Prey to the World?

by HeatFox

Not all people have it easy with Liminals. one particular man was victim to a few uncontrolled liminals who wanted to have him as an easy lunch. Now his life is changing rapidly as he becomes the host of one in a project known as 'Monster Therapy'. With his paranoia combined with his low self-esteem, how will he deal with a monster girl, if not many? Hello everyone!

2. Well RIP me I guess

Ch. 2 RIP me, I guess

A/N Positive, positive results! Be wary that I have the tendency to update or rather fix previous chapters. I'll normally fix the missed words or points I missed. I added some details to ch.1. Check it out!

Here comes the fun!

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The sound of sniffing could be heard in the silent night. It was pitch black, save for slight light pollution from downtown. It was a night perfect for hunting. A mysterious figure had been prowling around looking for any remains or left-overs. The creature then whined, their hunt for food had been less than fruitful. "Curse these idiot humans and their healthy diets… What is with this town anyway? Nothing but Salads and fruits… Good meat ain't nothing to be afraid of! Have a steak or two! Eat some chicken! Something!"

The creature kept up its little rant against vegetarians until it saw a light coming from a house in the distance. It stopped its banter and quickly stalked its way over there. The creature looked through the first window they saw and spotted a rather chubby looking man at a table sitting there with a bunch of papers in front of him. It then jumped over the fence that led to his backyard. It looked through the window closest to the kitchen and got a better look at him. The creature's stomach growled at the sight of him. He was only thing in this forsaken town that looked anything close to a piece of meat

"Well looky here… We got ourselves some prey for once." The creature murmured playfully. It then stalked around back and forth. "Well, I don't normally hunt humans, but I'm feeling a little desperate and I need to eat. Sorry buddy, it burns me to say this but you ain't leaving this place alive…"

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Zeke had his left hand on his on forehead. His right hand was tiredly writing away at the information in front of him. He felt like he had been sitting there for hours, writing and signing the same thing over again. "They asked me the same question like five times now!" he groaned in frustration as he cleared another sheet. After another thirty minutes, he finally finished up the last sheet which had been a form about his preference of subspecies. He didn't really care what kind of liminal he was assigned, as long as it wasn't a carnivore, at least let them be an omnivore.

He straightened out the papers and left them on a nightstand near the front door. He was about to head to bed but heard a light tapping on his window. He turned toward the Kitchen window and saw a pair of gleaming, amber eyes. He continued to gaze at the pair of eyes that were staring at him and he heard another tap from the window. Zeke was about to take a step forward but then something in his head kicked in.

One would call it common sense.

Using the power of common sense he said, "Nope! Sorry curiosity, but I wanna live!" And he switched his direction and quickly headed for the stairs down the hall.

"Wait what?! Normally the human would be curious and walk toward the window! That's how it always plays out, isn't it?" The creature said, trying think of a new plan. It then saw him high-tail it out of there. "Can't let you do that, fresh meat!" it shouted and crashed right into the window and gave chase.

Hearing the window break, Zeke quickly went to his room in an attempt to find the pepper spray that he bought should a liminal attack him. "There it is!" he quickly picked up the spray can and hid behind his bed. He heard the creature come running upstairs in his direction, following his scent. Zeke clutched onto his pepper spray and huddled in the corner. "Not again.. Not again.. Not again.." he panicked. He closed his eyes, sweat once again pouring down his face. Why me?! I should have known this would happen! Curse that Namora! he spited in his head. He should have known it was a trap.

"Come out, come out where ever you are!~ Trust me, I'll make it as painless as possible." Judging from the voice, the attacker was apparently a female. He heard her sniffing the air for his scent, drawing ever closer. "No hard feelings really," she said, going into his room, "I just haven't eaten a decent dinner in days and all these people eat vegetables and some junk." Her footsteps were growing nearer, "If this were a different situation, maybe we could've been friends.." she said in a faux sob voice. "But considering the circumstances," she came closer to the other side of the bed, crawling on all fours.

"You'll"

Closer

"be"

Closer..

She jumped at Zeke! "DEA- Agh!" the now revealed Inugami stumbled back in pain. A loud "Kssssh!" sound could be heard from Zeke as he sprayed the contents in his attacker's eyes. "What the heck?!" she shouted. She started rubbing her eyes, stumbling every which way. "This stings man! Why in the world do you have pepper spray? Where's your class?!" she shrieked. "This is coming from the some monster who had the nerve to attack me! I mean, what the heck is with you Extraspecies anyway?" Zeke retorted as he edged toward the door and turned on the light.

What he saw sure wasn't an assassin.

The Inugami was sporting a tattered tank-top that was far too small for the two large assets that is her chest. She also wore a pair of jeans that had two holes on the kneecaps, her tail escaping from a hole in the back, and her rear was rather shapely and taut. Like most liminals, her upper body was more human and her lower being wolfish. Her hair was a dark grey and a pure white cowlick jutted from the tip of her forehead. Her tail was also dark grey with white covering the tip. She was a looker, that's for sure, but life over beauty would be preferred, thank you.

Using what little time he had, "And, I'm out!" Zeke said and ran out of the room.

"Wait a minute! I ain't done with you yet! Be a nice little slab of meat and stand still!" she recuperated and ran out the room after him, knocking his stuff to floor. Through all the excitement, none of them noticed a low, faint, beeping sound coming from the broken window. Zeke shouted from downstairs, "Last time I checked, prey wasn't supposed to stand still, lady!" he shouted back, trying to build bravado.

"Well it'd be preferred!"

"Says you!"

"Yeah says me! So stand still!" she said with a snarl. She then saw him jump out the window she broke. She ran toward the window and peaked out her head, only to be given another round of pepper spray. "Gah! Why?!" she whined as she stumbled backward unto the stand with all of Zeke's papers, knocking them all down. "Watch it! That stuffs important!" Zeke said before running to his backyard. "Hmph! Your good, but I'm better!" she shouted after him before giving chase.

Zeke looked for a place to hide before groaning when he saw his parents garden. His parents had a landscaper lay out a garden for them. They made it his responsibility to take care of it and now he's about to completely ruin it running from a killer liminal who wants his throat. Goddesses, why now of all times do I have to be running from a crazed wolf girl… he groaned and ran to the middle fountain piece, careful to avoid as many florae as possible. He clutched the pepper spray, ready to use it when she arrived.

"I'm coming for you, meat slab!" she shouted. She ran in his direction at top speed. She was tearing through the dirt and lifting up flowers and other exotic plants in the vicinity, completely decimating a good portion of the garden. "You can't hide, buddy! I can smell the fear coming off of you! And its leading me right," she pounced right in front of him, "To you!" He was about to spray her again but before he could, she slapped it out of his hand, leaving him defenseless. "Play times over, meat slab." She put her hand on his chest and pushed him down triumphantly. "You had a good run, goddesses know you needed it, but it's time to face the music. I'm the one who took you down!" she reeled her free arm back, ready to make the killing blow aimed at his throat.

He shivered under her incredibly strong grasp. Any attempt to move was futile under the Inugami. No! No! No! it's not supposed to end like this! I don't want to die! Not yet! I can't! "P-please! I can't die yet! I-I haven't even had a chance to—" The wolf interrupted him, "Sorry buddy, but this is nature. We live, we die. You just so happen to be on the receiving end of things. Enjoy the view of me," she said, pulling her tank top down a little to show her prey a little more of her large breasts before raising her hand again, ready to strike, "it'll be the last thing you'll ever see."

Zeke's eyes welled up with tears. His body went limp with fear. This was the end. Truly this time. M.O.N. weren't here, and the police, if they were here, couldn't do anything. He'd never see this place again, or his parents. It saddened him more that whatever liminal that was assigned to him, would never get the chance to meet their host. He lost, and that was that. He could only watch as his killer made the final strike…

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"Oi! mind if we join the party? We were a little late on the invitation!"

The woman halted her strike and looked around quickly, "Who said that? Show yourself!"

"Up here, smart one!" She looked up toward the roof of the house and saw a woman in a yellow ballistics jacket with orange shoulder guards. "Who the heck are you supposed to be?" the wolf snarled. The woman on top of the house just ignored her and spoke out loud to Zeke, "Different time, different place and you still need ol' Zombina's help! It's good to see ya buddy!" She then jumped off the roof, bore a grin, and pointed an Uzi at the wolf. "You've made a big mistake coming between me and my prey!" the wolf girl snarled. "Have you any idea what it means to disturb a predator when she's about to kill her prey?!" Zombina's grin grew larger, "Why don't you show me what true predators like, fuzzball? I'm ready if you are!" She taunted.

The wolf girl let go of Zeke and charged toward Zombina with killer intent. Oh thank the goddesses…Zeke thought to himself and took this opportunity to run for the pepper spray.

"No!" The wolf girl shouted as she turned to see Zeke getting away. She was then met with a clip full of rubber bullets to the face. "You should really pay attention to the fight, girly. Lest you get shot like that again!" Zombina quipped. The Inugami turned violently, her cheek now red and swollen from being shot in the face multiple times. "My, you sure are resilient…" Zombina said, slightly shocked that she was still standing. "I'll kill you!" the wolf girl barked and charged toward the zombie. Before she could react, the wolf girl stuck her claws in Zombina's waist where her stiches held her together. "Whoops!" she chuckled before being torn in half by sheer strength.

Zeke's face went pale when he saw her rip the Zombie in half. "No... " he whispered. He put his hand over his mouth to keep himself letting loose. Tears were still in is eyes but he had to focus. He tried to regulate his breathing and waited for another chance.

The girl huffed and puffed in wild anger. She searched fervently for her missing prey before getting pepper sprayed by Zeke. "Ouch, ouch, OUCH! You're starting to become a real pain!" she whined, rubbing her eyes. Zeke kept his distance but circled her for the time being. "Psst, Zeke!" Zombina called out, still very much alive. Zeke looked around frantically for the voice that called him. "Huh? Who said that?" he called quietly. "Over here buddy!" Zombina smirked, leaning upward with her elbows. Zeke's eyes lit up and he ran over to her. "Hooooo... You're alive.." he said breathless. M.O.N. were the only extraspecies persons he could trust. While they did scare the living day lights out of him, it was better than nothing

"Yup! I'm a zombie! Getting torn in half ain't nothing!" That's when he realized she was literally 'In half'. "Oh dear goddess..." he sounded sick and heaved. "Hey! Don't buckle over just yet! You have to get my legs so we can clean up this mess while we have the chance!" she commanded. Zeke swallowed, trying compose himself.

"Also, Zeke?" she called out again. "What?" he responded. "Nice spray can!" she said with a silly grin and a thumbs up.

"Shut it!" He glared at her. "Alright!" she said, holding up her arms defensively. The wolf girl was still recoiling from the pepper spray, so he took the opportunity to grab and drag her legs to her. Zombina shouted, "Take the damn shot!" into into a radio on her collar, causing the girl on the other end to tear up.

"Jeez, you don't have to be so mean!" said the monoeye, Manako, ready to cry. She readied her aim at wolf girl and took her shot. It was dead on target as a tranquilizer hit the wolf girl in the neck. "That should take her down…" Manako muttered with a sniffle. Meanwhile, the wolf girl howled in pain and took the dart out of her neck. Her vision became blurry and she started stumbling around destroying more plants. Zeke winced when she stepped on an Orchid he'd been raising for a while. "I…Can't…lose!" she shouted. "No way… I don't... believe it…" she fell to her knees and plopped onto the dirt, unconscious.

Zeke fell on his butt and sighed in relief. "It's over…" he said to himself. He looked over his garden. His face turned from relief to sour when saw that most of his garden had been decimated from the conflict. Only a few flora were left standing. He could smell the trauma that wafted from the destroyed plants and sighed in disappointment.

"What will I tell my parents?" he said sadly. "You were nearly mauled by a wolf girl and that's what your worried about?" Zombina said with a large grin on her silly face. "Right, right… I guess I should be thankful." He murmured bitterly. "Whine, whine, mope, mope. My friend is alive and well and that's all that matters to me, now could you help me stitch up? I got most of it done." He was about to comply to her request, but then a large woman with a similar outfit came crashing through his back door, destroying the wall along with it. She took off her helmet and looked around with a panicked look on her face. She sighed in relief when she saw Zombina and Zeke safe and sound and the rouge Inugami unconscious.

"Oh dear, did I miss it? We got a call about a liminal attack and the alarm we planted in your house went off. Are you okay? Are you hurt? You're not traumatized are you? Oh you poor thing!" The ogre known Tionishia gushed and picked up poor Zeke, putting him into a bear hug. Zeke could only stare at his broken wall in clear his disdain. He felt his face scrunch up.

Tears threatened to fall from his eyes. He sniffled lightly, trying not cry but it didn't go unheard. "Aww, let it out sweet heart.~ You had a rough night. You were tough long enough, no need to keep it in." she cooed. This made his will snap. Soon enough, he was bawling. He started shouting to Tio all the things that happened during this fateful night. Tio just petted his hair and lulled him to keep going, pressing her cheek against his.

Meanwhile, crying could be heard over Zombina's radio because Manako overheard Zeke's sobbing. "P-p-poor Zeke! H-he's…. so sad! Waaaah!" Manako cried. Zombina pinched the bridge of her nose and just laid her head down, waiting for this sob fest to be over.

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After that little skirmish and sob party, Zeke fell asleep in Tio's arms, who happily held him. Ms. Smith arrived on the scene with Ms. Namora, their hair disheveled from their disturbed rest. A gloomy aura hung over Ms. Smith. She yawned out loud, making her dreariness known. "What's the deal with liminals and big people? Jeez.."

Namora sighed and inspected the damages. "Goodness, this place is a wreck. Broken belongings, ruined window, ruined garden, and two decimated walls. We're in for a big one here." Namora finished. Smith adjusted her glasses, "We should be fine as long as word doesn't get out." Smith said lazily. "The repair team shouldn't take long with reconstruction, and while they're at it, they could make adjustments for his homestay." She continued. Smith then turned to Namora and put on pouty face, "Can you handle the paper work? I'm so tired." Smith pouted with crocodile tears flowing from her obscured eyes. Namora rolled her eyes and sighed, "As if. I can help with the paper work. But I'm sure as hell not doing all of it. We'll split it 50/50. It's bad enough that I have things I haven't finished with the higher ups. As much as I would love to do all of it, I can't."

Smith gave an exasperated sigh of disappointment and turned around, slumping. She then noticed a bunch documents spilled on the floor near the front door. She kneeled down collected everything and straightened them out. "Yo, This Zeke's stuff?" Smith questioned. Namora had been staring at the now cuffed, unconscious wolf girl. "Star the wolf. Subspecies: Inugami Last name: unknown. Infamous for many accounts of petty theft, bribery, harassment, and now attempted murder." Namora classified. She then turned around, "Yeah, those are his documents for project 'Monster Therapy'. Seems he got them filled out before all this happened. Good man." Smith handed Namora the information and she put it in her suitcase.

"What should we do with Star? Have her deported?" Smith asked. "Not quite, she could work as the final phase of 'Monster Therapy' but I'm not to sure yet." Namora replied then she took out the camera on the window that recorded all the events that took place here "judging by her demeanor, she wasn't always like this." "I see..." Smith murmured.

Smith then turned her attention toward Zeke, who was still being cradled by Tio. Zombina had finished her crude stitching and Manako arrived via grapple a little while after crying. Her eye was slightly red from all her crying. "Think the big guy'll be okay?" Smith asked. Zombina's grin returned and replied, "I'm sure he'll get over it. He may not think it, but he's braver than he gives himself credit for. Saw him nail the fuzzball with pepper spray and was it was hilarious!"

"I sure hope so, he'll be getting his homestay tomorrow." Namora chimed in worriedly.

"Already? Who is his homestay anyway? Got any word?" Smith questioned. "Well, Zeke had requested that we make sure that liminals wanted to stay here. That being said, we showed them a picture of him and tried, emphasis on tried, to tell them about him. They bailed out as soon they saw that he was 'bigger'." Namora then murmured, "So much for not being as judgmental… I guess the apple doesn't far from the tree." Adjusting her glasses, she continued, "Anyway, we eventually found a willing candidate, a Yuki-Onna named Yukio."

"Wait, she supposed to be staying with the family that owned the onsen inn?" Smith asked with a quizzical look. "Yeah, but she insisted on staying with him, not knowing her own reason."

"Huh… Well alright. We'd do well to clear out now." Smith stated. "Wait! W-what about Zeke?!" Tio voiced worriedly. "Ah, just put him in his bed, his house will be as good as new before he wakes up. Also, you guys did great tonight so expect a little extra something in your payroll on payday." Smith said smiling. Tio nodded with a hearty smile and took Zeke to his room, humming all the way. Manako followed suit to make Tio didn't break anything and to see Zeke to bed.

Tio gently placed Zeke onto his bed and smiled. She leaned downward, kissed his forehead and said good night before leaving. Manako then came in and tucked him in. A blush then formed faced as she closed her eye and kissed his forehead. She stroked his cheek before squealing in embarrassment and leaving the room. "Alright! We finished here? Let's head home!" Shouted Zombina as she dragged the still out-cold liminal to the van outside. One by one, each of them left, until Namora was the only one. "I'm so sorry this happened to you, Zeke. I swear, from now on, me and my team will protect you." She swore quietly. Namora turned off all the lights and walked out the door, closing it behind her.

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Zeke felt warm. His body felt like it was encased in a cocoon. He sighed comfortably and snuggled in his covers. However, it wasn't long until the memories of last night came rushing back which prompted him to get quickly. He first looked around his room and noticed that everything seemed in place, no damage or scuffs to be seen. Zeke pulled the covers off his person and went to his closet to change out of his clothes from yesterday, which had been a pair of stretchy waistband shorts and a blue, plain T-shirt.

Zeke put on some cargo pants and put on a belt since his waist was small. He then put on a plaid dress shirt and walked out his room. Going down stairs, he immediately noticed the hall way was bigger and that there were extra rooms. he then noticed that his whole house had changed and a lot of his things had been replaced, including the window and his walls. Zeke examined the changes. "What in the world happened my parents' house?!" he shouted. He'll have to check the garden later as he rushed outside.

"There he is!" said a giddy Ms. Namora. "Have a good sleep, hun?"

"You could say that… Waking up to a transformed house is quite a surprise." He replied, scratching the back of his head. "What's going on anyway? What brings you here?" He stretched and noticed a van parked right in front of his house. "We found you a homestay!" she said excitedly. "Already? We talked literally yesterday." he said and gave her a look of disbelief. "I know! Don't worry about the paper work. I was able to salvage it after your little scuffle with that werewolf subspecies. Speaking of which, glad you're okay. The thought of losing you just like that scared me." she said with a beaming smile. "Aww, thanks for the concern!" Zeke said happily and scratched an itch of his belly.

"So, about this..." he trailed off, motioning at the van. "Oh right! Don't you worry about a thing. She's really nice and I'm she'll make for good company."

"Alright..." he muttered apprehensively. He mentally prepared himself for his new company, not knowing what to expect.

"Right then, ready to meet your new homestay?" she asked happily. "As ready as I'll ever be." Zeke replied "Alrighty, come on out Yukio!" Namora motioned her to come out. The sound of door opening could be heard from the parked van. Soon emerged a beautiful, tall Yuki-Onna. She wore a well-made and well-designed Yukata which was opened a lot at the top, showing off her bountiful F cups. Her hair was long and white, her Yuki-Onna hair clip making it into a pony tail. Her skin was a snow-like white and her eyes were a dark blue.

This was not what he had expected. Zeke could only stare at the beauty who was walking toward him. Not wanting look like a fool, he gave a welcoming bow. "Zeke, this is Yukio! Your new homestay! And Yukio, this your new hostfamily, Zeke!" Said Namora excitedly. Zeke held out his hand to shake hers but was met with a different greeting. Yukio walked to him and kneeled slightly. She tilted her head slightly and pushed two fingers on both sides of his cheeks, causing them to squish. A little smile formed on her face as she continued squish his cheeks and started move them around.

A small patch of ice started to form under her feet as she continued. What the?! What is she doing? he thought in shock. Was this how her species greeted people? Poking peoples cheeks for no reason? Somehow he highly doubted and quickly became red in the face from the attention. He also felt invaded and scared from the Liminal's sudden actions. She stopped after a little while and took a few steps back and greeted, "My name is Yukio and I am pleased and honored to be your homestay" She bowed, inadvertently showing more cleavage than necessary, causing Zeke to tear his eyes away from the woman. "Great! Now that introductions are aside, I'll help you with your luggage." Namora said. She walked to the car and grabbed some of Yukio's suitcases carried them in.

Yukio gave another small smile at Zeke, a blue blush forming on her cheeks as she interlaced a few of her fingers with his. This made Zeke blush again, and scratch his head. He looked up at the woman with a face of discomfort, RIP me I guess.

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Star the Wolf

Subspecies: Werewolf

species: Inugami

Height: 6'4/193cm!

Breast Size: E cup!

Age: ?

Birthday: December 1st

Occupation: None until later.

Star is a homeless, nomad, Gray wolf inugami with a light bipolar issue. She raised herself on the streets on pure wit alone and resorted to theft when it came to food. Rather than hating humans, like many inugami, she simply pestered them and harassed them because she thought it was fun. Though she raised herself, she developed a twisted sense of morality, saying that she will not eat a human unless it was absolutely necessary. She acts very much like a wolf when it comes to hunting prey, however, she likes to sexually harass her prey before actually killing them. Perhaps she thought it was a way calm down her prey before striking them down. She's actually really nice in her own weird way.

Appearance: Star looks like a female and more humanoid version of Wolf O'donnell. Her hair is a pungent grey save for a Snow white cowlick hanging in front of her head and her skin is a peach-white. She has very sharp teeth, which is common for predators like herself. Her tail had the same color scheme as her hair, it was the same color gray until the tip, which was white, same for her ears. Her eyes are a light purple but turn amber when she's on a hunt, to intimidate her prey. She wears what ever she could find.

Personality: Star is a little bipolar but has control over it for the most part. She acts very much like a bounty hunter when hunting prey, her lingo sometimes changing when doing so. She is quick to please and will find a way to repay you if you do anything nice for her. She can be a little headstrong but that is because of her predatory sense. She has a sense of honor and gives her prey the opportunity to hide before finding them (Unless she's hungry). She is mischievous and likes to taunt her prey. She is very outspoken and likes to speak her thoughts aloud. She will hold a grudge against those who seem worthy of her attention.

Role:TBA

Traits: Enhanced senses: She is a wolf. her sense of smell is far superior than most and she is able sense danger from afar unless distracted with something. Her hearing is also impressive as she can hear within a 2 to 3 mile radius... Unless distracted.

Agility: Being a wolf and raising herself has given her great speed. she can easily out run an Olympian. However, she trips over her feet a lot, making her a little slow at times.

Resilience: Being a nomad and dealing with punishment from the elements and people has given her improved stamina, tougher skin, and a strong immune system.

Strength: She is stronger than an average human because of her wolf-like properties. This gives her an edge on many occasions.

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A/N Another chapter done! If you didn't get the references I made, then you don't know Jack Squat! Jk. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Also, do want to see more of Star the wolf and M.O.N? Then let me know in a PM! Remember to R&R! Another thing, I made Yukio taller than normal since she looks like that in the manga and for the sake of the story.