Character creatures:
Gakupo – Werewolf Luka – Corpse Bride Dell – Demon
Kaito – Vampire Rook – Demon Sora – Angel
Miku – Witch Kiyoteru – Elder Kiku – Siren
Meiko – Spider goddess Piko – Ghost Teto – Tengu
Rin & Len – Ghouls Neru – Grim reaper Lily – Fey
Ted – Elf Miki – Brownie (Modified) Haku – Banshee (Fallen angel)
Chapter 1
This is a host club?
I walked up the steps with a sigh. My mom had told me to stop by and pay the guys who live in the mansion next store. I've been keeping an eye on the place for a while now and I always see women coming in and out. Frankly I've never even seen who lives there so that's part of the reason why I agreed to deliver the money. The other reason is to find out why my mom is paying them.
So as I walked up the steps, I was confused and nervous. I have no idea what kind of people these people are and with women leaving all the time…this could be some creepy harem or something…but the girls wouldn't be able to leave if it was a harem right? Maybe a prostitute house? Maybe a sex house? I don't know what to expect or what I'll find…but I finally got enough nerve to ring the door bell.
The door opened with the smell of roses hitting me in the face. It was almost intoxicating. What did they do? Drop a perfume bomb. It's like the dumped pound of rose perfume everywhere. I coughed.
"Why hello miss." A guy with long purple hair tied into a pony tail said. He wore black jeans, a white dress shirt which was only buttoned by one button in the middle and black shoes.
"Uh hi. I live next store and my mom told me to bring money over to you guys. Not sure why but here." I held out an envelope to him. He smiled and took the envelope.
"How nice of you to deliver this. If you had called, I would have gladly come to retrieve it."
"I was thinking about it but in the long run, I needed to go on a walk anyways." I turned. "See ya." I began to descend the stairs when a black limo pulled up in front of the house. A woman in a black dress that looked like it was made out of rubber stepped out and walked past me up the stairs.
"Hello Gakupo is Kaito here?" the women asked.
"Yes of course Mrs. Shizuka" Gakupo stepped aside for her to enter. She walked in with a smile. Gakupo looked at me. "Would you like to come inside?"
"No thanks." I continued down the steps. I hit looked at the Limo. "Nice." I began down the drive way. Gakupo caught up to me quickly. "Do please come in. It's the least I can do for making you come all this way to deliver this."
"First of all, I walked a max of two minutes here and second of all, the least you can do is nothing. I like nothing pretty well." I continued on.
Gakupo caught my arm. "Please miss"
I looked at him. "You're very persistent aren't you?" I sighed. "Fine, but only for a little while. I have other things to do then talk to a purple haired boy."
He smiled and led me up the steps to the mansion. He pushed the door open for me. I sighed and walked in. The place had the biggest living room I've ever seen. Next to the door was a bar. There were at least 20 couches in the middle of the room in sets of two facing each other with coffee tables in the middle. In the corners were longer couches that curved with the walls. There were at least 8 guys. Scratch that. 7 guys and two girls but both girls looked a little to male to be female. If it wasn't for the brown haired girl's giant boobs and the blond girl's clips in her hair I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
"What…what is this place?" I asked.
Gakupo smiled. "A host club."
"Damn I was way off" I mumbled.
The brown haired girl sat on a couch in the corner flittering with a man white the buttons of his dress shirt undone and his tie untied hanging around his neck. The Blond girl sat with what seems to be her twin entertaining two girls who sat across front of them on a couch.
Then there was a man with blue hair who sat with the lady from the limo on a couch in the corner. They were both drinking wine.
There was a guy with glasses with a girl white pink hair on his lap. They were making out which made me move on to the next host.
This guy had short gray hair and looked a little girlish. He was talking to another guy who also seemed to be a host with gray hair who seemed utterly bored by everything. This host was much more manly then the other.
Sitting in the third corner was a guy with black hair with a red streak on his bangs. He looked like a tough guy with his black leather jacket and his leather pants and his leather boots. He was entertaining a girl that seemed maybe two years older then me. She wore a college uniform which explains it.
Then there was a guy with blond hair behind the bar wearing a white dress shirt with a black vest, black dress paints and a red tie. He seemed utterly uninterested by what was going on.
"Sora" Gakupo said. He placed the envelope. "Money for Dell…or was it Piko"
"Dell? Piko?" I asked.
"The guy tough guy with the gray hair. The other one it Piko. Apparently your mother was here the night before." Gakupo shrugged.
"She would" I mumbled.
Gakupo smiled. "Come." He took my hand and sat me down on a couch. He sat next to me. "Is this your first time at a host club?"
"You think I'm the kind of girl who comes to a host club for fun." I leaned back against the couch. "I don't think so. At this point, I find this place pointless. I mean host clubs only make false fantasies. What these girls should be doing is getting a man and creating there own fantasies. That's much more fun then having someone do that for me."
Gakupo half smiled. "That's very interesting point miss."
"It's Gumi. Gumi Magpoid."
"Well Mrs. Magpoid. You make a valid point. I'll have to give Kaito this information."
"May I get you anything miss?" Sora asked. He stood next to the couch with an impassive look on his face.
"No thank yo –"Gakupo cut me off.
"Wine. Two glasses please."
"Yes of course." Sora walked away.
"I'm not allowed to drink wine. It's illegal."
"How old are you?"
"19"
"One year off. No harm done"
"Plenty harm done!" I snapped.
Gakupo smiled with amusement. Your not gonna make me drink that bottle all by myself will you?"
"Knock yourself off. Get alcohol poisoning why don't you?" I crossed my arms across my chest. My phone went off. I reached in my pocket and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey sweet heart. How do you like the host club?" mom asked excitedly.
"I hate it." My eyes narrowed. "You told him to do this didn't you?"
"Yes"
"You suck"
"Love you to sweet heart."
"Yeah whatever. What are we having for dinner?"
"Eat there."
"But –"she hung up. "Damn" I hissed closing my phone. "I'm gonna kick her ass."
"Such harsh language to come out of a pretty mouth." Gakupo said.
"You" I pointed at him. "Don't pull your host crap on me. I'm not that simple"
"That was your mother? What did she say?"
"That she wants me to eat here." I mumbled.
"Wonderful." Gakupo smiled and took my hand. "Then please follow me." He helped me up and headed for a door on the other side of the room. While we passed the bar Gakupo stopped and leaned over the bar to whisper something to Sora. Sora nodded and began to clean a wine glass. Gakupo continued pulling me into the room.
When we walked inside, there was a long table with a white table cloth over it. There were about 11 chairs. Gakupo slid a chair out for me next to the head spot at the table. He sat down in the head spot.
A woman with blue pig tails came out of a separate room carrying two dishes with the silver cover thingies over each plate. She placed them in front of us and removed the tops revealing two steaks. Gakupo's looked so rare that it was oozing juices…or is that blood?
Mine on the other hand looked medium well. I sighed and looked up at the girl. "Thank you very much."
"You're certainly welcome." She went back to the kitchen.
"Are you gonna eat that?" I asked nervously.
"Well of course I'm gonna eat it." Gakupo said cutting into the steak.
My eyes widened. "You'll get sick eating like that. At least cook it a little."
"It is cooked a little. It's slightly cooked."
I rolled my eyes. "That's disgusting." I sighed and cut into my steak. It was delicious. Gakupo took a big bite of his steak. I watched him out of the corner of my eye as I took my second bite. Gakupo looked at me. I looked back at my steak.
Gakupo smiled with amusement again. "Am I bothering you?"
"No" I took another bite of my steak. "And you're your information; don't expect me back here again."
He smiled. "Oh of course not Miss Magpoid." Gakupo took another bite of his steak.
"I'm starved!" Dell announced walking into the room. He looked at me. "She new?"
"No" Gakupo answered.
"Thanks you impassive ass hole." Dell sat down at a seat. "You know Luka's gonna be pissed with this chick in her chair."
"Miku!" Gakupo called. The pigtail girl entered the room. "Another chair please." Miku left the room to grab a chair.
Piko walked in with a smile on his face. "Miku! Can I have chicken tonight?"
"Of course!" Miku called from the other room.
"Oh hello miss!"
"Hi" I said.
"You're the neighbor right? Your mother's very nice!"
"Thank you." I shrugged. "She's strange but nice."
"Strange indeed" Dell shrugged. "But fascinating at the same time." Dell chuckled. "And her abilities are evil to say the least."
"Her abilities?" I asked.
"Oh" Dell laughed.
"Shut up you idiot." Gakupo sighed then took another bite of his steak. Miku put the chair next to mine. "You know the rules."
"She's almost there." Dell shrugged. "Why does it matter?"
"Because she doesn't want it that way."
"It's a full moon tonight. You better kick the chick out."
"As long as I don't see it its fine" Gakupo shrugged.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Guys! I found Zara!" the brown haired chick shrieked running into the room. She opened her hands to a tarantula. I screamed and fell out of my chair. "Relax, Zara likes Crickets only." Meiko waved me off. I got up. "Don't be such a pansy."
"That's a spider! Sorry I'm afraid of a giant hairy tarantula!" I yelled.
Meiko rolled her eyes and petted the Tarantula. "Relax." She sighed. "But I guess I understand since Cats hate spiders."
"Watch it Meiko" Gakupo growled.
"What does that have to do with anything? I'm not a cat." I said.
"Meiko" Gakupo warned.
"Just cut to the chase" Dell snapped. "Tell her what she is or I'll do it."
"No" Gakupo snapped. "You will not disobey the rules."
Dell rolled his eyes. "Kiku can deal with it" Suddenly black wings sprung from Dell's back.
My eyes widened. "A demon!"
"And that cats out of the bag. Pun intended" Meiko said. "Well since you know Dell's secret might as well learn them all. I'm a spider goddess. Piko over there is a ghost. Miku is a witch. The guy with the blue hair is Kaito and he's a vampire. The guy with the red high light is a Demon also. The brown haired guy with the glasses is an Elder. The blond twins, Rin and Len, are Ghouls. The girl with the pink hair, Luka, is a Corpse Bride. You'll want to hear that story. It's a good one. Anyways, the bartender, Sora, is an angel. Later you'll meet Miki and she has red hair. She's a Brownie. You'd think she'd be a burnet but she hated her brown hair so she died it. Plus her beliefs are totally different."
"Continue Meiko" Gakupo sighed.
"Right. Dell's girlfriend Haku is a Banshee which is a fallen angel. Her story is really good as well. There's also Ted who has red hair in a pony tail and he's an Elf. His girlfriend Teto also has red hair in curly pigtails and she's a Tengu which is a half bird half human creature. Her stories good but Luka's is far more interested." Meiko petted her spider. "Then there's Neru who has a blond side pony tail and she's a grim reaper which is too funny. You'll know why when you met her. Then last but not least is a blond girl named Lily and she's a Fey which she'll gladly explain to you later."
"What about my mom?" I asked.
Meiko giggled. "You'll love this" Meiko put her spider on her shoulder. "Your mom is a Siren. Do you know what that is?"
"Not a clue."
"I figured that. Siren are like mermaids that kill there victims in water and eat them. Siren are incredibly beautiful and have a voice that draws men in like a moth to a flame."
"My mom is a Siren?" I titled my head sideways. "But she has no water"
"When you're at school, she comes here to swim. We have large fences so she can be a Siren and not have to worry about people finding out."
"She ahs to eat flesh. How does that work?"
"If she eats any kind of meat, she can survive. Siren prefer human flesh. Animal meat isn't as tasteful to them compared to Human flesh."
"Oh" I said nervously.
"Do you want to know what Gakupo is?" Meiko asked curiously.
"Ok run along spider bitch" Gakupo ordered.
"Who are you calling a bitch you dick?" Meiko yelled. Zara the spider waved its front two legs angrily at him.
"Wait a second" I interrupted. Meiko and Gakupo looked at me. "You guys were talking about me earlier right? If that's true, you said that I was something. I'd like to know if you don't mind."
Dell folded his wings and they disappeared in a small puff of smoke. "You're a cat. When you turn 20, you'll grow cat ears and a tail plus the ability to turn into a cat. I'd say you have it easy. You can cover up your problem. Most of us don't have that ability. Look at Piko. No one would even be able to see him if he didn't stay here."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Do we have to explain everything to you?" Dell yelled slamming his hands onto the table.
"Relax Dell" Piko said patting his shoulder. Piko looked at me. "Kiyoteru created a device that allows us to appear human here inside this mansion. Well we have the option to be human here. We can just as easily become who we really are. Dell is right. Your abilities can be hidden by a hat and putting your tail in your pants. I'm not allowed to leave. Rin and Len have it way worse since they turn into the ugliest things I've ever seen when they step off the property. Since both Rook and Dell are demon's they can't leave with there wings out in the open. It's the same for Sora and Haku. Luka's skin is to strange and stitched together so she can't leave either. Your mother can only be away from water for so long so she's forced to come here very often."
"So this is like a haven for Mythical creatures?" I asked.
"Basically only beside's the mythical part. Were most defiantly real."
"Well of course. I can see that." I gave Piko a thumbs up. "You look good for a Ghost"
Piko smiled and disappeared. Meiko sighed. "He does that a lot. He could be anywhere on the property by now. Ghosts are nearly impossible to catch with your bare hands. Now if you have a some tracking device for Ghost like on that Ghost hunter show or something, you could catch him with ease."
"Have you caught him before?" I asked.
"Well of course. Spider's can see Ghosts just like any other animal can. It's not like anyone else can catch him."
"Come on Gumi. I want to show you something." Gakupo said getting up.
"Stay away from the windows Gakupo." Meiko warned.
"I know." Gakupo snapped. When we entered the room. The room was empty of guests so everyone was there true form. Kaito sat on a couch in the middle of the room sitting next to Rook and Len. Rin sat on the other side with Luka and Kiyoteru. Sora was closing shades on the windows as the sun set.
"What is this?" Kaito said getting up. He crossed the room in a split second and stood in front of me. "You must be Kiku's daughter." He smiled. "How I'd like to take a bite out of you."
"Yeah yeah vampire boy. When hell freezes over." I nudged Gakupo. "Show the way pony tail."
Gakupo half smiled and headed for a stair case. "Sorry. Kaito loves women a little too much…you'd do well to stay away from me."
"Who says I'm coming back?" I asked.
"You'll have to as soon as you turn 20 or you'll be forced to hide for the rest of your life. It's safer to be here." Gakupo led me up the stairs.
"I don't care if it's safer. I'm not gonna be a caged monkey." I snapped.
"It's not like that. You can leave when ever you want as long as you can hide that tail and your ears. You're not as trapped as most of us are. In fact, sometimes some of us don't come back for days. Neru's usually gone. She still get's jobs since she's a grim reaper. She never says gone for over a month."
"Can you leave?"
"As long as the full moon isn't out that day, I can leave whenever I want."
"Why the full moon?" He led me down a dark hallway with little light. Then he opened a door. He pushed me inside a dark room then shut the door and locked it. The lights turned on to a normal guy's room. A unmade bed. A desk. A T.V. and a small couch in front of it. A few posters of girls in skanky poses. A opened closet with things messily hung up. A few dirty close on the floor. What was strange was the scratch marks on the walls. It looked like a dog was trying to claw its way out of the room.
"What's with the scratch marks on the walls?" I asked.
He chuckled. "What changes into a dog in the full moon?"
I thought for a second. "I don't know a shape shifter."
Gakupo sighed and leaned against the door. "A werewolf."
"You're a werewolf?"
"Yeah."
"That's pretty awesome…it might be difficult but awesome…so you can't see the moon and your fine right?"
"Yeah" He walked over and sat on his messy bed. I sat next to him.
"Anything wrong?"
"No" He looked at the closed curtains. "It's just difficult to ignore the moon."
I took his hand. "Stay strong ok?"
He looked at me for a second with confusion then smiled. "Thanks."
"Hey! Where's my beautiful daughter!" I heard my mother yell.
"I was wondering when she'd show up" Gakupo sighed.
"That means it's time to go." I unlocked the door and grabbed the door knob. "See you tomorrow." I left leaving Gakupo smiling.
"Gumi!" mom shrieked when I descended the stairs. She had Kaito and Len tied up back to back.
I giggled. "That's a little drastic isn't it mom?"
"They were resisting" mom shrugged. She hugged me then glared at Kaito and Len. "Now what did you do to my daughter." Mom sniffed me. "Yuk! You smell like a dog! What have you been doing?"
"Ask the giant dog" I said as Gakupo walked down the stairs.
"Gakupo!" mom yelled running over and tackling him to the ground. "What did you do to my daughter?"
"Nothing!" Gakupo snapped.
"Oh, ok!" Mom got up. "Come Gumi. I'm hungry and I can't work that cooking contraption."
"You mean the stove?"
"Yes that! You're so knowledgeable with cooking supplies!" Mom sang pushing me out the door. When we were outside she smiled. "So how do you like the host club?"
"I don't know mom. How do you like Piko?"
"But he's just so cute! I can't help myself!" Mom giggled like a school girl.
I sighed. "Why did you even send me here?"
"I thought it was a good time for you to find out what we are." mom looked up at the moon. "I want you to know that after you were born, I never killed another human. Not ever. I may be a Siren but I don't want you to think that I'm like the others who go to ship wrecks and drown our victims to eat." Mom looked at me. "Now it's time for you to learn about yourself."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean learning about your kind. You're what's known as a half bread. That means that your half a human and half of some kind of animal. The cats are the most common next to centaurs. The cats are supposed to mate with Werewolves. The Werewolves lost all there females over a thousand years ago so there will never be another again. The Cat Half bread's mate with the Werewolves to create more Werewolves and Cat Half Breads are one of the only species that can have children when they mate with someone not of there kind. It's rare to find a species that can mate with another from a different species. The Cat Half Breads are also very much like cats. They tend to share certain qualities. Like being easily agitated or being very lazy."
"I'm not lazy!"
"Anyways" mom glared at me then continued. "So I'll break the news to you as lightly as possible." Mom slid an arm around my shoulders. "Your gonna mate with Gakupo"
"Hell no!" I yelled. We were walking up our drive way now.
"I'm afraid the Werewolves have been disappearing. There a dying bread and your bread isn't doing so hot either. You'll have to if you'll want your species to continue. It's your duty to do so. Just like it's my duty to create more Siren."
"But you're not a dying bread."
"That's right. Actually, my bread is one that is very well populated but if everyone thought that we have too many and stopped making Siren, we'd die off quickly. So it is my duty to create more just like it's your duty to keep making more Cat Half Breads and Werewolves. Gakupo understands as well. When he found out you were born, he knew that you'd both have to. He's more then willing to create more of his species. The question is are you?" mom and I climbed the stairs to the house. Mom unlocked the door and walked in.
"I don't want to" I said looking away from her. "I'm not gonna be forced into this. Isn't it my right to marry who I want?"
"I never said you had to marry him. You just have to mate with him."
"That sounds so slutty!"
"Do it when you're ready. I'm not saying right now…but in time you will have to create more of your kind. It's something to think about." Mom headed towards the kitchen. "Will you make dinner now?"
I sighed. "Fine"
That night I sat down on my bed and stared out the window. So much had happen. To think that all those old fairy tales are true. It's even worse that I'm gonna be apart of it when I turn 20. And it seemed to only get worse. I don't want to "mate" with a purple haired imbecile. What am I gonna do now?
But then again…I see the reason why mom wants me to do it. If it was my decision I would have agreed but something about being forced into it pisses me off. I shut my eyes and laid down on my bed staring at the ceiling. I don't want to do it. I won't. Not ever.