Dear, Grandpa Max.
I don't know if Gwen ever told you, but I came back to America for summer break. Me, her and my friends had a great time. Sorry I didn't come visit you, we were having so much fun, we lost track of time. I'll definitively come over as soon as I'm in town again. Anyway, I'm starting the second term by the time you get this. At first, I was a little nervous, but I've gotten used to this place and all the weird crap that goes on. I've joined a Newspaper Club and we write the school paper, we have a blast. I know I'm here on possible Plumber business but to be honest, I'm hoping they'll keep me here. I'll graduate and move on with my life with no regrets, and with very close friends by my side. I'll write to you soon, Grandpa.
Love, Ben.
Ben overlooked his letter he wrote just the other night, he missed his Grandpa greatly. He was currently walking to school with Moka, he couldn't bear life without her in it. He really hoped he wouldn't be deported back to America, he truly loved it here... her too. "Hey, Ben" said Moka, interrupting his thoughts. He shoved his letter into his pocket. "Tell me something, while we were in America, you never went to visit your Grandpa or your parents. Are you ok with that?" She asked. Ben had mixed feelings about it, on one hand he felt pretty bad about not seeing them, but on the other he was kinda embarrassed. Gwen's teasing was more than enough. He turned to answer his friend... and she was about in his face. "GAAAAAAH!"
"Ben... what are you spacing out for?" Asked Moka, concerned about her friends well-being. "Oh um... I'm fine, its just been a long break, ya know?" Ben said. Moka could see in his eyes that something was troubling him, but what? What he said was plausible, breaks in general tended to be rough on students returning to classes, half of their minds were still on everything else but school. Moka decided to just drop it, it was his business and she wasn't the kind to pry into other peoples feelings... didn't mean she wasn't worried though.
"Ok... if you say so..." she said, then she turned red and fell. "MOKA! You ok?" Asked Ben, catching her. "S-Sorry... its just..." she was saying, but Ben knew that look she was giving him. "On the house."
Moka didn't verbally thank him, she was just too hungry...
CHUUU!
Chapter 10: A Spider, a Monkey + Vampire
-EARLIER-
"So... what is it?"
"It's the Newspaper Club, they're back."
"So? That overgrown poodle wouldn't dare try again."
"It's not him I'm worried about... it's that transfer student."
"The American?"
"Precisely, the rumors are he's a powerful shape-shifter."
"Is that why you called me? For gossip?"
"The master shouldn't have to deal with this unless absolutely necessary."
"You went over his helmet then?"
"Maybe. Regardless, I want him... dealt with. Can you do that?"
"Consider it done."
-PRESENT TIME-
In the club room, Ben as Upgrade was once again making copies of their newest edition of the newspaper. On the front page was a story about America. As Kurumu, Yukari and Moka piled the papers up; Upgrade disconnected himself from the printing press. An electric-sounding burp came from the Mechomorph. "Excuse me" he said, making the girls go: eww. "Aw, come on guys, like you've never burped before?" Upgrade joked, folding his arms. "Yeah, but not an electric burp, it sounds gross" said Yukari, as Upgrade changed back into Ben.
"Anyway, our 1st edition since summer break is shaping up nicely, huh?" Ben asked, picking up a copy. "Yeah, sure is" said Kurumu. "I think the highlight is about the latest fashions of the human world, the girls on campus will love it" said Moka. "Well duh, I'm the one who wrote it" said Kurumu, going over to Ben and showing him the page.
Well... it was about a style from the 60's. "Uh... nice job, Kurumu" said Ben, sweatdropping. "YA-HO-HO!"
Kou: (peeks over Ben's shoulder for a better look, then turns to the reader) Didn't men wearing tiny shorts go out years ago? WEEEEE!
Aside from that, the paper was full of content. "I gotta say, I'm impressed with this latest issue" Ben commented, earning nods and blushes from the girls. "So am I..." said a monotone voice, giving Ben a chill up his spine in more ways than one. "Oh... hey, Mizore" he said. "I told you... just call me your little snow bunny" said Mizore, blushing. "IF YOUR DONE, CAN WE GET BEN TO GO UPGRADE AND PRINT MORE COPIES?!" Shouted Kurumu. "Wow, your worked up about this, huh?" Asked Mizore, turning to the succubus. "Of course, Ben and I worked really hard on this, right?" Said Kurumu, pulling Ben to her and leaning her head on his shoulder. "Wrong, it was a group effort" said Moka.
"Well, we still got time before class, wanna hand these out?" Asked Ben, changing the topic. "YEAH!"
-TIME BREAK-
"Cool, a section on human life."
"Wow, summer in America."
"Yeah, and swimsuit photos!"
This is what our favorite club members heard on their way out to the front gate. They were confused, except Kurumu, she was angry. "What the hell are they reading?" She asked. The Newspaper Club then noticed 3 girls in standard uniforms handing out newspapers. "I thought we were the Newspaper Club" thought Ben out loud. "What's the big idea?" Asked Kurumu, stomping over the those girls. "WE are the Newspaper Club, not you idiots. And what's this rag, it's not even legitimate paper" Kurumu said, as she stomped over to those girls and snatched a copy of their paper. "Yes it is" said an arrogant voice, not as arrogant as Inner Moka's, though more sarcastic than hers. "I'm Keito, the Super-paper Club President." (AN: Yeah, I changed it. I never liked the name Super Newspaper Club, it sounds corny and tastes stale in my mouth. I know Super-paper Club isn't that much better, but at least its something original.)
"Super-paper Club?" Ben asked. His real question was: what kind of shit-name was that?
Either this girl was an admirer of his club or was jealous of it, though her dark blue eyes gave off a different intention... "The hell's that?" Asked Kurumu. "There's already a Newspaper Club" said Yukari. "Well, there's a new, MUCH better one now. We got permission from the school. Yours was so boring, so we decided to make our own" said Keito, holding up a signed permission slip. "So far, things are going well. And pretty soon, the school will forget all about you."
"Like hell it will!" Yelled Kurumu, something about this girl really pushed her buttons... the wrong way. "Just calm down, Kurumu" said Moka. "If you don't believe us, then try selling yours now. Not even having an American hunk will help you" said Keito, walking away with her own group of girls. "FINE! BUT BE READY TO SHOVE THAT ATTITUDE UP YOUR ASS! Come on, guys! We can't loose to them!" Said Kurumu. "I agree" said Moka. "Then lets start handing it out!" Cheered Yukari.
Setting up a booth, the Newspaper Club started to hand out their latest and greatest edition yet. While the girls stayed at the gate, Ben went XLR8 to speedily deliver more copies. He didn't want a Ditto downward spiral, that and Kurumu ordering him to do so was completely out of her character... and scary. He ran into the school and...
3 Schoolgirls talking near some lockers (from ch. 7): (an unknown strong rush of wind blew their skirts up) AAAAHHHHH!
Schoolgirl #2: (picks up a paper from the floor) Hey look, the school paper.
Male geek carrying a stack of books and paper (from ch. 7): (an unknown strong rush of wind makes him spin in place, making a mess of his stuff and he falls on his butt. A copy of Yokai Times sticks to his face) WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Wow, the Yokai Times.
A teacher (from ch. 7): *whistles* (unlocking a door, he's about to walk into a classroom, but XLR8 stops him)
XLR8: Good morning, sir. Newspaper?
A teacher (from ch. 7): Oh uh, thank you. (smiles warmly and XLR8 takes off, pushing him inside. Crashing noises, cows mooing, glass breaking, horse neighing and loud cat meows are heard as your computer/phone vibrates. He opens the door) No running in the halls, jackass!
After handing out the last of his copies, XLR8 speeds off. "That didn't take too long, better catch up with the girls" he said. Turning a corner to go down the long hallway to the front, time slows down so we see a figure in the shadows watching XLR8. It releases a liquid of some sort, turning into a sticky substance on the floor. As one of XLR8's feet touch it, time resumes as normal as XLR8 continues to run. He starts to slow down as he gets closer to the door and while his feet keep moving, he was going anywhere anymore. "Huh?" He asked himself as his visor went up, he stopped running and looked down... "Uh oh."
SPRONG!
He is sprung back and forth like when Claw's minions from Inspector Gadget 2 got caught by Gadget's Bubblegum Cannon, before finally stopping and was stuck to the floor on his backside. "Ewww."
-TIME BREAK-
Back outside, the girls were handing out the rest of their newspapers. "The latest issue of Yokai Times is hot off the press, everyone!" Said Kurumu, with the biggest smile her lips could handle with splitting. There was NO way in HELL she would loose to that sarcastic bitch, one arrogant monster was more than enough. "Check out how American's have a great vacation!" Said Yukari. She didn't like Kurumu sure, but that girl of the Super-paper Club got deeper on her nerves than that succubus ever could. "It also explores the latest in human fashions!" Said Moka. She wasn't the type to get competitive, at least not as much as her other half did, but that mean girl insulted one of her friends and she couldn't let it slide. "Come and read it... or I'll freeze you solid." Pretty sure you know who said that.
"This one's got a human world story too?"
"Sure it has better color; but it has the 'been there, done that' feel to it."
"And why do humans wear short skirts anyway?"
"I thought that style went out years ago."
Based on these comments, the hopes of the Newspaper Club went down the drain. "Well, that went well" said Mizore. "Yea, well down the gutter" said Yukari. Kurumu just looked on, not able to believe what just happened. "Hey, where's Ben?" Asked Moka, though she got her answer by a flash of red light from inside the school. They ran in to see Ben in a sticky situation. "Hey guys, little help here?"
-TIME BREAK-
After helping Ben up, and helping him to the boys locker room despite his protesting (the boys didn't mind girls visiting... until they heard them arguing about who was gonna clean him), the Newspaper Club went to see if Miss Nekonome had any information on this new club.
"Meow, I'm sorry. I only heard about them earlier today" she said. "Even so, I don't think the school will allow 2 Newspaper Clubs to exist, it's a waste of space and money" said Ben. "No, they won't. The plan is to keep the most popular club and scrap the other" said the cat girl. "Alright then, bring it on. It's between the Newspaper Club and those upstarts, WE'LL SHOW'EM WHO'S BOSS!" Said Kurumu, getting fired up. "But you'll have to talk to Gin..." Miss Nekonome explained, but Kurumu cut her off. "Who gives a crap what that dirty pervert thinks?! The only thing he thinks about is peeping on girls!"
-TIME BREAK-
On the school roof, Kurumu was right on the money. Gin was using his camera with full zoom to look into another side of a building, the girls dormitory. The 1st window was 3 girls in states of undress, the 2nd one was 2 lesbians were hugging each other, the 3rd window had 2 girls clasping their bras and the 4th... OH! THE MONEY-SHOT! This girl was in a towel and just gotten out of the shower, she let go of the fabric...
CLICK!
"F****, battery died!" Cursed Gin, as he quickly changed it. By that time however, the girl had already closed her curtain. "Damn, that's just cold" he said, zooming back out to find another shot, that's when he saw 3 girls go into a door that he knew all too-well. Gin trembled, and dropped his camera. "I-It's them...!" He gasped. "Who's who?" Asked a familiar male voice, Gin turned too see...
-TIME BREAK-
Throughout the rest of that day, Kurumu got Yukari to go along with her "plans" to get more readers. They wore maid outfits, animal cosplay and even some... er, clothes Kurumu just so happened to buy while they were in America. But everytime they got a crowd, the Super-paper Club stole them with something sexier, the last straw for Kurumu was the skimpy bikinis. They only crowd they DID keep was creepy perverted boys, dare I say even creepier than the Cute Girl Fan Club leaders?
After their latest getup failed, Yukari was crying. "I've never been so humiliated in my life!" She cried. Kurumu put a hand on her shoulder to comfort the young preteen. "Don't cry, Yukari" she said in a sweet tone, then it changed. "We can't let those broads beat us! If they can wear skimpy bikinis, we can do it better, only ours will be even skimpier!"
"I'd love to see that..."
*Bitch Slap*
"OW!"
Hearing voices from the door, Kurumu and Yukari turned around. The door opens to reveal Ben, Moka and Gin... who had a red print on his cheek. "We talked to Gin, he actually has something of use for once" said Ben. "This is one were gonna have to loose, no good can come from taking them on" Gin explained. "Are you nuts? All those twits do all day is is wear skinny clothes and flaunt themselves!" Said Kurumu. "You were gonna do the exa..." Yukari said, but Kurumu slapped her in the butt. "OWIE, OWIE, OWIE, OWIE!"
"They're members of the Security Committee, a wild bunch" Gin told his friends. "Security..." said Ben. "Committee?" Finished Moka. "Who are they?" Asked Mizore, appearing from the ceiling. "In a nutshell, their basically a Disciplinary Committee, but more violent. They shoot first, ask questions later. While they claim they're protecting the peace on campus, power went to they're heads. They just use force to get whatever they want, a bunch of thugs extorting cash from the student body. Since our newspaper has become quite popular, it's like sticking a thorn in their side" Gin explained.
"That's just wrong..." said Ben, becoming angry. More bullies he had to deal with, not just one or two, but now an entire force. Before he found the Omnitrix, he would have turned tail and ran, but now... he couldn't allow this to go unopposed! Something must be done! He slammed his hands on the table they were all sitting at. "I can't just sit here and walk away knowing this! Gin, you said we the source of all information for Yokai Academy. And if something happens on campus, we report it! Private affairs, upcoming events and dangerous situations... isn't that our duty as a newspaper to expose them?" Ben said, using parts of the same speech Gin used to introduce the club itself.
"YEAH! You hit the nail right in the coffin, Ben!" Agreed Yukari. "That's right, all we need to do is hammer at them with article after article!" Kurumu also agreed, getting up from her seat. Mizore and Moka gave similar comments, they all even started talking about what to do first. Gin was just silent, Ben made a valid point, he even used Gin's own words against him. He was tempted to help, but after what happened last year...
"ENOUGH!"
The werewolf screamed, banging the table so hard, his hands almost went clean through! "No more of this nonsense, these papers are going in the incinerator and that's final!" He said, calming down just a little. He went to leave, but Ben got up and grabbed his shoulder. "What the hell, Gin? Where's all that spirit you had before?" Ben asked. Sure Gin wasn't the most honest wolf in the pack, but Ben knew he was a journalist at heart.
Something didn't add up. Why would Gin, someone who loves to write about things (not counting girls), suddenly back down? Ben thought Gin would have taken this as a challenge, Inner Moka definitely would. "Ben's right, your not making any sense" said Kurumu.
Gin's been though this all before... history was starting to repeat itself. "I said, drop it" he growled. Ben turned him around to look his club leader in the eye. "NO, I won't! This is your big chance, OUR big chance! Isn't this what you wanted, a big story?" Asked Ben, and now came the icing on the cake. "Imagine how many girls will feel if the big, bad Security Jackasses are taken down by your newspaper?" He said, sealing the deal with something Gin would like.
He would have loved to make a story just for that. Gin hated to admit it, but Ben was good at arguing. All the girls would throw themselves at him, begging to get their picture taken... no! He couldn't do it, even for his perverted ways. Tapping into willpower he didn't know he had, he fought off his perverted mindset. "I..." he said, lifting his hands. "SAID NO!" He roared, pushing Ben off his person and into the chalkboard... really hard. "BEN!" Shouted the girls, running to his side. They began to glare at him, but his eyes glowed with monster energy and shut them up. "Do what I told you... that's an order as club president" he said, leaving the room.
-TIME BREAK-
In the back by the incinerator, the Newspaper Club had gotten boxes of their issues ready to burn them, abet reluctantly. "Is that all of them?" Asked Ben. "There's more inside, I'll go get them" said Moka but before she left, she and Ben noticed Kurumu just staring into the steel trap of flames. "Actually, can you both help Moka, I'm gonna stay with Kurumu" said Ben and the girls left. "Even I'm starting to feel bad for her" said Inner Moka. "You are?" Asked Moka, not expecting her tougher side to say anything about this. "I'm what?" Asked Yukari, that's when she and Mizore saw Moka's Rosario glowing. "You all worked hard on this, now that asshole is forcing you to give it all up. Ugh, I'm getting soft hanging around all of you..." said Inner Moka, the light of the Rosario dying out.
Ben felt the sadness radiate off Kurumu, he walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "I know, it sucks. We had some good times working on these, huh?" He asked, though he wasn't expecting an answer... but he got one. "Ben... let's just hand these out... one last time" Kurumu said softly. "As much as I'd like to, you heard what Gin said. I felt it too" Ben said, stretching his back. "I don't care... do you know how precious these are to me? It's because... I made them with you... something we created together... I CAN'T DO IT!" Cried Kurumu, her tears falling onto the newspapers. "Kurumu..." said Ben, getting down and pulling her into a hug. His friends might get jealous, but he could worry about that later, Kurumu needed him. Both of them just sat there, one crying her eyes out on the others chest. For 2 minutes this went on, until Ben spoke up. "Ok."
"Huh?" Said Kurumu, picking her head up from Ben's chest. "If that's what you want, then let's do it... together" said Ben. "T-T-Thank you, Ben" said Kurumu, hugging Ben tighter than before. Giggling was heard behind them, it was those 3 girls from the Super-paper Club!
"Oh, mistress!"
"These 2 are still planning to hand out their crappy newspaper!"
"Unleash your divine fury on them!"
Suddenly, a silky white string from nowhere grabbed the newspaper in Kurumu's hands. Standing on white silk between trees, Keito was there holding the stolen paper. "These papers weigh so little, they must be light on content. Thank you girls, for keeping an eye on them" she said, using the same silk as a rope to descend back to the ground. "You had them watching us? What the hell?!" Asked Kurumu, now upset. Ben stepped forward to try and reason with them. "Look, I don't care WHY you were watching us. I just wanna know why its a big deal to the Security Committee" said Ben, making all women present gasp.
"H-How did you know?" Asked Keito, she didn't expect this American to be this intelligent... his grades didn't exactly help his case either. "How dumb do I look? Come on; you appear out of nowhere, try to run our club into the ground for whatever reason and the fact Gin had no desire after you showed up... and don't think I didn't realize who gummed up my works this morning" said Ben, grinning. "Well, I suppose there's more to you than meets the eye. Does that mean Ginei Morioka also told you?" She said. "Uh... told us what?" Asked Ben. Now that he thought about it, when Gin mentioned the Security Committee, he shut down. Has Gin tangled with them before? "It doesn't matter, the Newspaper Club is history" said Keito, with a victorious grin on her face.
"Like hell it is, ya silky skank! Give those papers back right now!" Shouted Kurumu, she had it up to her forehead with this chick and her patience was wearing out. The revealed Security Officers eyes widened. "What did you say to me? Who do you think your talking to, peon!" She shouted back, tossing the paper into the incinerator. "See? Trash burns well, doesn't it?" She taunted. Kurumu was angry, but broke down crying. Ben held her and gave the corrupted officer a look that could kill. "Regardless, that's not the only reason I'm here..." the silk-flinger continued. "Then what? What the hell else could you possibly want?" Asked Ben, shouting. Keito's eyes narrowed. "You..."
Shooting silk from her hand, she tied Ben up and pulled him away from Kurumu, before tossing him into a giant spider-like web. Kurumu tired to get up to help her crush, that's when the 3 other girls tackled her into another web. It's also when their monster forms were revealed. The 1st of the trio was a monster with dragonfly-like wings, the 2nd was a humanoid butterfly and the 3rd was a monster that had an ant-like face with beetle-like wings. (AN: That's my interpretation of them anyway.)
Then Keito revealed her own, though Ben actually saw this coming to be honest.
6 arthropod-like limbs grew from her abdomen... eww. 2 extra eyes sprouted from the sides of her head... gross. Finally, her chompers of her human teeth grew into spider-like fangs and a hole appeared on her tongue... just... wrong. Ben's cheeks blew up like he was gonna throw up. "That came out of your mouth?"
Kou: Keito is a Jorōgumo, a monster from Japanese folklore. They can take the form of a beautiful women to mystify their prey, and their venom can also control whoever gets injected. WEEEEEE!
"The Public Safety Commission has had eyes on you since the beginning. To be honest, we were going to ignore you. But after seeing your attitude, your powers and your goody-goody behavior... we knew you'd become a problem" said Keito. "And that's where you come in?" Asked Ben, struggling against the web. "Bingo. I'm supposed to kill you... but have another idea. My venom has the unique property to turn my prey into mindless slaves. Just like them, these girls were members of other clubs who dared defy us. All that's gonna need to happen is one drop of my venom in your bloodstream, and you'll be my loyal servant in no time!" Keito said, using her newly grown legs to jump in the web containing Ben and slowly crawl to him.
"BEN!"
Moka, Yukari and Mizore appear on the scene. Mizore sent ice crystals at the spider-woman, but she jumped away with incredible agility and shoot webbing at Mizore, the snowgirl splatting on the wall. "Go, Moka! Magic wand, give her a lift!" Said Yukari, as brass pans stacked on each other. Moka jumped off and...
SPLAT!
Landed right on top of Ben. "Don't worry Ben, I'm here now!" She said. "Great, so how about getting me down?" Ben asked. "Uh... oops, sorry. I didn't get that far" said the vampire, blushing. Ben would have facepalmed if he could. "You moron..." said the Rosario. "Perfect... now I have 2 monsters to bend to my will, a vampire and an American shape-shifter. You'll both make fine additions to the Security Committee" said Keito, getting back into position. Before she could start crawling, a muzzle appeared over her mouth. Yukari cast a spell to, for a lack of better words, shut the spiders trap. "You pest! GIRLS!" Keito said, but what came out was: "Mou Mess! MURLS!"
Everyone blinked.
Keito groaned and jumped over to the young witch. Since she couldn't use her webbing, she leaped over to Yukari, who used a spell she learned recently from a special friend. "Metacorpius!" She said and when she did, Keito was lifted into the air. "Hey, it worked! Gwen'll be so proud of me!" She cheered, but was cut short when the insect-trio got ahold of her wand and tossed it back and forth. "HEY! Give that back, it's mine!" Needless to say, witches are powerless without their wands and as such, both spells used on Keito wore off. With her best weapon restored, she spit silk at Yukari and it stuck her to a tree, though it also struck her minions as well.
"Now... where was I?" Keito asked, mockingly. "Oh yes, I was about to recruit the American playboy" she said, jumping back up to her web and did what spiders did at times like that. Ben would have yelled he resented her comment, but now wasn't the time, he had to get out this quickly. Since he was tied up at the moment, the only other way was... "Moka! My watch!" Said Ben. Moka nodded and luckily since one of her arms were on top of Ben's chest, she was able to reach it. It's also a good thing Moka was the one who landed on him and not either of the other 3, Moka's seen him operate his beloved wristband plenty of times and he didn't have time to explain what to do. She activated the Omnitrix without a problem, but she had a question. "Wait, what alien should I pick?"
"It doesn't matter right now, just..." before he could finish, the spider-woman was upon them and grabbed Moka's only free arm! "Actually, I'll take the vampire 1st. Imagine what I could do with an S-Class monster, I'll get promoted for sure!" Said Keito, as she brought the arm up to her mouth. Moka screamed in terror and somehow, this caused Ben to tap into strength he had no knowledge of. He ripped his arm out of the webbing and...
CLACK!
Luckily the arm he freed was the one with his watch and he put it in front of Moka's protectively. Keito pulled back and gagged. "GAH! Disgusting! I didn't need iron in my diet!" She snapped, then the Omnitrix beeped to life.
"DNA SAMPLE, ACQUIRED. NEW TRANSFORMATION, NOW AVAILABLE."
Just like with Brainstorm, Ben didn't have the time nor the desire to learn what alien he unlocked now. Sine his other hand was as sticky as a marshmallow, he groaned and used the next best thing... his forehead. In a flash of green light, his change began. His skin turned blue, his body hair grew into fur and if he was standing up, he would have been slouched over like an old man. His tailbone grew out into a long tail, his skull deformed slightly, growing 2 more sockets for another pair of eyes, and 2 extra arms grew from his sides. "OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH!"
Using this new aliens surprising strength, Ben ripped himself out of the web and carried Moka bridal style to the ground. "Thanks Ben, uh... want are you now?" She asked. "No clue. DNA sample from a spider, got 6 arms, I look like a monkey..." Ben said, the sniffed under 1 of his arms. "Ugh! And smell like one too! That's it, SPIDERMONKEY! ACK, ACK, OOH, OOH, OOH!" He said, snapping his fingers upon giving this alien a name and hopped around cheering. Moka couldn't help but giggle.
Kou: Wooooooooooooow... great name. What their really called are Arachnichimps, a species of spider-like monkeys from a jungle-like planet. Like spiders, they can stick to walls and shoot webbing from their tails. While they are super strong, their mostly playful and not naturally aggressive, which is a weakness since Ben becomes childish whenever he uses it. WEEEEE!
"Ben, get me down!" Shouted a bluenette. "Coming! EEK, EEK, OOH, OOH, OOH, AAH, AAH!" Called Spidermonkey. Moving nimbly, he headed toward Kurumu, but Keito lunged at him. Spidermonkey's quick reflexes allowed him to dodge to the trees, but Keito was right on his tail. "No one escapes my web, gaijin! Now I have no choice but to kill you!" Keito yelled, very pissed off. Spiders are almost as proud as vampires, they work hard setting up their traps.
If prey escapes, its insult and injury simultaneously.
"NA, NA, NA, NA! You can't catch me!" Teased Spidermonkey, leaping from tree to tree to evade the enraged Jorōgumo. Keito growled and spat out silk to try and restrain the childish primate. "Ya missed me, ya missed me, now ya gotta kiss...! Actually, don't kiss me with THAT mug" Spidermonkey continued. Even Keito's slaves started giggling, mind control can't completely break senses of humor. You could see the steam blowing out of Keito's ears, she then belched some acid, making the object it hit bubble and sizzle. Keito grinned evilly. "If that comes out the front, I don't wanna know what comes out the back" said a squeaky voice behind Keito. Her grin dropping, she turned around to see Spidermonkey hanging upside down and giving her some type of sign language. One of his hands were on his nose and his fingers were waving.
If every else wasn't entrapped, they would have been ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing).
Keito had enough, she hissed loudly and tackled Spidermonkey. Using superior strength, Spidermonkey shoved her off him. Tapping into this aliens other abilities, he shot webbing from his tail. Keito saw it coming, and jumped up into a tree. She jumped off and bit Spidermonkey!
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...
Well, she would have if not for a pink form shoving her away. Although she hit that tree pretty hard, Keito recovered quickly. "YOU BITCH! YOU COST ME MY PREY!" She Roared. Bearing her fangs, she took her attention off her main target and went for Moka. "MOKA!" Shouted Spidermonkey, rushing to her and picked her up bridal style again, but one of his extra hands slipped...
FLASH!
"Shit, she's gonna shove my tail down my throat for an unworthy opponent" Spidermonkey complained. "Ugh, what's this? Where's this power coming from?" Asked Keito, shielding her eyes.
(AN: I wasn't gonna include Inner Moka originally, but for the purpose of canonicity and her character development later on, I inserted this last minute. You know what track to play...)
When the rosary seal over her breast is removed, Moka's innocent self vanishes, and her inner vampire... awakens. Inner Moka took in her surroundings. "You got us out? Impressive, but I'm gonna shove your tail down your throat if this isn't a worthy opponent" she said. Spidermonkey's face zooms up to your computer/phone screen. "Totally called that" he said, then his face returned to its original position. "Never thought I'd be happy to see you, hurry and get me down from here!" Said Kurumu, glad for once that Inner Moka was accidentally released. "Sorry, no. Find a way out on your own" Inner Moka answered flatly, making Kurumu grow a vein on her forehead. "Does that include us, madame?" Asked Yukari. "You don't want to be treated like a kid anymore, right? Start acting like it" said Inner Moka.
"Moka Akashiya, your just a joke! Compared to our leader Kuyo, your NOTHING!" Claimed Keito, as she shot silk from her tongue at Inner Moka. The S-Class vampire arrogantly lifted an arm to catch it, but a spider-like alien got it instead, he and Keito tugged the rope of protein (AN: Fun Fact: That's what spider webs are made of). "You let me out and now you man up? I don't need your 6-armed orangutans acrobatic circus tricks!" Said Inner Moka. "Just once, can you drop the act and accept help with its given? I don't ask for much" said Spidermonkey. Act? Inner Moka felt stabbed in the leg. Was he trying to say he didn't need her help, did he think she was weak? "Fine, see if I care if you get killed!" She snapped, with a little more emotion than she intended. 'Grrrrrr... losing my cool over a mere human' Inner Moka thought to herself. Ever since meeting Ben, something inside her changed. At first, it was only interest and food... but now... what was happening to her? Its not like she was...
"EARTH TO MOKA, HELLO?!"
Shouted someone, interrupting Inner Moka's thoughts. "If your gonna let Ben handle it, can you help us down... please?" Asked Kurumu, the voice from before. Inner Moka was about to give another arrogant comment, when Spidermonkey spoke up. "Just help her, I'm kinda busy playing with Miss Spider's granddaughter" he said. "Your the big shot hero, do it yourself gorilla-boy" Inner Moka pouted. Spidermonkey signed, what he said obviously hurt Inner Moka's prideful nature. "Look, you don't like getting help, I understand. But like I've said before, you need to learn how to accept it once in a while, I was the same way" he said.
Inner Moka scoffed. "What do you know? You've had your grandfather, your cousin..." she began. "Because I was just like you... huge ego to go with it. But when I learned the value of teamwork, I realized even the most steadfast of heroes can't do everything themselves. Sometimes we gotta put our pride aside and let others assist us, and believe it or not, it makes you stronger in the long run. I'm not helping you because I think I need to, I'm doing it cause I WANT to. Your my friend Moka... both of you... and I'll never forgive myself if anything happened to either of you" said Spidermonkey.
Inner Moka had to say, he had as much pride as she did, maybe more... and a big heart. Most people gave help because they wanted something in return... but not Ben. He wanted to help her because he cared, she began to feel foolish to think otherwise... man, she really was going soft! "Your not such hot shit, Tennyson! I'll show you how weak you really are!" Yelled Keito, pulling harder than before. Spidermonkey almost lost his balance... if it wasn't for an extra hand. "Eek, eek?" He asked. Looking where this hand was connected to, Inner Moka was holding him with a grin on her face.
Inner Moka: Ben, that's not how you windup.
Spidermonkey: (picks up on it) Oh, sorry. I never learned how to properly knit.
Keito: What the hell are you both talking about?
Inner Moka: I have a special trick my mother taught me, a little song she sang while knitting.
Spidermonkey: Ooooooh, can you teach me?
Inner Moka: It goes like this... (takes the silk in her hand, winding it up around Spidermonkeys arm)
Wind, wind the little thread...
Keito: (loses her balance, and is dragged along the ground) UGH! Hey, what are you doing?!
wind, wind the little thread.
Keito: S-Stop it!
Reel it in, reel it in...
till... its... dead.
Spidermonkey: OOH, OOH! I got it now, my turn! (takes over)
Wind, wind the little thread...
Inner Moka: Good boy.
Keito: C-Can't we... talk about this?
wind, wind the little thread.
Inner Moka: Excellent form.
Keito: S-Stop, please! It hurts!
Reel it in, reel it in...
Inner Moka: Now you've got it.
Keito: I'm warning you... cut it out!
Spidermonkey: Till... (tugs hard)
Keito: (hops forward) GAH!
Spidermonkey: Its... (tugs again)
Keito: WAIT! (hops forward again, now in front of Spidermonkey) GAH! (looks up slowly)
Spidermonkey: (his tail rises over his head) Dead...
SPLAT!
A minute later, its shown that Keito and her 3 minions are wrapped in a web-ball. "TA-DA! EEK, EEK, OOH, OOH, ACK, ACK!" Said Spidermonkey, bowing and hopping around. Inner Moka did a mock-clap "Listen... if you let me go, I won't report this to the Security Committee. I'll even join the Newspaper Club, what do you say?" Asked Keito, realizing she bit off more than her jaws can chew. Spidermonkey rubbed his chin with one hand, while his other 3 went to his hips. "Hmm..." he said. He then leaned in closer, grinned and... "Piss off."
One uppercutting kick later, the spider and her insect-trio rolled into the forest... out of site, out of mind.
Kou: This fight took 9 minutes, 2 seconds. WEEEEE!
Using his webbing, Spidermonkey got Moka's Rosario off the floor and caught it. "I believe this belongs to you" he said. Inner Moka didn't answer, she was putting her Rosario back into place, but a blue hand cupped her own and stopped her. "Listen... I meant what I said. No matter what, I'll always try to protect you... both of you" he said, looking straight into Inner Moka's blood-red eyes. She wouldn't admit to it, but she was caught off guard by this humans kindness yet again... she barely stopped herself from blushing like her dimwitted counterpart. Giving him a smirk, she put the Rosario back on. Spidermonkey caught her just as his transformation wore off, Ben and her did their gazing thing.
Kurumu: CAN YOU GET US DOWN, NOW?!
-TIME BREAK-
In an undisclosed location of the school, a sign with a white fox-like head read: "Pubic Safety Commission" (in Japanese characters, of course). Inside, a male with long hair and sharp eyes was sitting at a desk, meditating. The door slid open, yet the man did not open his eyes. "You know the consequences of disturbing my mediation" he said. Another man was standing in the doorway and despite the threat, he didn't once flinch. "My apologies, sir" he stated. "Well, get on with it. What do you want?" Asked the long-haired man, obviously a leader-like figure. "I have some interesting information I'd like to share... it's about the Newspaper Club.
"Those eyesores? I thought we taught them a lesson last year" said the leader. "Apparently not well enough, Keito was defeated" said the man. "Was she now?" Asked the leader, now slightly interested. Keito was a high-ranking officer, self-proclaimed but she did have some skill to back it up. "Yes, by the transfer student, Benjamin Tennyson" said the man. "By a gaijin monster? What's so interesting about that?" The leader asked. The man in the doorway walking inside and placed 5 pages of student information on the leaders desk about the Newspaper Clubs members. In the "Monster Type" box, each student had a known form... but one. "This... he was enrolled by the Plumbers, those American alien hunters."
"Those moronic fools?" The leader scoffed. "Rumors say this kid is able to transform into monsters of unknown origin" continued the man, seemingly ignoring his masters insult. "Like an Onimodoki or Doppelganger? Those monsters are weak" said the leader, beginning to loose interest and getting annoyed at this waste of time. "That's what we thought, but then we discovered this" said the man, pulling out pictures of Ben's various forms. Diamondhead launching crystals, Ripjaws tossing mermaids, Fourarms beating back an Orc... every transformation Ben has used thus far. "If he was an Onimodoki, he wouldn't be able to have such strength. Even if he was a Doppelganger, these are the 1st recorded monster forms we've ever seen, so it would be impossible to copy" explained the man. "Is that so? Hmm..." said the leader, his interesting piped back up. Looking closely at the pictures, he noticed a consistency. "That emblem, it looks like his..."
"Correct. Whenever he transforms, he touches his watch. It might be a limiter seal or something similar, we are currently unsure" answered the man. "Well then... it looks like we're in for the biggest show we've had in quite some time" said the leader, somehow making Ben's picture go up in flames while he chuckled.