia's originally had to kidnap their mates...and yes the men in question was never able to leave their area. Same with the rest except for the Dullahan, Centaur, and Slime. I don't know much about Dullahans, but with Centaurs they bond themselves to a 'Master' to serve and will only let their master ride them. Slimes can gain a sentience, but usually they need moisture to survive."
"Whats an Arachne?" A female classmate asked.
"Think Centaur, but instead of a horse, its a spider." He saw the fearful looks.
"Aren't you afraid they're going to eat you?" A male student looked creeped out.
"No. They are just like you and me. They have feelings and emotions, dreams and doubts, and yes, they can even burn water...but they're like family and I treat them as such-"
"Their monsters!" Another male student blurted out.
"At least they act more human than some humans...yes we fear what we do not know. But they have had to hide and watch the world around them change. Now they can be apart of the change." He looked to his audience and smiled as he saw the gears turning in their heads.
"But why have they had to hide?" The same student shot back.
"Because of people like you." Kurusu glared at him as the student in question had a shocked look on his face. "You judge them before you get to know them, they look so different, so alien that you fear what changes they will make. I pity you."
"So what you're saying is what they did, they did for survival, correct?" The sensei didn't look the least bit annoyed at any of the outbursts.
"Yes...people will do strange things for survival. Like tribes that do ritual cannibal rites, or the Donner Party in american history." Kurusu looked to his fellow students.
"So you're saying we should welcome them with open arms?" The same male student looked at him with a haughty air.
"Yes. Teach their children in our schools, invite them to live with us in our nations and do the same in their nations. They will help us past our fear of the unknown and into a golden age for earth as a whole, not just one nation." He looked and seen a smile on the sensei's face.
"And that is all the class time we have. I want each of you to write a five hundred word essay, with both pro's and con's of Liminal integration into human society as a whole." The sensei gave the assignment as the students readied their things.
As the class gave a collective groan the male student shot daggers with his eyes at Kurusu. 'He should just go and live with them...monster lover...'
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Rachnera watched as Papi and Suu were having the time of their lives swinging from the ceiling with swings made from her silk. 'Honey should be out of class now, and on his way to his job...I wonder what was taught today...' Agent Smith walked in looking worried.
"Has Darling-kun contacted you today?"
"No, why?" Rachnera started to get a bad feeling.
"He isn't answering his cell and his part time employment hasn't seen him yet. I have the MON squad looking for him as well as the police-"
"We'll help to." Rachnera looked to Agent Smith and smiled. 'The only one able to kidnap my Honey is me.'
"Papi will help! No pro! No pro!"
"If master needs me, Master needs me."
"Master doth needs assistance, we shan't not tarry least he be hurt…"
"I...We will rescue my Darling…"
"It's not his time to die. I will be the one to reap him."
"Right...stay close to me..." Agent Smith saw the others coming out...and then saw Suu transform into Kurusu. "Ok, two teams then."
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Kimihito awoke in a dark place, as he looked around he then realized there was a black bag over his head.
"Look...the monster lover is awake...so, have you fucked any of them yet?" The voice he recognized as the hateful student. "Whoops...I forgot, you can't talk right now..."
He then felt a sharp pain as someone kicked him in the stomach, his muffled cries earning some laughter from his assaulters.
"You see, it's people like you we hate. From you will come either half-breeds or more monsters, and we can't have you diluting humanity." His world exploded as he felt a kick to his head, he felt like he was swimming in mud.
"Guys...stand back." A more authoritative voice commanded the others. He then heard the sound of metal hitting the concrete.
He got a sinking feeling as he realized he might never make it home. Strangely enough he wished to see Rachnera one more time before he died. He then felt pain come from his knee, as the sound of a sickening snap accompanied it. He was crying as they were laughing.
"Hey, I want a turn."
"Sure."
His world exploded again into pain as his other knee was broken, he was close to passing out when he heard something strange. It was as if there was something skittering above them. He felt pain as someone stomped on his shoulder.
"Have you learned your lesson? What was that? I can't hear you!" A haughty voice was laughing at his pain.
His world went black as he felt pain in his skull, the baseball bat completely knocking him out.
His assaulters were then surprised.
"You know, it's not a good idea to beat on a defenseless man. I guess you're cowards." The voice that seemed to come from everywhere in the warehouse had the tone of pity.
"Come out bitch...and we might let you leave." The authoritative voice had a hint of irritation.
"Oh...you have it all wrong, I'm not trapped in here with you. You're trapped in here with me." As she said that one of his attackers seemed to vanish.
"Where did you take Kenji you bitch?" The tone in the leaders voice was a little surprised.
"Look at what you did to my Honey...now I have to punish you." Another attacker was pulled up and into the rafters.
"Come out bitch...what are you special forces?" The leader was holding the bat in a defensive position.
"Well...I am special, but not the way you are." Another attacker was pulled and webbed up into the rafters. "Now, now, no need to give them the secret." She cooed at her latest victim.
"I'll bash his skull in, cunt. I'll kill this piece of filth right here and now." The leader readied the bat to make good on his promise.
As he swung the bat, he found himself pulled up into the rafters, completely missing his target.
"Now. Let's get one thing straight. No one kidnaps my Honey but me." The arachne looked to her last victim. The more the leader moved, the more the web tightened.
"And before I hand you over to the law...I have to punish you for what you did to my Honey."
It was too bad for the group of hoodlums as they chose the abandoned warehouse, there was no one there to hear their screams.
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A/n: I have up to vol. 5 and have read the rest online... Yes I get too many ideas rattling around in my head. Don't expect any quick updates, if they happen, they happen.