========= ADVENTURES OF A NINE LEGGED SPIDER =========
by Onkiu!

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Author's Note: This is the second part of who knows how many parts of Chapter Two. Like I said before, this chapter was an unexpected 10,000 words + long, which would make this quite a long two chapter fic.

Also, I felt that it would be too tedious, long and boring for people to read such a long page.

So, Chapter Two has now been separated into 2000 word long sections for easier reading!

Legal Stuff: Please refer to Chapter One - I do not own HxH!
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Onkiu presents:
ADVENTURES OF A NINE LEGGED SPIDER
Chapter Two Pt 2: Kurapika x Undercover x Behind Enemy Lines
A game of pretence.

[Original title: The bouncer x angry young man x clashes]
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Arriving home, surprisingly not tired, Feitan was bombarded with questions from Sharlnack, who was seated in one of the three plump, red armchairs that were paid for with Feitan's first paycheque. Sharlnack was reading the York Shin Times and making full use of his 30 minute time limit on the chair (considering that there were only 3 armchairs between 9 people, there were time limits imposed so that all members had a fair go, and that they were not taken on a first come first serve basis).

Sharlnack looked up from his newspaper, and said "How was your day? Had fun at work? Enjoy your new job? Anything interesting?"

"Yes, actually. I met a very interesting person today." Said Feitan. "It was the chain guy… what's his name? Kuropika."

"Kurapika," corrected Sharlnack. "Wait! Are you sure? The chain guy?! The one that took down Ubo, Paku and Dancho?!"

"Yes… he had a chain on him."

"But that could've been any guy with a chain on him! Are you sure that he was OUR chain guy?" said Kurotopi, worried that Feitan's eyes might be just a tad too small to see the whole thing.

"I'm pretty sure. He looks exactly the same as the guy from the Pakunoda's memories."

"This is bad…" thought Sharlnack aloud. "Here we are, trying to AVOID the chain guy, but now, he's hanging around the same place that we are… Not good. This is not good."

"How about Feitan just quit his job, and it'll be all over!" said Franklin. "We won't see him, and he won't see us."

"But there may have been a chance that he didn't recognise you," said Bonoroleof.

"Do you think that the he didn't recognise you, when you recognised him?" said Shizuku hopefully. "You and him never came face to face right? The only people who've met him is Paku, Dancho, Ubo and Hisoka, and they're not here anymore!"

"Ahem," said Sharlnack loudly, reminding everyone who was the leader for now. "I think that Shizuku and Bono are right. For you to quit at such a stage would make it more suspicious. It would definitely make him think that something was wrong."

"But there's also a chance that he could be recognised. That guy has some sort of anti-spider detector on him," said Phinx. "He could kill Feitan at work."

"I actually think it's a good thing that the chain guy is nearby now. We can keep a watch on him, and if we ever need to, capture him and take him back to base to question him about Danchou, though there is actually the chance that he might lash out at us." said Sharlnack. "But there is also that chance that if we DO capture him, he might kill us all, seeing how strong he is."

"So what should we do, vice-captain?"

"I have another plan!"

Feitan slapped his forehead, praying that it had nothing to do with babysitting or his love of children.

"We have 4 spiders on roster to protect him every night, see how his situation is. Two spiders every night, and each spider goes for 3 nights a week. They just swap partners every now and then so it won't be too obvious."

"And those four spiders are….?"

"Aha! That's the exciting bit… they'll be determined by…. Spider Lucky Lotteries!" cried Sharlnack happily, revealing his genius to his fellows. He unveiled a lottery machine that no one knew where he got from. Strangely enough, no one noticed it had been standing in the midst of them either. When he got it was a mystery, but no one seemed to care.

The whole room fell silent. "Er…"

"Here. There are 13 balls with our names and faces on them. There are 9 right now, since I took out Paku's, Ubo's, Danchou's and that damned Hisoka's. This machine will then draw out 4 balls, and the 4 lucky people will then be Feitan's 'bodyguards' against the chain guy!"

Sharlnack tipped the balls in. The machine started whirring, the balls flying up here and there, hitting against the glass, shaped for some uncanny reason to resemble a pear. Finally, it stopped, and a mechanical spider dangled down from the top, and grabbed the first ball out.

"And the first lucky winner is….." said Sharlnack, trying to make it sound exciting. "Machi!!"

Machi stared blankly. The machine drew 3 more balls out, with Phinx, Nobunaga and Shizuku's faces on it.

"Alright! It's decided! On the first night, Machi and Shizuku will hang around Funky Cows, then Phinx and Nobunaga, then Shizuku and Phinx..! And you guys had better learn some secret signals just to tell each other what the chain guy is up to without being too obvious."

"Like?" said Machi coolly.

Sharlnack proceeded to teach them the 'Spider Secret Signals Invented By Sharlnack.' One tap on the nose for "He's coming you're way", two taps for "Let's quit for the night", three for "Retreat, retreat!", and a swipe across the nose, Bruce Lee style, for "Let's get him!"

Sharlnack, satisfied that the signals had been implanted into their brains, was able to rest happily that night.

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There were three itsy bitsy spiders on the prowl the very next night. One called Shizuku, one called Machi, and one called Feitan. The one called Feitan went to sit on his little leopard print stool outside a hip nightclub with tacky decor called Funky Cows. The other two went to have a 'girls' night out' at the very same place.

Seated on one of the aforementioned leopard print stools, which were somehow surprisingly comfortable, was Machi. She sighed at the boredom, over her Mr. Juicy's Vitamin C+ Orange Juice, and commented nonchalantly. "I really don't think that Feitan needed our help. He may be small, but he's powerful."

Shizuku shrugged. "But it's for the safety of him and the Ryodan."

They sat quietly for a while, listening to the soft background music provided by some unknown band called the Cockroaches. The night, in fact, was quite uneventful. A few guys tried to pick them up, using lame lines such as "Your glasses make your eyes shine like the stars." To return the compliment, Machi poured her drink all over them, in which they stopped their unctuous compliments and turned on them, snarling. Feitan then came to break up the fight, while they pretended that they did not know each other. Their acting, in fact, was very well done.

It was at the time that Shizuku and Machi thought that the chain guy wouldn't come that he appeared. He was wearing exactly what he was when Pakunoda had last saw him, and was accompanied by a small, balding woman wearing ragged green clothes and a gigantic man who seemed to have more hair over his body that Shizuku and Machi had combined. They stood out quite a lot from the crowd of young and not so odd looking night clubbers, dancing on the floor, picking up people.

"There he is." whispered Machi

"How do you know that's him?" said Shizuku.

"He's got a chain on him."

"Oh."

Luckily, they were hidden in the shadows, and it seemed that the chain guy had not noticed them. They ordered 3 pale ales (so named because of their pale, white colour that resembled milk), which seemed to be the only drink around. For the time that they were observing him, they noticed that he was fairly antisocial. Not once did he get up from his chair to dance, to get another drink, to chat to other people. He only talked to his own friends, and not once did he respond to the flirting he received from other club patrons. The girls that got rejected did not seem pleased. One girl even huffily shouted, "But I'm even prettier than him, how can he NOT notice me?!" And much to her displeasure, he did not respond to that half threat either, which reduced her to tears before she stormed out of the club.

But the one thing that scared them most was that he never seemed to gaze at anything but Feitan.

"I think the chain guy is in love with Feitan." said Shizuku innocently.

Machi whipped out her phone and dialled Sharlnack's number. Ring ring, ring ring. "Hello, Sharlnack. We want to report our observations."

"Ah, hi Machi. Report."

"We still haven't been able to determine his Nen type, but we've figured out some of his personality. This guy is fairly antisocial and is focused on getting us, or at least Feitan, killed."

"Hm. I've never thought of his personality before. We may actually act on it and use it to to our advantage."

"Yes. It seems as though he does not want to rely on his friends that much."

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"I'm certain he's a spider." said Kurapika, the hatred dripping evidently from his voice. He was seated in one of the plump, velvety armchairs in their new hotel room at the Peninsula. Soft, golden lights shone down from the walls. Nostrad, fearing for his daughters safety, had ordered them to transfer to a new hotel room every 3 days. His fears had escalated even more so ever since the raid by the Ryodan at the auction, and that she was probably known by them since her picture was on the Hunter website.

"Kurapika, you have to be careful. You can't forget that if you take him on, that he IS a spider, and he's pretty powerful. Not your average opponent." Senritsu was getting worried, hearing his heartbeat go haywire.

"Look, I'm certain I can kill him, if I plan carefully. I killed Ubogin, without any outsider help."

"But you cannot forget that he had been weakened by the Injiyuu before you had your go at him," said Senritsu.

"I also captured their boss, and managed to get the chains on Pakunoda and him. And Pakunoda's dead too. Do you think that I can take down not one, but two spiders through luck? Even if I was lucky on my first try, it can't always be luck!"

"But don't forget! You had Gon, Killua and me to help. If it weren't for them, would you have managed to get as far as you did, with your irrational gureilla warfare tactic!?"

"I don't need help. As long as I have a plan, I'm certain I can kill off at least one more."

"And what's your plan?!" cried Senritsu in her beautiful, melodic voice. "Kurapika, don't be ridiculous! You're risking yourself! They know who you are, what your identity is, they're not stupid! Pakunoda gave her life up to save her friends! Don't behave in such an irrational manner! You're behaving irresponsibly, and not only will you get yourself hurt, you may also get your friends hurt!"

Kurapika felt ashamed for making Senritsu worry so much about him. He hated having people feel this way towards him. He hated people relying on him, and moreover, him relying on people.

I can't let her worry… and yes. I do need a plan. They know my identity, because Pakunoda spilt my secret, and I know this because she's dead. I need a way of hiding my identity, my chains, and get close enough to him, and kill him. If I'm lucky, I may rip off all the other limbs too.

At that point, Neon suddenly bursted in from the door that connected the two suites together and jumped on top of him, nearly strangling Kurapika by her arm repeatedly knocking on his throat.

"Kuuurapppppeeeka!" she squealed. "Play Big2 with me! We need one more player! Hurry!"

As he followed the prancing, loud, and slightly annoying teenage girl, he suddenly had the perfect idea.
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Next Chapter: Kurapika's plan unveiled! How will he go about dealing with his long hated enemies - the Genei Ryodan? Watch this space! Chapter Two Pt 3 coming out in your local bookstore soon!