I'm getting pretty far on this story. Didn't really think I would. Cool!!!!!!!! Well, there's not much left to go really, sorry to say! I'm debating whether to make this story part of a series, make a sequel, or just leave it at that. Whichever one I use will decide what the end to the story will be. You all tell me: series, sequel, or none? Let me know in your reviews, and I can get started on it right after I finish this one!! Time to thank reviewers!!

Devil-Angel- Yeah, I hate spiders too! They're big and nasty and -shudders- gross!!! Sorry about the whole partially decomposed bodies part!! It just made it seem more scary and creepy and stuff!! I'm glad you liked the chapter though!! And yeah, their clothes do work well with them don't they? !!!

C.T Saiyukily Twisted- Yeah, maybe I should've spent less time on the clothes. Hm…anyway, I find time to do this because my college lasses are done so I have way too many study halls. I used a female because then it would describe the reason for doing all this to the people: her nest of eggs. I didn't really get the inspiration from Harry Potter, more or less from thinking of something creepy that eats flesh.

Chapter 9

Hitachi's golden eyes glared at the man standing before them with her sister at his feet. The smug grin was still plastered on his pale face. How badly she wanted to just rip that expression off his face with as much pain as humanly possible. Kirashi lay at his feet, glaring daggers up at the walking corpse. She defiantly was not pleased about this one bit. Though it meant having some fun kickin the shit out of this guy, what she really wanted was to get to the person who was behind it all.

"Are you looking for a death wish, old man? Cause if you are, I could happily grant you that wish," Hitachi ground out between her teeth.

The man chuckled again. "Oh, my dear. You can't kill me if I'm already dead."

"Then I'll send you back to hell where you belong!" Hitachi yelled as she drew her sword from its sheath. The sword glowed an ice blue color that lit the room with an eerie glow. Hitachi held the sword in her hands with her eyes closed. She meant to send this bastard into the depths of hell, and she was sure as hell gonna do it.

The man watched her as she did this, his grin never faltering. That worried Kirashi. Her sister was quite strong, and when someone could just stand there and watch her with a grin when they're about to get killed, that really worried her. Something wasn't right. And knowing Hitachi, she'd find out the hard way.

Julin and Maki both stepped away from her, knowing better not to get in her way. Last time that happened, Maki almost lost her head, and both of them preferred to keep their heads where they were at the moment.

Hitachi slowly opened her eyes and looked at the man with an icy stare. She channeled her energy into her sword, making the blade glow even brighter. Faster than the eyes could blink, Hitachi rushed at the man, sword raised, and then vanished. It was one of her special techniques. She would run very quickly and then jump upward, leaving an image that seemed to just disappear, giving her time to attack from behind.

She ran quickly, just as the image disappeared, and brought her sword down onto the man. What happened next surprised everyone, including Hitachi herself. The man had turned around and caught her sword between his hands, still grinning.

"H-how in the hell!?" Hitachi yelled. No one had EVER caught her attacks. NO ONE! Now suddenly this man, who has never seen her use her techniques, is suddenly able to stop one of them? Hell no!

The man laughed at the expression of pure confusion and anger on Hitachi's face. He shoved her sword away with ease before grabbing her by the neck and slamming her into the ground headfirst. Hitachi cried out in pain.

"Hitachi!!" the other three yelled. It's a surprise if Kirashi couldn't land an attack, but if Hitachi couldn't land one, they were in some serious trouble.

The man chuckled as he kept Hitachi pinned to the floor with his hand at her neck. Hitachi glared up at him. "H-how dare you! I'll…kill you for this!" she yelled as best she could. With his hand pinning her by the neck, it was hard to breath let alone talk.

The man only chuckled at this. "I know your techniques my dear. Your friend Yukio provided me with very good information on you three."

All four youkais' eyes widened at this. There was no possible way that Yukio could do this to them. Kirashi's eyes were wide with disbelief. Yukio couldn't have done that to them. Yukio had been Kirashi's lover for years. He was traveling with them when somehow they were separated. Yukio had gone missing during the fight between them and the youkai. That was the battle that had forced them to come to this inn in the first place and got them into this whole mess. Nevertheless, there was no way Yukio would betray them like this. Yes he was rough around the edges, but a traitor, never…

"Ew!! What is that!?" Gojyo yelled as he looked at the eight-legged creature.

"Looks like some sort of spider demon. That would explain all of the dead bodies," Hakkai replied. Though they had their share of spider demons, none of them looked like this before.

"I don't care what it is, but it's going to die," Sanzo said as he pulled out his gun. The spider demon was starting to annoy the hell out of him.

"Why would it want to eat youkai women? They don't look tasty," Goku said as he stood back up.

"How is it no matter what the situation is, you seem to always bring food into the mix?" Gojyo asked as he brought his shakujou staff to his hands.

"Well, I didn't get anything to eat," Goku replied as he picked up his Nyoi-Bo. "Come to think of it, the girls didn't get any food either."

"How about this. After we defeat this spider demon, we'll grab the girls and go get something to eat?" Hakkai suggested with his usual smile in place.

"Yay!!" Goku yelled before preparing to fight. He wanted to defeat this demon as soon as possible so he could fill his empty stomach. Sanzo sighed at Goku's actions before turning to the demon.

The spider watched the group with hungry eyes. She wanted to pick them apart one by one, but the little one had turned around too soon and yelled. That brought the other three over and made it more difficult to be able to kill them all without some type of injury. Guess she'd have to use her traps to capture these four. With her webs, that'd be no problem.

"Y-you're lying!" Kirashi yelled. "Yukio wouldn't do that to us!"

The man laughed even more. "Oh, but he would. For a hefty price, he gave you to us. He told us each of your techniques and how to stop them in case you ever tried to escape. He told us your weaknesses and how to use them against you. For instance, Hitachi's weakness is the safety of her friends. And dear Maki, I know you won't attack me with that fire of yours with your friends so close to me. It might kill them."

Hitachi glared up at him. He was really starting to annoy her, and he would pay for it. He would pay for it with his life. Maki also glared at the man, which was rare for her to even frown let alone glare. He was right in saying she wouldn't attack so long as he had Hitachi in his grasp. Though she could control fire with a simple thought, she wouldn't risk burning her friend.

The man's gaze then settled on Julin. "And your weakness, Julin, is your stomach. Without any type of food, you grow weaker."

"Hey! That's not true!!" Julin yelled. A small silence passed before the grumbling of Julin's stomach could be heard. Julin blinked before grinning sheepishly with a hand behind her head. "I'm really hungry right now."

"How in the hell can you be hungry at a time like this!?" Hitachi yelled, still pinned to the floor.

"I haven't eaten for a long time! And those guys didn't get us any food!" Julin replied.

"Let's just figure out what to do about this guy before we find Sanzo and them, then we'll all go out to eat. Cause I'm kinda hungry too," Maki reasoned.

"Fine, but you're buying. Now, will you guys start attacking already!?" Hitachi yelled, wanting to get out of the hold the man had her in.

"Right!" Julin yelled before she ran towards them. Julin's attack depended on Kirashi. Kirashi's flutes would create an image to which it would seem Julin had jumped up, directing the enemies gaze upward, and giving Julin the chance to attack him in the front.

Kirashi saw Julin's move and quickly pulled out of one her flutes, playing it. The notes created the image of Julin jumping up above the man, looking ready to attack. The real Julin raised her leg to attack and was surprised to see the man's gaze still locked on her and not the image. She cried out as the man took ahold of Hitachi and threw her at Julin, hard enough to send them both into the wall.

Kirashi took the chance to roll away from him and jump up. "My flutes don't effect him. Maki! Burn his ass!"

"You got it!" Maki yelled as she conturned up a set of flames in her hands. She quickly ran towards the man. No one knew much about Maki's attack only that she would disappear in flames and then attack from the shadows.

Maki continued to run towards the man before flames engulfed her from head to toe and then disappeared along with her. The man just stood there, that grin still plastered on his face. He then quickly turned, raising the sleeves of his kimono, and blocked the fire attacks directed at him. He then reached into one of the shadows and took Maki by the arm, throwing her at Kirashi. Both Kirashi and Mika were sent flying into the wall.

The man laughed. "You see! Yukio has told me everything he knew about you three! There's no way you can stop me now," he laughed.

"Wanna bet?" The man's laughter stopped as he looked at Hitachi. The other three youkai looked up at their friend. She was standing in front of Julin, who was looking up at her from the floor. Her head was bowed and eyes were shadowed. She held her sword at her side, which was now glowing a dark red, which they had rarely ever seen. Hitachi raised her head and looked at the man. "Yukio may have told you everything he knew, but we didn't tell him half of what we can do."

"What?" the man said. Yukio had told him nothing of when her sword would glow red. He told him that Hitachi's attacks depended on the brightness of the sword, but never the darkness of it.

Hitachi raised her weapon to eye level. "Now, you die!"

The man grinned and pulled out a sword of his own. "Try it if you like, but it won't make a difference since I'm already dead!"

Kirashi, Maki, and Julin all watched as both Hitachi and the man rushed towards each other, swords raised and ready to kill. They met in the center of the room before crimson blood was spilled on the hard wood floor and one body fell.

Sanzo and the others were having similar problems. Each time any of them attacked, the large spider would dodge, seeming to move in thin air when in all actuality she was moving on her spider's web. The thread of the web was just as thin as the thread that had fallen on Goku's shoulder. It was hard to see, and you could barely feel it. This made it quite difficult to avoid while fighting.

The spider avoided another one of Sanzo's bullets. Everything was going according to plan. While they thought she was only dodging attacks, they were falling right into her trap. For every move they made, was one more move towards their death. It wouldn't be long now before they were completely in her grasp. They would fall pray to their own foolishness. Their weapons will soon be of no use to them anymore, and their bones will be added to her collection while her children feed on the town. So far, three of them were ready for the taking, just one more left to go.

Hakkai found that it was getting harder to move. It was almost as though something were holding his movements back. Gojyo and Goku seemed to be having similar problems. Their movements were slowed, and they looked like they were having a hard time even walking. Sanzo even seemed to be slowing down. Something wasn't right. Hakkai looked around to see if he could find out why it was becoming so hard to move. A hint of silver caught his eyes, and he knew what was going on. All around them, connected to their arms, legs, and bodies was the thread. It was trying to hold them in place, but the strands were loose. As though they were allowing them to move around. But why?

It was then that he noticed it. Sanzo could still move. This whole thing was a trap. She was waiting till they all had enough threads on them before she tightened the silver strands, capturing them all.

"Sanzo! It's a trap!" Hakkai yelled.

Sanzo glanced at him and took another shot at the damned spider, who yet again moved out of the line of fire. Trap? All she's doing is dodging. How can it be a trap. His question was soon answered as he moved his hand to shoot again and found that he cold hardly move his arm.

"What the…?" Sanzo said as he looked at his arm.

The spider demon laughed. "Now, you're mine!" All four guys were lifted into the air, unable to move as their weapons were wrenched away and thrown to the ground.

"What the hell!?" Gojyo yelled as he struggled against the web.

"It's a spider's web. She was planning this from the start," Hakkai replied as he tried to angle his hands to cut the threads, with little success.

The spider laughed again. "You've all fallen into my trap. Now I can feast upon your flesh," she said as she made her way towards Goku. She opened her mouth, ready to devour the struggling boy.

"Goku!" Hakkai yelled. There was nothing they could do so long as they were held tight in the sticky threads.

The spider stopped short as the door to the room opened with the flames roaring brightly behind a figure. "Who dares interrupt my feeding!?" The figure stepped forward, revealing themselves as the innkeeper, the grin still plastered on his pale face. "Ah, finally. It would seem that you've taken care of the youkai women. Good," the spider demon said. The guys' eyes widened at this. The girls? Dead?

DUN DUN DUN!!! Sorry! Just had to leave you with another cliff hangar!! Did the girls really die? Review and you'll find out!!