Standard disclaimers applied.

Some characters are slightly OC.

A.Note: Here you go…a longer chapter…but didn't I make it 'too' long that it becomes more boring? Oh well, just let me know (and bear with me again) . Pls. read and review! Arigatou! Happy reading!!

V. The Spider's Plan

"Darth Vader?!"

((EXHALE — inhale — EXHALE))

"Uh, Gon… Killua?!"

((EXHALE — inhale — EXHALE))

"Err…Leorio?!"

((cough, cough, cough))

After a few moments, the mysterious person finally revealed himself. He was a short man in black and wore a mask with a skeleton pattern.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're Feitan!" exclaimed Kurapika.

"No wonder the traitor clown had told you." said Feitan in a quite shrilly voice.

"What are you doing here? Leorio invited you too?"

"No, idiot! We're after the golden key which was known to unlock every security device."

"So?"

"So, give me the capsule!"

"Why? What's the connection between that golden, or silver, or platinum, whatever key and the capsule?!"

"Because the Spider needs the Triple X Hunter Card to find it!!"

Kurapika's eyes suddenly turned crimson red as soon as he heard the word 'Spider'. Enraged, he threw every utensil in the kitchen that his hands could grab to one of the member's of Genei Ryodan, but Feitan was able to avoid them all. Kurapika even used his chain to catch and stab him, but his enemy was still too fast.

"You're too slow! Is that all you can do?!.." Feitan sneered as Kurapika stopped to rest and think for a while.

"…allow me then to show you how I finish insects like you!" he continued, and prepared himself to attack the guy with chain.

Kurapika was about to use his judgment chain then. But out of curiosity, he controlled his wrath and waited patiently to witness his enemy's technique in killing fast.

Feitan removed his mask.

Kurapika alerted his self more especially his eyes so as not to miss seeing every move.

"This is my secret weapon…" Feitan's eyes became more piercing. "…with just my breath— HHHHHAAAAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh…— EVERYONE WILL DIE!!"

A 'green', offensive-smelling gas escaped from his mouth. One by one, all the flies that were buzzing around in the kitchen a while ago froze and fell to the floor, dead.

"I should have noticed the 'warning skull' on his mask beforehand." thought Kurapika as he desperately gasped for fresh air.

At the 2nd floor…

"Hyaah!"

((swish — swish))

"Gnash — nash — nash — nash — nash!!!"

Gon was under attack by some floating piranha- like creatures. There were about 10 of them, with small, but sharp teeth.

Gon continued running and searching for a safe room to hide and escape from while driving them away with his rod.

"Nyaaaaahh! Go away!!"

((swish — swish))

"Gnash… Gnash… Gnash — nash — nash — nash — nash!!"

After minutes (or maybe hours) of running and shooing, Gon found a room at last. He opened its door, hurriedly went in, and closed it instantly, leaving those hungry fishy creatures 'gnashing' outside.

"Whew! I'm safe now." sighed Gon.

He rested his back on the door, while still catching his breath. As he let his eyes wander around, he noticed something peculiar about the room.

There were artificial trees and plants 'planted' and even streets in there. At the far end of the room, colorful, miniature houses, life-size toy cars, and some mannequins in flashy outfits baffled Gon. Bright lights and wacky paintings studded the walls and ceilings. If one would enter there, he could not consider it as a typical room but a tiny town enclosed in a colorful box instead.

Few moments later, Hysoka appeared wearing a pink sleeveless shirt, white fitted pants (or maybe those were stockings), and a pink tutu. He was strolling and skipping along one of the streets, while smiling and singing…

"I'm a Barbie girl, in this Barbie world…"

Meanwhile, up the hidden realm of the ancestral home's attic…

…a candle was lighted,

…a black cloth was laid,

…and a girl in black dress chanted.

"fsdjfif gjuerl;auoaa iaw l;j ar asdfuiq;r ejfal siru qerqu ;ifuq;ej af;lqierl; wej qwer ;difjifhequlhe qlwuhqle fqhilehflgfiqrtyiwpq9ry289ewsnc., xcpqiowsm seroiqruposkdjpo2iwdpyruig;dshcdjiepoifhdjfh;ajsdkj;isofowi!!!"

After uttering some mumbo-jumbo, she placed a deck of tarot cards on the black cloth and drew a card with her left hand.

"gasp The Tower!"

She shuffled the cards and drew a card once more. But she still got the same card and stared at it, petrified.

"Shizuku, are you ok? What does that card mean?" asked another girl with purple hair.

"…It means…think, think, think…I already forgot..(eheh)…gomenasai."

"sweatdrop It means that there'll be danger or accident— maybe the Spider will not be able to get the TxH Card, Machi!!" said Shalnark to the purple haired girl.

"Probably." a suave, 'gelled' haired man in a black coat spoke. "From the prediction also which I wrote in a paper, it says: 'Macho, macho man!'…eh?! No! Sorry!! got another paper 'Pamela one..' aaarrrrggggghhh!!!! crumpled the papers Ah, at last! Here it is! 'As the wind blows, the spider will miss its prey.'" he continued.

"'The spider will miss its prey' might really mean that we'll not be able to get the TxH Card!" exclaimed Shalnark.

"But Danchou, what does 'As the wind blows' mean?" wondered Machi.

"It means…you know…err…I don't know, actually, but we'll find that out soon!" replied Kuroro.

"So, what are we gonna do then?" asked Phynx who just entered through a trap door in the attic after getting a bucketful of toothpaste.

"Yeah, what are we gonna do especially with those toothpaste?" asked Shalnark.

"Save the world from cavity?" added Machi.

"sweatdrop Right now, we need to trust Shizuku and use those toothpaste for her potion." Said Kuroro.

Shizuku proudly stood [letting her eyeglasses shine] and approached a cauldron of black syrup boiling at the fireplace nearby.

"This potion points at the black syrupy stuff in the cauldron is called Shizuku's Invisibility Brew. Its main ingredient is squid's blood [A/N: actually it's just squid's ink, but let's just say 'blood' to sound witchy, tee-hee ] that will help someone become invisible. Right, Deme-chan?"

"Rrrruuuummm,rruuumm!" her vacuum roared in agreement, and Shizuku smiled deviously.

"…But I don't remember asking for those toothpaste," she added in wonder.

A sexy woman with short, blonde hair suddenly arrived carrying packs of toothbrush.

"…neither those packs of toothbrush." continued Shizuku who became more confused.

"..umm…ahh…They might come handy later…eheh.." explained Kuroro.

Shizuku, satisfied with their Danchou's reply, started stirring her brew. When her potion was finally ready, she divided it equally among them.

"One for you, two for you…."

A few believed, others doubted. Nevertheless, everybody drank.

((gulp, gulp.))

((….))

All were silent. Everybody was anticipating for some magical happening.

((…))

"What happened?" asked Pakunoda who almost fell asleep from waiting.

"Nothing." replied Shalnark.

"Nothing?!"

"Nothing happened."

They didn't turn invisible, except for their teeth. Their teeth became 'almost' invisible as the potion tinted their teeth black.

"Aaaarrggghhh!!! What happened to my teeeeettth!!" screamed Machi.

"Relax." assured Kuroro. "Here, brush your teeth." then he handed her a toothbrush with toothpaste.

Machi did as she was told, and regained her sparkling white teeth.

All did the same and gained the same results, then afterwards…

"Shizuku!!!"

Machi and Pakunoda picked some books and were about to throw them to the potion's inventor.

"sweatdrop, sweatdrop, sweatdrop…..Go— me— na— sai! I forgot to chant a spell for that potion…aheheh… ." explained Shizuku, but still sensing her doom.

All: sigh

"Never mind." said Kuroro. "I have another plan." he then called them all to gather around him closer.

"whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper…Did all understand?" whispered the Spider's leader.

"Eh Danchou, what about Kurotop, Feitan, Hysoka and the others?" asked Phynx.

"Nah! Don't mind them! Let them be fooled a bit, nyaheheh! (Just kidding!).. They were assigned to a different task anyway. They should still continue exploring this house, while we… whisper, whisper, whisper… Okay?" reasoned Kuroro.

"Okay, Danchou. As you wish!" all agreed.

"Bwahahahahahah!!"

"Nyahahahahah!!"

"Hahahahahah!!"

"Ahweheheheheh!!!"

"Ahii-hi-hi-hiiii!!!"

((varying diabolical laughter reverberated in the attic))

"Are all ready?"

"Yes, Danchou!!"

Kuroro climbed the largest pile of books there, then shouted…

"ATTACK!!!"

Everyone dashed to different directions and left the attic empty in a flash.