One more to go.
Kazuki's POV.
Once again, I jump aside when Yuri tries to tackle me. It's horribly telegraphed, but her speed and strength make up for it. I'm sure that if I don't dodge in time, my body will break apart into a dozen pieces from the sheer force of impact, but I'm not used to this much physical activity and so I can't keep doing this.
Fortunately, Yuri seems to completely ignore Natsuki and so she doesn't pay any attention to her until she feels something grab her tail.
"Over here!" - Natsuki shouts as she starts pulling Yuri's tail towards her. I don't think she is going to accomplish anything aside from giving me a few seconds of rest.
The club vice president growls as it quickly turns into a tug of war, with the smaller girl obviously outmatched. In a matter of seconds, Natsuki loses her footing and Yuri throws her into the wall. Luckily, she loses interest in her and focuses on me instead of making sure that Natsuki is out of commission.
...All things considered, staying inside this room is a bad idea. While it does limit her mobility, it leaves little room for us as well, but we can't go outside until we take care of her wings. I could try using myself as a bait to give Natsuki time to bind her wings, but I doubt I'm going to survive it. Yuri will kill me as soon as she gets close enough to do so and once she's done with me, she'll certainly go after Natsuki. I can't let that hap-
I move out of the way as Yuri flies past, crashing into the wall behind me with a hiss. This is another problem. If she keeps doing this, she will end up breaking through, which will let her go outside and take flight. We need to get things moving quickly.
I run out of the room and quickly descend the flight of stairs. Yuri tries to run after me, but Natsuki jumps onto her and pins the girl to the floor with whatever weight she has. Her abdomen uncurls into a tail as she tries to bind Yuri's wings together, but she doesn't get enough time before getting thrown off again. I can see her try to sting the dragon with her tail before I continue running. I shouldn't let this distract me. I must keep r-
I stop when I see Natsuki's body fly past me with a yelp. Looks like it didn't work.
"L-Looks like things will have to get ugly." - Natsuki says with a hoarse voice. One of her spider legs is in a very bad state, but she has five more.
Something crawls out of Natsuki's body. I haven't seen these before, but I'm going to assume that this is what she's been workin- I forgot about Yuri! She's inches away from m-
I feel something pull me away as one of the spiders jumps at Yuri and explodes as soon as it reaches her face. A horrible smell follows as the blood from the little critter dissolves flesh on Yuri's face. While I know that it's not going to deal any permanent damage, the sight of it is still repulsive to me. However, that does not stop her for long. In a second, she attempts to attack me. Seeing that, Natsuki sends the rest of the spiders to follow their comrade's example.
Finally, the pain becomes unbearable for Yuri as she screams. Natsuki uses this opportunity to take care of her wings. Binding together the base of her wings should be enough Fortunately, she manages to finish her job before the club vice president can recover. Now we don't have to worry about h-
Suddenly, Yuri grabs Natsuki's neck. That instantly stops the spider queen. Instead of choking her, Yuri lifts her into the air and grabs her legs with her free hand before placing her across her shoulders as if she's about to perform a backbreaker.
If I don't do anything about it, she will snap her in half and so I do the only thing I can think of at the moment. I tackle Yuri, freeing Natsuki in the process. Unfortunately, that also leaves me dangerously close t-
I realize a second too late that this is exactly what she wanted. She grabs me and runs back upstairs. I try to break free from her grasp, but that only makes her tighten her grip. As soon as she reaches the room upstairs, Yuri breaks through the wall she damaged earlier. The landing is quite rough, but she doesn't care. As soon as she drops me, she...tears her wings off...I see. This was the only way for her to get rid of Natsuki's web.
I try to back away as I see her wings regrow, but she's much faster and in a matter of seconds, her hand is back on my throat. Her eyes are purple again, but her expression isn't much different.
"I apologize, but it looks like I cannot keep my promise of quick death. You see, I don't have much time left before I pass out. Even if I kill you, I'm sure that little bitch over there will make sure that I won't do anything she doesn't want me to do. Now, that wouldn't be good, would it?...Ah, I think it's time for the feast to begin. You have no idea how hungry I am. I drank some blood throughout these past few days, but it was barely enough to give me a little boost. But now I have a whole human to drain of his precious fluids. Once I am done with you, I'll get rid of all humans who dare to trespass my territory. With that said..." - she says before roughly grabbing my left arm with her other hand and biting it like a hungry beast.
"Kazuki!" - I hear Natsuki call out, but she might be too far to reach me in time.
Saying that it hurts would be an understatement. I can already feel her suck my blood out like a damn leech. With every second, more and more of my blood is drained. I don't know how long it will take for her to kill me, but it doesn't look like I have much time lef-
The sound of a gunshot rings out as Yuri lets go of my arms and drops down to the ground with a rather big hole in her head.
"Natsuki, now!" - I hear someone shout...That voice sounds familiar.
In a few seconds, Natsuki reaches Yuri's unmoving body and begins wrapping it up in web before she can recover. Now she shouldn't be able to move. I sit down to rest for a bit.
"Finally...But now what?" - Natsuki asks as she wipes the non-existent sweat off her forehead.
"...You...You bitch!" - Yuri yells at someone once the wound is gone. She struggles to break out of her bindings to no avail.
I turn to face whoever her insults were aimed at and...Monika?!
"Language, Yuri." - Monika says in response. Yes, that was her. She's still holding...a fucking magnum? Isn't that a bit much? Not that I'm complaining, but why would she even need it?...I really shouldn't be thinking about such trivial things after everything that happened.
"What are you doing here and why did you help me?" - I ask.
"Hm, yes, that's a pretty fucking good question after all that shit you said yesterday, don't you think, Monika?!" - Natsuki adds.
"...I...I just...I couldn't...I couldn't just...It...This is hard to explain...But I couldn't let you all die. It wasn't right." - Monika replies with a shaky voice. I've never heard her talk like this.
"Yeah, right. Do you honestly believe we're going to just believe that?" - Natsuki says in response. She's clearly pissed off.
"...No...No, I don't. I don't think there's any way for me to explain it. You're not going to understand...Nobody will..." - Monika says, her voice trailing of at the end.
"...Look, I'm willing to let it all slide if you just tell me one thing: how to help Yuri?" - I ask. We'll deal with all that cryptic bullshit later.
"I've already told you. As stupid as it sounds, it's the best solution to this problem for now." - Monika replies.
"Really now? Did you come here just t-"
"Natsuki!...Fine...It's not like we have any better options. It's not going to hurt to try it." - I interrupt Natsuki before she can say anything else. I'm really tired at this point.
I approach Yuri with caution. Even if her limbs and tail are bound with web, her mouth is still free. I'm sure that's more than enough for her.
"W-What are you doing? G-Get away from me! You miserable, wretched, insignificant speck of feculent scum! How dare you!" - Yuri keeps yelling at me. She looks like she wants to get away, but she can't. She tries to get rid of the web again, her attempts becoming more and more desperate as I get closer.
...Eh, what the hell.
"Oh my..." - Monika whispers as I kiss Yuri. It's...really awkward. There are no words to describe it. The blood on her lips doesn't make it any better. It's all over he-
I recoil and quickly back away when I feel her tongue. It feels nothing like a tongue should feel like. I don't even have to look to know that it's covered in blood.
"...Kazuki?...I..." - Yuri asks and I collapse onto the ground from relief. It worked. It fucking worked.
...It's not relief...It's blood loss...
"Kazuki! Shit...Quickly! Get him to..." - I hear Natsuki say before everything fades to black.
