Disclaimer: I don't know anything from Hunter X Hunter all rights belong to Togashi. Over or under how many years Hunter X Hunter has left?

Info: Kalluto knows that he's playing a dangerous game with the spiders, but he knows that his gamble might cash out the ultimate prize. His brothers and his other family members were aware that Kurapika just as much of a player in this long-reaching game.


Diebus Solet Aranea: ROA Extras VII Paper

"Focus...concentrate..."

Kalluto knew that he needed to be careful while hiding inside of this miniature forest to perfect his craft with his paper abilities. Despite his confetti being similar to the trees surrounding him that were cut down to create paper. Cutting down a few trees seemed harmful to the nature of this planet, such as why Kalluto only did this because he lacked any real targets to use his abilities on that were alive. As he sliced down the trees he was using, the youngest child of the Zoldyck family had to remain in top form around this pack of wolves.

The spiders and their fellow predators that now both wore their mark, the last remaining Kurta had the black tattoo on his back while Kalluto has picked his left ankle area to place the mark in order for it to be easily covered in his socks to help hide his affiliation with this group if necessary in certain situations. Despite being in the early years of his teenage phase of life Kalluto still had the personality of a child in some areas.

"I must become strong enough to fight against the spiders..." That is why he was determined to surpass the likes of Feitan, Phinks, and eventually even Chrollo Lucifer with enough training and effort. While his skills weren't on the level of his older brothers just yet, so it would only make sense this gang of killers help inspire this child into learning new methods in the art of killing.

"Wow, the trees must have really pissed you off, little runt." Pinks was flabbergasted when he walked up to the youngest member of the brigade who nearly left this part of the small park near their hideout in ruin with his attacks during this session of exercise. "Or was this your way of trying to get some fresh air instead of the fishy odor of the lake?" The joke about the smell of the factory didn't get a laugh out of Kalluto as he merely drew his fans back into his outfit, the kimono hiding several other tools at his disposal in other battle scenarios like paper shurikens.

"Come to see if I was going to ditch the group to head back home to my family?" Kalluto's eyes glared at the tracksuit wearing thief of the spiders, his response to that snarky comment was Phinks merely winding up his arms like he was about to fight the Zoldyck boy. Instead, the most powerful fighter left in the spiders except for Franklin punched down a few trees with his fists showed off the strength Kalluto desired to have for his own purposes.

"You've gotten pretty close with our little Kurta since you both joined our little club," While accepting them as comrades Phinks wasn't too sure if they were plotting a scheme against Chrollo in the future like Hisoka did in order to arrange a fight with his leader. "Any juicy bits of info he's not willing to tell us that you know?"

"Like I would tell you even if I truly knew anything special." Kalluto felt insulted about this being the only reason Phinks tracked him down, but he knew better than to underestimate the mindset of such wanted criminals and prepared himself for anything this man was capable of doing here.

"You know that's a load of crap, and I know for sure that you two have gotten along pretty well like peas in a pod!" Phinks spat out his venom about how good his boss was treating these two over the past few months.

"What are you trying to do exactly? Convince me to do something against Kurapika, such an idea is bound to fail the moment you've decided speaking to me about it." The smug response pissed of the fellow criminal, but he had to admit that Kalluto had some guts for making such a remark considering the samurai would have tried cutting off some of the Zoldyck's hair after hearing a comment like that.

"Actually I wanted to tell you that we're in a bit of trouble. Remember that broad from the Four Swords? Word is she's been trying to come back in a big way by proving that we aren't really dead."

"That woman who even Kurapika and Nobunaga wasn't able to kill?" Kalluto knew that it wasn't intentional that she was the only member of that group to survive encountering the spiders: Zojo-Ten.

"She seems to have gotten over being scared to piss about fighting us again," Phinks knew if anyone found out what they were trying to do with this huge upcoming heist, the plans they've set up could easily be ruined if anyone knew or saw any of the spiders. "Chances are we might need to get out of town soon."

Kalluto knew this might be the perfect opportunity to earn some "brownie points" with both Chrollo and his subordinates if he could do what Kurapika and Nobunaga failed to do a long time ago.

"Why don't I take on this task of eliminated her for the sake of our grand heist?" Phinks nearly fell over after laughing so much, his mind couldn't believe Kalluto suggested this with a serious look on his face.

"I can assure you this is no joke on my part. The only thing I require is knowledge on this lady's location, and perhaps one of you to go with me in case there are guards and others protecting her." The Zoldyck was determined to prove that he was capable of killing someone like this woman to prove himself, and this was something that Chrollo agreed with as Kalluto brought up this idea.

"Interesting, but Zojo wouldn't go unprotected considering how many people have been looking to learn more about her encounter with us. There is also the unknown factors involving her recovery along with going into hiding from those who've been trying to hurt this swordsman down."

Chrollo remarked, his trusted informants have been giving him some details about her desire to learn about the whereabouts of his group. This operation would be very different from their usual antics; caution would be needed in order for things to go perfectly this time for the spiders.

"Anything you want to contribute to our conversation, Kurapika?"

His dark eyes looked at the Kurta who wasn't stuck inside a world of literature for once rather focusing on doing some physical training with of all people Nobunaga, the two bitter foes were engaged in hand-to-hand fighting after Nobunaga was seen peeing by the Kurta on accident. Machi couldn't believe how careless the samurai could be around his co-workers, and she hated the fact they wouldn't be able to get away from each other like during other heists.

"She will be highly protected," A fist was quickly blocked by the Kurta's arm before he sent out a kick to Nobunaga who was livid his opponent could even talk right now. "Not to mention the fact a few members of the Zodiac are said to be performing interviews with her about her last moments..." Moving out of the way of a fist, his hands quickly moved around to land a few jabs in the midsection of the now swordless Nobunaga.

"You, arrogant, pompous, cocky, little son of a-" Nobunaga knew he wasn't allowed to fight with his blade, and yet, his mind was thinking about cutting up this Kurta into several bloody limbs that wouldn't mock him anymore. The reality was that Kurapika was only looking much better with each session of training like this, his skills and talents were slowly improved to the point he might not even need those steel chains to inflict pain on a person not that he had much trouble before in doing that.

"Very true, and with Zojo seeing those two before it wouldn't surprise me if security was ready for Kurapika and Nobunaga to attack them even if we have the element of surprise." A clever scheme is something Chrollo had to conjure up in order to ensure no one catches onto their plans, so Kalluto offered up his own idea on how to deal with this problem with a simple solution.

"Can't we hire my family to handle them?" Nobunaga blinked a few times, his mind hadn't registered that comment for a while.

"It makes sense. Boss used your brothers to handle a few men in the past, so hiring them again shouldn't be too difficult." Machi knew they were good at their jobs much like the Phantom Troupe for assassination missions.

"Still, they won't be willing to help us so easily considering when I had to go back there..." Kurapika knew that would be the last time he could speak or see one of his friends in person for a long while, but at least the Jenny he was sending to him through a false account would get put to good use.

"Hold on just one damn minute!" Nobunaga had to believe that everyone was conspiring against him by going along with this insane plan without giving him a chance to speak, even if the samurai had no other ideas about taking care of this swordsman that didn't involve killing her himself.

"We don't have to act scared or frightened about one girl, that one person is someone any of us should be capable of killing with no trouble!" Kalluto thought Nobunaga couldn't be that stupid to ignore the fact that one, the spiders were trying to stay under the radar, and two she will be protected by a large amount of security from the Hunters Association. The idea of Nobu simply cutting down those guys unnoticed seemed laughable to everyone.

"I know you want to get this over with Nobu since we haven't been able to do a real heist or killing spree in quite some time." Such boredom made it difficult for people like Nobunaga, Feitan, and Phinks who desired to spill people's blood often. He knew that eventually, tensions could form between the less violent members over this issue, so having to please their egos and bloodlust was difficult for the leader to accomplish.

"We should let Kalluto contact his family. After all, he hasn't spoken to them in quite a while much like with Kurapika and his companions." The samurai glared at the Zoldyck who merely smiled in this small victory over Chrollo approving of his idea, but as usual, there was one caveat to his plan.

"First, you will have Machi and Kurapika go with you for a special assignment in the future. Second, I think it is time you perform your first heist for the group..."

An untraceable phone was provided to Kalluto by Shalnark who told him several times not to try downloading any special apps onto the device, the tool being necessary for both contacting Chrollo when this heist was over but to call the Zoldyck family who would be interesting to learn about what Kalluto, Kurapika, Phinks, and Machi were trying to steal from this old ruin discovered in the forest Kalluto had visited a couple of days ago who saw a special item in the place that could get them enough Jenny to buy off his family's services.

"I can't believe you are just as good at getting the Boss to accept your schemes without questioning if it can actually work out!" Nobu sneered while trying to drink as much water from the heat of the sun beaming down on his body, plus having to reel in his complaints about having to go on this little excavation.

"At least we get to kill things again that get in the way. I can't tell you how long it's been since I've had to put on this fake attitude of a non-violent person," Phinks couldn't stand having to avoid doing what he did best friendly face to people who piss him off in one way or another, his mindset much like Nobu wasn't simply to reason and tolerate people who got under their skin with the exceptions having to be Kurapika and Kalluto.

"Geez, the both of you are behaving like children compared to our rookies," Machi spoke, her cold eyes glared at the bickering from the two older men who continued to complain about the smallest things during this trip out here into this small neck of woods in the Kakin Empire. She knew that creating trouble would draw the attention of the Seven Princes to them, the last thing any of the spiders wanted is to get captured by the royal family and to get suffer lots of pain before dying at the hands of their servants.

Kalluto helped the group find the small opening to the little opening he explored before getting back to the spider's hideout to give them the details about this hidden place, his mind having memorized quite a few important landmarks while exploring the place for a short period of time.

"It is much bigger once we get inside, so be careful not to get lost once we head further in."

"Who are you to say that kind of crap to us, kid?!" Phinks wanted to knock this Zoldyck in the head after being given an order like that when he wasn't even 18 years of age, even Kurapika had more of a right to take command of things than Kalluto in the older man's opinion.

"Quiet for a minute Phinks. I feel something..." Kurapika's nen was beginning to get a hint of foreign nen in this place, and Kalluto knew that if the Kurta also could tell there is something here...or someone. Nobunaga was at least happy to know he would get to kill something today to let off some amount of steam as they used the flashlight provided by the stolen phone to look around the dark place.

The worn-down murals that decorated the place gave off the impression of a civilization that once lived in these walls until now, the state of affairs has left this temple in a state of ruin and decay. The spiders wouldn't mind hanging out in such a place if it wasn't for the mysterious tenant roaming around the place right now, the voices of the dead could be speaking as the sounds of wind blowing through this place, and their whispers could be warnings to leave before these criminals ended up joining them.

"Where did you find this "treasure" again, Kalluto?"

"It wasn't a treasure, Nobunaga. More like a symbol of a kingdom that I think belonged to a king or being of royalty." Kalluto had to assume the room he saw this certain crown in was of major importance, but he also knew this place was falling apart with the tiles above falling down as he explored the place on his own.

"Split up? Kurapika and Kalluto can go after the treasure, and I and these two can handle whatever is trying to come after us." Machi's plan was something no one could disagree with despite knowing it put them in greater danger of being attacked.

"So, with those three out of the way let's get down to business," Looking back at the Kurta who was back in the attire of his clan since no one else would be here that could identify him the Zoldyck wondered about his feelings. "When are you going to make your move? I know Chrollo Lucifer has been teaching us lots of interesting things, but surely you don't intend on letting that man get away with what he did to your clan."

Kalluto knew he would have gotten his revenge against that man and not done what Kurapika has done, even if the circumstances left him with little options considering how much of a weakness his friends were to him. Kurapika knew that being from a family of hired killers the idea of letting someone who killed your family live on for a couple of years seemed crazy to even imagine.

"What do you intend on doing with the valuables here besides helping Chrollo Lucifer? Surely you don't plan on just keeping the money you will be making with how much is left over to yourself."

"Hmm you're trying to believe that your optimism will overcome your growing pessimism; therefore, the stronger your pessimism, the stronger your optimism will become to overcome those thoughts." Kurapika was surprised by how elegantly the Zoldyck put it, but he knew that it was far more complicated than just that line of thought. Between his mother's request, the reasoning for keeping him alive, and the mere fact all of the spiders kept their word about leaving his friends alone made his decision set in stone ever since he went to Meteor City.

"I wish to make a name for myself that doesn't involve my last name. Many considered me the black sheep of my family until my dear brother changed everyone's feelings on that: Killua." In a way, he felt envious of how much attention he's gotten for his rebellious nature along with how strong he was able to become hanging around Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika. Having been around his family most of his life made it refreshing that he didn't have the protection of butlers or servants.

"Being in the wild open world, and getting my hands dirty like this has been quite enjoyable," Kalluto said that while chopping up a few vines that were getting in the way to where he found the valuable room in this temple. Kurapika, the partner going with him used Dowsing Chain that was following a trail left behind by a coin Kalluto brought back with him as proof of the possible loot here.

"I surprised there wasn't any kind of trap put in place when you took this item from this temple or this beast deciding to attack you when you left, how strange." He wondered if this man or beast lurking here decided to show up now on purpose or not. Remaining on alert with Kalluto, the duo continued traveling along the path that Kurapika's metal chains were taking them until they heard the faint sound of breathing.

Looking at each other Kurapika and Kalluto prepared themselves, the eyes could see a few things moving on the walls that were indeed organic and very much alive.

"Slugs?" They were surprised to see these kinds of creature look red rather than gray or black in color and the fact they had several sharp teeth that looked ready to eat the flesh of whoever they could see. The larger-than-normal slugs began to jump after Kalluto and Kurapika, but were quickly cut apart with the shift speed both were able to move at while using their particular methods in killing things. As paper and metal cut through the pulsing flesh of these creatures Kurapika noticed how much nen was oozing from these creatures.

"Were they sucking up nen like a leech?" Kurapika wanted to believe these were leeches however the shells on their bodies made that impossible. Something wasn't right about these creatures, but he couldn't study them right now as they were trying to latch onto his skin.

"This is rather fun, the idea of fighting these kinds of things makes me wonder how those poor intruders felt before meeting Mike." Kalluto grinned, knowing that he was getting better at this lifestyle of killing just to survive. His kimono had gotten a few tears and stains from the water that was dripping from the walls above their heads or the puddles he ran through with his slippers. Even now he refused to change up his attitude despite Phinks wanting to encourage him into trying out new styles of clothing.

"You're getting used to this kind of lifestyle of dealing with people who piss you off constantly?"

"That is what I've dealt with even before leaving my old mansion home." They laughed to themselves about their current lives even while dealing with these nen-beasts that were desperate to devour these two, but with the paper confetti and Kurapika's metal chains they were simply outmatched by these wanted fugitives who slaughtered these creatures without much difficulty.

"Well, this explains the who as in who is here, and yet, the question remains why these creatures showed up now when I didn't feel a trace of them being here earlier during my solo exploration." Kalluto wondered if Kurapika was correct about this being some trap of some kind, but it seemed rather convenient these beasts would show up now while others were here.

"We need to get to the treasure room quickly."

Kalluto agreed with his blonde companion, his worry might be justified if they ran into more of these creatures or possibly a queen who's been creating them and maybe the person who could be controlling them. Finding the room that had several old samurai statues that were covered in cobwebs showing how long they've been down here with the huge chests that were littered with special coins and treasures of a lost kingdom. Both heirs of special clans were memorized by the state of this room even if Kalluto had been here once before.

"I don't know how a civilization could fall into ruin like this, but this place seems awfully preserved considering the kind of stuff in this room." Seeing the Chinese-looking outfits that likely belonged to royalty Kurapika saw no signs of age on them despite the state of this temple. This didn't seem right, a fear began to creep into his head they stumbled onto something they didn't completely understand.

"You two shouldn't be here!" A twitching guy spoke out revealing himself from the other room that he was hiding in with more of the nen-sucking beasts that were covering his body.

'Leeches? Like that Shadow Beast who battled Uvogin, the catch is neither of us could even detect this person because those creatures were covering his nen presence.' Kurapika analyzed to himself while Kalluto was more freaked out at seeing this man who's face was dripping with slime.

"This is the last palace of the ancient Zhou before those bastards from the Kakin Royal Family stole their land! Everything here that once belonged to them is now mine for the taking!" Kurapika wanted to ask more about the history they were standing in, but instead, he would need to deal with the nen-beasts that this person was able to control.

"This person might be a Manipulator...Kalluto!" The Zoldyck looked over at the Kurta's eyes while dodging the slime-covered beasts, coming to feast on their nen under the orders of the person controlling them.

"On it!" Kalluto began to perform his dance, the goal on the Kurta's mind was to interrogate him for some details however the Zoldyck knew what had to be done being the youngest in a family of assassins.

"You must have been sent here by the Seven Princes! I knew that one of them was already exploring this place with those worthless servants I killed with my precious pets."

'The royal family of this land? He must have gotten us confused with those people.' Kurapika felt the Manipulation nen of his partner increase, and he what he was planning on doing with his Hakusen fan combined with Shu.

"Sorry, but I don't have much patience for someone like yourself."

"Hold on a second! We don't know why he's trying to defend this place like this-"

"He likely is the same as us, and so we can't let someone else take this kind of treasure we aim to steal." Kurapika noticed the man was extending out his snails near his, the beasts were actually clumping together to form an extended arm that nearly grabbed onto his body stopping his argument with the Zoldyck.

"You keep him busy while I gather up enough confetti, Kurta." Kalluto quickly ordered out to his companion getting a glare that wasn't crimson in color, but very much angry all the same as he moved around the room with the creatures that were covering the body of this desperate man. Suddenly, a glimpse at this middle-aged man saw himself trying to eat some kind of pill that he pulled out of his pants.

"This was supposed to be an ordinary kill and steal mission, the stupid ass prince became a pain in the ass, and they told me only her bodyguards would show up! How could you bastards know I was coming like this unless someone told you?!" Kurapika and Kalluto realized this might be why Chrollo wanted this heist to happen today. It would explain why he was determined to show up in a matter of two days instead of a long period of preparation like with other heists.

"To hell with this just die, thieving bastards!" Kalluto wanted to point out the irony in that remark, but Kurapika was focused on the bottle of pills he was about to devour in one gulp. His bottle was quickly knocked out of his hands by a knife thrown by the Kurta.

"Excellent work!" Kalluto praised his friend. Taking advantage of the huge mistake paper flew around to wrap around the man's snail-covered arm that tried extending over to Kurapika. Instead, the squishing sounds of those nen-creatures were made however the remaining ones began to crawl around to fester on the dark kimono of Kalluto's outfit as he felt them begin to zap away his strength.

"Die! Die! Die! Die!" The fight escalated as the man's blood was being sucked up by the creatures he was controlling, which suddenly made them begin to explore into bursts of blood that were hot enough to scald the flesh of a person's skin.

"How disgusting!" Kalluto tried to protect himself from this attack, but there was too much blood and the snails on his skin were sucking up his own blood to begin melting his own skin off.

"Kalluto!" He knew that should one of the Zoldycks die on his watch, the rest of his family would seek retribution; he knew their influence and reach was just as long if not wider than both the Hunters Association and the Phantom Troupe. Rushing over to Kalluto he began to swipe at the bugs with his chains and knife despite feeling the same burning pain on his arms and legs.

"This kingdom has fallen, and now their last remaining valuables will fall into their hands. You bastards had to ruin everything, the ones who hired me will make you guys regret this..."

"You will be the one paying right now with your life..." Kurapika knew that time was short and he knew that this room wasn't worth losing his life, so he grabbed onto Kalluto's arm to help him finish off this man like the hired killer wanted with the finale of his Dancing Serpent's Blade. The rest of the snails trying rushing at the heirs despite losing their master just now, but they were too slow as they began to high tail it out of the palace.

"We have to get to the others. Our wounds will only get worse..." Kurapika didn't want to believe Kalluto's words despite his arms and legs feeling quite heavy. Slowly, the speed they were moving decreased until both of them began to feel the effects of both their nen being drained and the wounds from the burning nen-beasts.

"There you two knuckleheads are! We've got one hell of a story, our hands were full dealing with-" Phinks was quickly interrupted by the medical ninja's tone, a voice that sounded slightly concerned about Kurapika and Kalluto.

"Idiot! They seem to have injuries on their limbs." Machi knew that medical attention would be required, but she already was dealing with a "patient" in her nen-strings. She looked distressed about being without her servants and bodyguards to protect her.

"We just had to deal with that snail snitch who tried attacking us."

"Just a minute, young man! Did you just say that yourself and this blonde one took down that horrible person who killed my ugly guards?"

"Yeah, but do you mind explaining who you are?" Kurapika wasn't sure who this blonde woman could be, the dress certainly made her seem special not to mention her mentioning bodyguards protecting her suddenly sparked a realization in his mind.

"Your strange friends have tied up the Tenth Prince of Kakin Empire! Daughter of my father's sixth wife, Seiko! This woman you're keeping stuck in these strings is Kacho Hui Guo Rou! Unhand me this instant you rotten thieves!"


[ Afterwords: Another hanging off a cliff of suspense, however, we are diving into elements from the manga now. I figured why not involve the Seven Princes here to help tie up everything before we finish up this series of mini-stories explaining the fate of the spiders. Next time we will see how much of a tech wizard Shalnark truly is when the spiders get involved with certain royalty. ]