Alright, I WILL finish this before the March 30! I am determined! I'm sorry this chapter is so short, but it seemed only natural to stop it there! Promise the next will be longer!
Oh, and happy late Friday the 13th (I was born on that day BTW, only in July)
Eight Legged Freaks (You know I had to use this title ^_^)
"Did you kill her?"
"I lured her into the nest."
"Good, Koujiro. The hatchlings will birth soon. They will awaken to a good meal. I am pleased."
"I am pleased that you are, master." He bowed once more to the figure before him, his eyes void, "but the monk is with her."
"I will deal with him. Now go, Koujiro. Make sure my children get their meal promptly."
"Yes master." Koji exited the cavern.
The figure smirked its pearly white fangs gleaming in the darkness, its thin red eyes scanning the area as it slowly stretched a hairy appendage straight out.
"Come Ryo-Gumo." A large spider, about two feet in length, perched on its master's limb.
"All goes according to plan. Mortals are so easy to manipulate," the figure hissed, "once Koujiro does his job, bring him to my nest. I will hunt down the monk for myself."
The figure morphed, its body structure transforming and shrinking into a much smaller form. It walked over to a deep red puddle, more than likely of blood, inspecting its reflection as its servant sat on its master's shoulder.
"After all," the figure's voice altered, into a much softer, juvenile voice, with a light feminine quality, "females always devour the males."
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They landed on something soft. "Miroku, Miroku where are you?!"
"Right here," he said, "one more fall like that and I swear it's going to kill me."
"Spider demons are very light, they can walk across flimsy terrain like this. We'll have to be careful about where we step." Sango replied.
"So how far underground do you think we are now?"
"I'd say about fifty feet underground."
"Um, Sango?"
"What's that?" He pointed a finger to something right in front of them.
"Oh crap…"
In front of them was what seemed to be a bag attached to the wall made from what appeared to be a thick layer of spider web, and something seemed to be rustling inside.
"It's-It's the egg sack, over a thousand baby spider demons are probably hatched in there already," said Sango, never tearing her eyes away from the sack
"Then we should get out of here then?"
"No, don't worry. It usually takes about several hours for the hatchlings to break through the sack."
"That's why I'm here." The voice was monotone, almost droned voice. Both turned to the direction of the voice, where Koji was standing. He unsheathed his sword and cut through the sack, before disappearing off into the shadows.
Spiders erupted from the sack, running around the area before laying their multiple eyes on the two humans, fangs gleaming at their prey.
"Should we run?"
"Yes."
They took off, hundreds, maybe even thousands of spiders chasing after them.
They were sent to a sudden halt by something wrapping around their ankles. They both fell to the ground, the spider webs coiling around their feet, securing their limbs to the ground. Sango turned to Miroku, her eyes widening.
"Miroku, you're sinking!" Sango yelled. The monk struggled carefully to get free, only to be sunk down deeper into the floor. Sango managed to get one arm free, grasping his hand as he sunk into the ground.
"Sango!"
"Miroku!"
And even before she knew it, he was gone, sunk beneath the web stained ground. She called his name repeatedly as the spiders hovered over her.
No response.
"MIIIRRROOOKKKKUUUUUUU!"
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"Where am I?"
He slowly got up, steadying himself, feeling as if he had lain there for days. He looked around his eyes in slits as he adjusted to the fierce glow of ethereal light surrounding him. His hands closed around a handful of silky webbing, sticking to his fingers.
Miroku looked forward, his eyes scanning across the glowing web that covered the cavern completely; leading him to believe the room was completely made from bed. Across the floor and wall, lay lumps lying across the barricades…
Human shaped lumps.
He hesitantly crawled over to one, slowly uncovering what he guessed to be the face. 'Thank God…'
Most of the women hidden in the bundles of web appeared to be sleeping, as if under some kind of spell. He didn't try to unravel them, the web seeming to be their only life force as they had probably been there for weeks without sustenance. Luckily, all of them were alive.
He walked on; pass the pillars of sleeping females until his eyes rested on a familiar body laying on a pillow of web, her small form in a fetal position her tiny hands curled into her chest, her hair strewn out across her face and the webbing.
He walked over to her. "Yuri?" he whispered.
She seemed to stir lightly and he quickened his pace until he kneeled down in front of her. "Yuri?"
Her eyes opened, revealing inhuman red slits.
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Okay, last cliffhanger, promise! Gotten over writer's block completely, I've come to a point where my mind is running freely now, I have a tendency to brainstorm parts of a story near the end, even thought I can't get a word on what's happening in between. Next chapter should be up next weekend.