Answers to questions or statements by reviewers:
treyalexander63917: I will not confirm or deny that…
gunman: Steve will have his chance at redemption, and when Peter finds out what he tried to do, yeah Peter will be the man's least concern. Ares and the Demonic Goblins will not be allies, and the three Goblins won't make another appearance for a while but when they do, hell will be practically unleashed
Mythfan: Some of Spider-man's rouges will appear
Guest Oct 20: You are right in them being Green Goblin and Hobgoblin, the final one was Demogoblin, not as well-known but in the comics, he's a demon that's taken the appearance of one of the goblins and uses magic and military grade weapons to fight Spider-man
So the pickings for both the official harem and the unofficial one are over. Here are the members of the official one first:
Diana
Hippolyta
Donna
Antiope
Artemis
Superwoman (crime syndicate)
Valkyrie
Zarda
Thundra
Big Barda
She-Hulk
Psylocke
That's it these choices are final now here's the unofficial one that is composed of only six women. Still a crap ton though when you think about it but hey who wouldn't want this many women giving you all the attention you want?
Arachne
Athena
Cassie
Amaterasu
Starfire
Natasha stark
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
Peter stood by and watched as Betsy mentally probed the Makhai for any viable information while Phil laid next to him licking his paws clean of the war spirit's blood. So far the spirit was putting up a descent defense against the woman's attempts but Peter could see that the Makhai was slipping and Betsy didn't seem to be trying to tear the demon's mind apart
'I bet if she wanted that information, she'd have no problem getting it' Peter thought as he watched Betsy's look of concentration break out into a smirk before she formed a blade of purple psionic energy and sliced it's head off with ease
"Find what you're looking for?" Peter asked as he saw the woman approach
"In a manner of speaking. It appears that the Onibaba was brought here as part of some master plan to kill you" Betsy said with a look of interest "It appears you've pissed someone off that's pretty powerful"
Peter hummed in agreement "I thought this entire thing smelled fishy. Question is who did I piss of?"
Phil shot up at the word fishy and looked around with a hungered look on his face. Betsy giggled as she kneeled and began to scratch Phil's chin which in turn earned her a loud purr of content
Peter stared at the two for a moment before shrugging "Just warning you now, he tends to do that weird spraying thing on you when your asleep"
Phil sent Peter a glare and let out a hiss of anger at the champion of Arachne who responded by hissing back
"Yes I'm going to hold that over your head until I die! What made you think that spraying me was even remotely a good idea? I ain't your territory to claim!"
Betsy smiled at the interaction between the man and the large lion she was petting before she cleared her throat "As interesting as this topic is, we still have a Onibaba to kill"
Peter stopped hissing and looked to the purple haired woman "You know how to find it? Because me and Phil here have been walking through these woods for hours, his fault mostly"
"Yes, there's an old castle half a mile ahead of us" Betsy pointed to the east "I've also discovered that several Makhai are waiting for you there. They intend to ambush you"
Peter looked towards the direction she was pointing and let out a snort "Ambush me? Heh, their funny"
Phil let out a growl as he batted Peter's thigh with a paw and gave him a look that said 'Careful'
"Aww don't worry Phil, I'm sure me and Betsy here can take care of a few Makhai and some old hag" Peter said as he turned towards Betsy "So what do ya say? Wanna help me save the people of this place from a demonic cannibal and a few former Titan soldiers?"
"Might as well" Betsy said with a shrug as she began to march ahead "Just letting you now, I'm not sharing any of the money for this job"
"Bah keep it, I had a goddess appoint this task to me, that in itself is far more than meager coin" Peter said waving off Betsy's claims to any sort of reward
Betsy gave him a blank look "…You're not getting paid, are you?"
Peter's shoulders slumped "No… and as compensation for killing this thing, apparently, the Shinigami might come after me"
"Well if it makes you feel better, I'll let you kill the Makhai" Betsy said as she turned and continued her way towards the castle with Phil right behind her
Peter watched them for a second before he sighed and followed them with one thought plaguing his mind
'Okay something is defiantly up. First Makhai attack Themyscira to free Ares and then mount another assault when the first one fails and succeeds and now I'm encountering these things all the way out here and apparently, their appearing in Egypt and they all appear to be working with Anubis to some degree. So, the real question is what's his game- OH SHIT!' Peter's eyes widened as he realized Anubis's plan was
'He freed Ares and then had me come all the way out here to kill me outside of the Goddess of Themyscira's reluctant protection!' Peter came to a sudden halt before he scanned the trees for signs of Betsy and Phil only to realize to his shock that he couldn't see them!
"Phil! Betsy!" Peter shouted as he felt dread begin to build in him before he heard a sudden roar from Phil in the distance and the sounds of combat breaking out.
Peter immediately drew his swords and ran towards the commotion already knowing that tonight was about to get a hell of a lot more difficult
…
Anubis sat on his thrown and stared off blankly into the distance not looking at anything. His thoughts were mainly of how he was going to regain his kingdom from Osiris and to a lesser degree kill that miserable spider that was the Champion of Arachne.
It was then that a small bird appeared and landed before him "Sire, Peter has taken the bait, our scouts have already begun their attack!"
Anubis focused his gaze on the small feathered being and snorted "Alert Ares and his men…"
The bird nodded before it flew out of the room and towards the armory that Ares, Thrax and the Amazon Persephone were arming up along with a few dozen more Makhai. Anubis sat back in his thrown and sighed before looking up to see the silhouette of Venom in the shadows
'Hmm should Ares fail in his task then I'll be forced to use you… and risk open war with Hades as well' Anubis thought as he sensed Ares and his party leave to hopefully kill the insolent champion of Arachne. Though given the man's track record and the fact they will be operating deep in the territory of another Pantheon, there's a slim possibility that they'll fail
'Best to begin my contingency just in case…' Anubis thought as he leaned back in his throne and growled towards his servant "Fetch me…HER…"
Venom nodded from the shadows before vanishing in instant while Anubis looked out over the barren waste land that this portion of the Underworld has become since his 'stepping down' as it's ruler "Soon my realm will be mine again…And Ra shall pay for betraying me!"
…
Diana was beginning to grow impatient with the time it was taking to hear a response back from her mother as she called her using an old mystical mirror that would allow her to contact home should she like. She, and much to her annoyance Steve, had just returned to her apartment and the amazon didn't waste any time getting into contact with home
"So how long does it take to get a response?" Steve asked from the couch that he was lying on, the two have been waiting for almost five minutes' now
Diana inhaled before loudly exhaling "Usually not long…"
Not even a minute later and Diana was greeted to the image of not her mother or even aunt but of Donna clad in a rather revealing robe that hinted she was either with someone or was sleeping, likely the latter as she looked less than alert and on the verge of falling asleep again. She narrowed her eyes in slight confusion as she adjusted the mirror so Steve couldn't see her sister
"Donna, where's mother and aunt Antiope?" Diana asked as she tried to see if she can spot her mother behind her sister
Donna coughed awkwardly "Mother and Aunt Antiope are uh… in each other's company at the moment. It might be a while until their done…"
Diana groaned. Incest on Themyscira wasn't really taboo considering that their own gods practice the method "Oh for the love- Where's Peter? Is he still at his cabin?"
Donna gave her a curious expression "No, according to mother and Artemis he left to perform some duty for the Shinto goddess Amaterasu. Apparently, a demon is attacking her worshippers and he's been sent to hunt it down"
Diana frowned at hearing Peter wasn't on the island, and was now even more so worried as he could be anywhere in the world now. It didn't settle her nerves that the three unknown individuals may happen to know where he is and are already making their way to him
"Diana, what's wrong?" Donna asked confused
"Donna, I believe Peter is in danger. Earlier I encountered some sort… thing and it sounds like it's hunting Peter along with several others" Diana said in a worried tone
"Diana, relax. I'm sure the champion of Arachne can handle a few measly monsters. From what he's told you and by proxy us, this isn't the first time" Donna said in an attempt to calm her sister's nerves
"Donna, these weren't simple animals that could be bested in combat so easily. There was something dark and malevolent about them, something I've never felt before even from the worst sort of monsters we've encountered on Themyscira" Diana said in a worried tone that caused Donna to adopt a look of concern
"I'll speak to mother on this but we have discovered who was responsible for Ares's escape" Donna said as she crossed her arms under her bust
"Who was it? One of his children?" Diana questioned
Donna shook her head "No, according to Alexa she was faintly make out the name of Anubis. But that can't be right, why would Anubis want to free Ares of all people?"
Diana felt her blood run cold at the mentioning of the former ruler of the Egyptian underworld as a recent memory came to her during one of her and Peter's spars several weeks ago
…
Diana had just disarmed Peter of his swords when suddenly he hissed in pain and clutched his side. Diana was taken back by the action, fearing that she may have hurt him somehow
"Peter are you alright?"
Peter nodded as he took a few deep breaths "Yeah… just an old scar acting up again"
Diana watched him with concern as he sat down and pulled up his suit's top to show a scar by his ribs with black markings near it bleeding. Diana winced at the sight of it and approached him
"What happened?" Diana asked as she sat down beside Peter and examined his wound
"That princess… is what happens when you make an enemy out of Anubis" Peter said with a faint chuckle before he winced again
"How did you earn the ire of Anubis?" Diana asked with surprise
Peter's face turned somber as he responded in a quiet voice "I killed his son…"
Diana's eyes narrowed at that "I take it there's more behind this story than you killing his son?"
"You'd be right and to be honest I was already a pain in his side decades before that… but I don't really feel like explaining what drove me and his snarling brute of a kid into conflict. At least not anytime soon" Peter said with a tired sigh before standing up "Sorry princess, but I'm calling it a day"
Diana than watched as Peter turned and began to make his way back towards his little cabin while still clutching his side. She heard a faint growl and turned to see Phil watching him go with concern in his eyes before he looked at Diana in confusion
Diana sighed as she scratched the large lion's ear "I don't know boy… I can only pray that he'll open up about it in time"
…
'Anubis intends to use Ares to kill Peter and he dragged him away from the safety of Themyscira to do it!' Diana thought in shock as she finally pieced together the recent events
It made sense that Anubis would somehow lure Peter away, after all if Anubis or Ares openly tried anything against Peter while he was on Themyscira then Arachne, the Amazon's patron goddesses and even Zeus himself would step in and stop them before they could carry out their attack
"Diana, what is it?" Donna said in concern at the look of horrid realization dawning on her sister's face
"Donna, Anubis freed Ares so he can have him kill Peter!" Diana said before she immediately placed the mirror down and made her way towards her closet where her weapons and armor were and began to gear up
"Wait what?" Donna said in confusion "Diana how do you know this? What's going on here?"
Diana had quickly donned her armor and grabbed the mirror "Donna I can't explain now, but years ago Peter angered Anubis and now Anubis want's Peter dead and to do that-"
"He must be the one that's somehow behind the demon attacking Amaterasu's people. He and likely Ares knows that so long as Peter is here they won't be able to openly slay him, not without enticing the wrath of Olympus" Donna said as she began to see what Diana was implying
Diana nodded "Meaning they lured him away somewhere so they can kill him"
"I'll alert mother and Aunt Antiope and try to gain an audience with Arachne. She may be able to locate Peter" Donna said
Diana nodded "I'm heading for Japan and try to find him"
"Diana… be careful" Donna said before she ended the message so she can contact Arachne
Diana sighed before she looked to see Steve on his phone and frowned "What are you doing?"
Steve shrugged "Looking up any odd killings or attacks on any Shinto shrines in Japan in the last few days"
"You can do that?" Diana said in surprise
"Yeah…ARGUS tends to keep track of these kind of things no matter how ludicrous it sounds just in case" Steve said as he stood up with a bit of trouble "I'm coming with you"
Diana folded her arms and gave Steve and unimpressed look "I don't think your 'skills' will be needed for what I'm about to face"
"True" Steve nodded before holding up his phone "But I have the three possible locations that your boy toy might be at"
"This is true… and I can just easily break that arm of yours and take the phone" Diana growled out as she took a step forward
"It's password protected" Steve said uneasily
"I have the lasso of truth, you will tell me it" Diana countered
Steve at this sighed "Okay look I know I messed up and what I tried to do was really asshole-ish but I want to try and make it up to you"
"Helping me with this well not ensure you share my bed or ever as far as I'm concerned" Diana hissed angrily
"I'm not doing it for that, if this Ares guy kills your friend and won't be long until he turns his sights on the rest of the world. Besides… I'm pretty sure the chance to share a bed with you is already been taken" Steve stated
Diana felt her eyes widened "What are you tal-"
"Hey I won't tell him if that's what your worried about" Steve held up his hands before he began to make his way to the door "Now let's go save Spider-man!"
"Spider-man?" Diana said as she followed him with a raised brow
"Yeah Spider-man! Catchy, right? Much better than a few names I had in mind for him anyways" Steve said with a smirk
Diana simply rolled her eyes at the man as they headed for her invisible jet, with it they can get to Japan in a matter of minutes and hopefully find Peter before it's too late
…
Peter had just severed the head of a Makhai when he heard a loud blood curling scream that echoed through the forests… coming from above him
Peter turned just in time to grab the throat of a rabid looking old woman clad in dirty torn brown rags and a look of sheer malevolence in her dark orange eyes. Her mouth opened, far more than a normal human's should, to reveal dozens of small needle like teeth as the Onibaba tried to tear into him
"And her I thought old people were creepy enough" Peter said as he threw the demonic hag at an Makhai that was aiming to ram it's spear into Betsy while she was distracted fighting three Makhai.
The Makhai stumbled at the force of the impact and quickly threw the dazed demon off it only to have his head bitten into by Phil.
"RAGH!" the Makhai roared in pain and rage as it tried to pry the nemean lion off him only to have his neck snapped as Phil twisted his head
Phil hooped of the now dead Makhai and made his way towards Betsy who was holding two Makhai in the air with her telekinesis before she mentally crushed their bodies into bloodied and burning balls.
Peter let out a snort at the display as he grabbed an arrow of the air aimed at him and looked to see the last Makhai backing away slowly as it drew another arrow for it's bow. Peter dropped the arrow and hefted his sword at the war spirit with all his strength. The blade pierced through the air and embedded itself into the chest of the Makhai who was sent flying back several meters from the force of the impact and into a tree
"Heh, stick around" Peter quipped which earned a groan from Betsy
"That was weak" the purple haired woman stated while Phil made a growl of approval
"Oh hush you over sized fur ball!" Peter began only to duck as the Onibaba flew over him with a pair of rusty daggers in her hands and her teeth barred
She lunged at Peter who merely side stepped the demon and rammed his knee into her stomach causing her to fall to the ground clutching her core as she couched up blood. Peter than grabbed the Oni by the neck and lifted her up and looked her in the eye
"So your what I was sent to hunt down huh? Not gonna lie, I expected more" Peter said as the Onibaba glared at him before smirking
Peter felt his sixth sense flare and immediately tossed the old hag away just as a torrent of what looked like blood erupted from her mouth. Peter took several steps back as the stream split into three separate and large bodies and began to gain solidify themselves
"Had to say it didn't you" Betsy deadpanned as she held her sword in a reverse grip and created a purple psionic blade in her other hand and held them at the ready.
Phil roared in challenge before launching himself at one of the blood looking ghouls and tackled it to the ground while Betsy threw her psionic sword into the head of the other while Peter shot several web bullets at its face while he attacked the Onibaba.
What the hag lacked in physical strength made up for it with sheer savagery as she attacked Peter with her knives with little care for her own wellbeing. Peter ducked and weaved around the bloodstained blades before catching one of the Onibaba's arms and snapping it in two earning a shriek of pain from the demon
Peter reared his fist back and punched the Oni away right into Betsy's waiting form. She used her blade and with perfect timing and precision she sliced the head off the demon woman sending a small spray of blood into the air. The blood construct she puked out started to collapse much to Phil's displeasure as he found himself coated in blood
Peter saw this and let out a snort "Someone's going to need a bath when we get home"
Phil made a whining sound as he made his way over to Peter as did Betsy as she was carrying the head of the Onibaba. Peter was about to thank her for helping him and Phil when suddenly his sixth sense flared and in the span of three seconds he grabbed both Phil and a surprised Betsy and jumped away from the small area they were just standing and not a moment later a large explosion of energy erupted from the ground
KOOOOOM!
Peter landed in a crouch and did his best to cover both Phil and Betsy as chunks of rocks and dirt fell on them
"What the hell is that?" Betsy demanded as she covered her head and created a psionic forcefield to keep them protected
Peter looked dover his shoulder and narrowed his eyes at the sight he was greeted with
Ares, a man that looked a bit like Ares himself and a woman that he can only assume is Persephone along with what looked to be almost sixty Makhai
"That would be Ares" Peter said as he stood up slowly along with Betsy and a growling Phil as they focused on the god of war and his entourage "Former god of war in the Greek Pantheon…"
Ares smirked at the sight of Peter "So you're the champion of Arachne that's been giving Anubis so much trouble over the years? Have to admit I'm actually impressed"
"Forgive me lord Ares if I feel insulted that I've actually impressed you" Peter shot back as he called his swords back into his hands and gripped the handles tightly
"Take care how you speak to your better's mortal, or I'll make your death even more painful then it'll already be" the Ares look alike said
"And who are you supposed to be? His fanboy I take it?" Betsy said with an unimpressed look on her face
"I am Thrax, son of Ares and Hippolyta" Thrax said with a glare as he raised his blade and pointed it at Betsy "You'll do well to remember that bitch!"
"What was that? All I heard coming out of the mouth of yours was 'I'm the son of a deadbeat god, please someone hit me'!" Betsy said with a snort
"Look Ares, can't we just talk about this?" Peter said with a raised brow "I mean what do you have to gain with my death other than the wrath of Arachne and possibly a few other gods that've taken a liking to me or want to kill me themselves?"
"Anubis has given part of my son back and in return to giving him your head, I'll get the rest of Thrax back" Ares said as he drew a sword and pointed it at the trio as he addressed the Makhai
"Kill the woman and the lion, but the champion of Arachne is mine!" Ares stated coldly
The Makhai began to approach the trio causing Betsy to narrow her eyes and look to Peter with a look
"Is this a common occurrence when teaming up with you?"
Peter shrugged as he cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders in preparation for the fight "Depends… last time there was a giant rabbit and an army of elves that wanted to use me in some sort of sacrifice to resurrect their pagan god or something"
"Sounds like quite the story" Betsy said as she began to build up her psionic energy "I look forward to hearing it"
She than sent a wave of purple psionic energy towards the small army of Makhai
And done.
Next chapter Peter and Betsy face down Ares and his men while Diana and Steve race to Japan to aid them, meanwhile Donna gets in contact with Arachne and reveals to her the perpetrator for Ares's release from his imprisonment