A/N: Before we get on to the new chapter, I believe it is only proper to take a moment to remember the great man we've lost just the other day.

Stan Lee, the godfather of so many heroes and creater of the Marvel-Verse itself, has been taken into the arms of Lady Death and moved onto the next great adventure. As one of countless fans, I too will miss his greatness, but know that his legacy will live on.

To Stan 'The Man' Lee, may his legend be known all across the multi-verse and beyond. Rest In Peace.

X

The shrill sound of an alarm going off roused Eddie from sleep, his hand snapping out and turning off the clock before Venom broke it...again.

Sitting up and stretching, the host got out of bed and yawned before heading to the bathroom to get ready for the day. It had been a couple of weeks since the start of the semester and he had settled into a nice routine.

Classes Monday through Friday, then he and Moka would have a small study group together on Saturdays before they would spend Sundays simply hanging out and learning more about each other.

"Face it, you just wanted an excuse to stare at her when she's not looking." said Venom while the host was brushing his teeth.

"Really? And who between the two of us had to stop the other from coping a feel a few times already?" Eddie shot back while spitting in the sink.

"You know as well as I do that she's irresistible. So sweet and innocent, but hides a darker sexual side. For all purposes, she's perfect for a mate for the both of us."

The host choked on his own spit and coughed several times, "Seriously?! We haven't been here a month and you're going full perv on Moka?"

He could feel Venom's grin from the back of his mind, "Need I remind you that we don't keep secrets from each other? Or do we need to visit that dream you've had about our beautiful vampiress several times now. You know, the one with the two of you under the full moon and-

Eddie stormed back into the main room of his dorm and switched on his clock radio, finding the first country song he could and turning it up to mid-volume. Not enough to hurt his other, but enough for the lyrics to be heard clear as day.

"MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" the symbiote begged as Luke Bryan's 'That's My Kinda Night' filled the air. A black tendril shot out of Eddie's chest and smashed the radio several times until nothing remained but pieces. "You know I hate country music! Damn human!"

"Oh, I know. But take this as a reminder the next time you start in on my relationships." the host fired back as he finished getting ready for the day.

"...but you wouldn't mind being with her as more than friends, would you?" Venom stated with a knowing tone. Eddie paused a moment before he finished getting ready, not saying anything which spoke volumes to the symbiote.

X

Stepping out of the dorms with the groups of other male students, Eddie adjusted the strap of his backpack as he followed the path leading to the campus. Doing a mental checklist of all the assignments he had to hand in that day when he heard a couple of the other students speaking up.

"There she is! Moka Akayashi!"

"She's so hot it's illegal!"

"Sh-She's coming this way!"

Looking over his shoulder, the host saw Moka coming toward them from the girl's dorm. Her green eyes sparkling when she saw her friend. "Eddie!" in the next moment she was clinging to his side, his left arm enveloped between her breasts with her head on his shoulder. "Good morning."

"Good morning to you too, Moka." replied the host, smiling as they walked to school together leaving a group of envious, jealous and pissed off males behind them.

"They fail to accept that she is ours." Venom hissed possessively. A small black tendril slithering out and gently coiling around the pinkette's waist.

"She's not an object. She doesn't belong to anyone." Eddie argued back while glancing at Moka out of the corner of his eye to see if she noticed the extra limb holding her.

"We are her protectors while her true power is sealed. She clings to us for companionship and shows us kindness that only a very rare few have ever shown. None of these other worthless maggots deserve such a creature." the symbiote pressed.

A small aroma passed Eddie's nose, a combination of spices and strawberries that seemed to fit Moka perfectly.

"Eddie?" the vampiress asked, bringing him out of his thoughts. He glanced down at her and saw a bashful look on her face, "If it's okay with you, and Venom, could I have a little blood? I haven't had breakfest today, and..." she trailed off with her cheeks painted a deep pink.

The host smiled at her and lowered his shirt collar, "As long as you ask, and don't suck me dry." Moka beamed before leaning up and gently biting into Eddie's neck, taking only what she needed before pulling away smiling.

"So delicious..." she crooned happily.

"I bet you say that to all the boys you drink from." said Eddie jokingly.

Moka blushed deeper and poked her two index fingers together timidly, "A...Actually. You're the only person I've ever drank from." she admitted.

This little piece of information stunned both symbiote and host. "Wait, are you saying that..."

The young vampire smiled, a little embarrassed, "You're my first."

Venom's bellowing laughter nearly gave Eddie a headache, the double meaning definitely not lost on the Klyntar. "You better take responsibility, Eddie! Being her FIRST and all!" the symbiote jeered which had the host sporting a deep blush of his own.

"I really hope that it's okay. Most people tend to not let an S-Class monster feed from them like that." Moka continued, oblivious to what was happening of the shared mind of her two friends.

Eddie quickly snapped out of it and gave her a reassuring look, "It's fine, Moka. Really. Like I said, as long as you ask. I ain't a juice box, after all." he said with a chuckle which had the pinkette giggling too.

The two of them continued on their path, neither noticing a pair of violet colored eyes watching them from behind a tree nearby.

X

A couple hours later, Eddie found himself lounging on the grass beside a small pond. Moka had another class before lunch while he had a free period, deciding to take in a bit of scenery that didn't look like it belonged in a Halloween store before meeting up with her after the bell.

Venom had been quiet since first period. Even though he had long gotten used to another voice in his head, it was nice to be alone with his thoughts once in a while.

Closing his eyes, Eddie took a couple deep breaths of fresh air. Enjoying the serenity while it lasted.

"Eddie. We are not alone."the host's eyes snapped open at his other's warning and he was immediately on his feet and ready...however he wasn't prepared for what he saw.

Out of the edge of the forest, a girl came stumbling out into the clearing and collapsed to the grass. Wearing a yellow sweater vest over a white blouse and plaid skirt that showed off a figure that competed with Mokas, her short blue hair tied back with a purple ribbon with bangs framing a heart-shaped face.

She looked toward Eddie, locking on to him with a pair of violet colored eyes with a pleading expression. "P-Please...help me..."

The host quickly crossed the distance, "Are you okay? Where are you hurt?" he asked, kneeling down beside the girl who leaned into him almost instantly. The host blushing when he felt a pair of breasts that were easily a cup and a half size bigger than his vampire friend's bosom.

"...I just got so dizzy all of a sudden...can you help me?" asked the girl weakly. Her purple eyes looking up into Eddie's blue ones. The host momentarily lost in the view of her beautiful face.

"I'll take you to the infirmary, the nurse should be able to help." said Eddie, scooping the girl in his arms, making her blush as he started to carry her back toward the school.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her face into his chest. "Thank you." she whispered. "I'm Kurumu Kurono." said the girl as she curled into him more.

"Eddie Brock. What were you doing out here alone?" he asked.

"I was taking a shortcut to school when I suddenly didn't feel well. It was a good thing you found me." said Kurumu with a bright smile. They exited the forest and headed toward the school's gates. Kurumu snuggled into him again, her impressive bosom sandwiched between the two of them, rubbing his chest in a sensual way and making heat fill his face.

"This seems to be quite a pattern for us."Venom commented. "A beautiful girl that suddenly needs help? We seem to attract many females this way. Though it would seem that this one has an ulterior motive."

"What do you mean?" asked Eddie

"This female has a strange aura about her, something she had been trying to focus on you since you first looked into her eyes. Our bonding has made it so that whatever she is trying to do doesn't affect you, but you should take caution."

Pulling out of his thoughts, Eddie noticed that they were in front of the school, and Kurumu was looking at him oddly. "Are you alright, Eddie?" she asked sweetly.

Deciding to play along for now he smiled back, "Everything's perfect." He noticed the glint in her eyes, something predatory and victorious and now understood his other's warning.

Kurumu was definitely up to something.

'Eddie!" They looked up and saw Moka running toward them. A scowl passing over Kurumu's face seeing the pink haired vampire.

"Where have you been? And who is this?" she asked looking Kurumu up and down with narrowed eyes.

"This is Kurumu Kurono. She was having a bit of trouble in the woods and I decided to help her to the nurse's office." said Eddie.

Kurumu lept out of his arms, "And I'm feeling much better now. Thank you, Eddie. See you around." without another word she ran off. Moka looked after her with a raised eyebrow.

"She's up to something." said the host getting he pinkette to look at him oddly, "Venom said that she was trying to do something to me the moment I found her. Probably using the whole damsel in distress bit to let my guard down. But my bond to Venom made it so that she couldn't pull it off."

"Why would she try to do that thought?" she asked.

"I don't know yet. Moka, keep a look out for anything odd with her around. I have a feeling things will get a little dicey if we're not careful." Eddie said as they walked into the school

Kurumu glared from behind a pillar at the retreating figures. "Damn you Moka. You will not get in my way."

X

The day progressed without much incident, yet to Eddie it felt like something was going to happen and soon. Like a heavily feeling in the air just before a storm.

Since the encounter with Kurumu, he and Venom had been sure to keep checking their surroundings more carefully. Looking for anything out of the ordinary, so far they hadn't seen much that stood out, but they did however start to notice a number of male students acting strange.

Normally that wouldn't be too much of a stretch given how things went on in this school, but it still left host and symbiote wondering what the cause was.

Coming out of their last class of the day, Eddie and Moka walked through the halls of the school toward the exit. Both of them pausing when they saw more male students stumbling around with goofy grins on their faces while muttering to themselves.

"Whatever the hell's going on, it looks to be contagious." Eddie said.

"Moka Akayashi!" The two friends looked up and saw Kurumu standing on the railing above them, a fierce glare fixed on the pink haired vampire.

Leaping down, a group of guys caught her and lowered her to the floor gently. "It's because of you that my plan isn't working like it should be." blamed the blue haired girl.

"Plan? What plan?" Moka asked confused.

Kurumu smirked, "As a Succubus, it is within my power to bend the minds of men to my will. But because of you I can't succeed!" she growled. "No matter what I do, more guys around here seem to choose you over me! What do you have that I don't!" She took a breath, "The only way I can ensure my plan will work is to get rid of you. But first..."

Kurumu's eyes settled on Eddie who narrowed his own dangerously. "Oh, Eddie. Why don't you and I get to know one another better? I mean, I can give you better company than a vampire that only sees you as a snack."

Moka looked mortified, "I do not consider him a snack! He's my friend, I would never hurt him like that!" she shouted.

The bluenette approached the host and started drawing circles on his chest with her finger, "Why don't you and I get out of here. Hmm?" she looked up into his eyes, her iris' glowing softly...

Venom reared back when he felt a strong force attempt to overtake his host's mind. A large tendril shot from Eddie's stomach, slamming into Kurumu's chest and sent her back several steps, several more shooting out of Eddie's back and yanking him away from the bluenette.

"What the hell?!" the host thought in surprise.

"She just tried to take control of your mind!" his other warned with a growl."This explains what happened earlier, and what happened to all the other male students, she's the cause!"

"Wha-What's wrong?" asked Kurumu, rubbing her now aching chest and acting confused about his behavior.

"Don't even try to bullshit! I don't know what game you're trying to play, but you're not jacking my brain." Eddie snapped. "One extra voice in my head is more than enough."

Kurumu growled in frustration, realizing her plan backfired, "Why won't my charms work on you?!"

The host smirked, "Let's just say that I have an ace in the hole." he spoke while Venom seethed in anger. To try and take over Eddie's mind when it was his domain? The symbiote wanted vengeance.

The Succubus clenched her fists as she glared at Eddie. Opening her hands a moment later, long sharp nails extended from her fingers. A pair of bat-like wings broke through the back of her shirt and a tail with an arrow shaped end coming out from under her skirt. Her true form finally revealed.

"Even after everything I did...I humiliated myself, pretending to be weak just so that you would notice. But no...all you care about is her!" She flapped her wings and hovered above the ground.

"To be fair, Moka never tried to control me." the host fired back. "And you ain't doing yourself any favors with the hissy fit you're throwing."

"If I can't have you, Eddie...you can die with the vampire bitch!" Kurumu screamed before diving toward Eddie with her claws ready to tear him apart.

The host's eyes filled black with grey slits, a long black tendril lashing outward and swatting the Succubus hard enough to send her crashing through the window beside them.

Looking back at Moka he shrugged, "She doesn't take rejection well does she?" he said before jumping out the shattered window to the courtyard outside, finding Kurumu hovering in the air ready to attack again.

"Normally, I tend to not fight women." said the host before transforming into his Venom form. "But in this case, we'll make an acception!"

The young Succubus blinked in surprise at the new creature that stood before her. Her features turning serious as she prepared to attack again, "It doesn't matter what you are, you and Akayashi won't stand in my way!" She dove at him with a similar attack as before.

Venom grinned, allowing Kurumu to get close enough before jumping high into the air. The bluenette passing through the space where he had just been while he fired a series of tendrils that coiled around her waist and arms before flinging her hard into the wall of the school.

"Come on sweetheart, what else you got?" the beast goaded as Kurumu struggled to her feet and screamed and charged at him. Swinging her claws back and forth while Venom merely leaned from one side to the other to avoid them.

Kurumu continued to come at them with everything she had, only to be blocked or dodged at every turn. When she came around for a straight dive, Venom flipped out of the way, shifting his right arm into a tendril form as she passed by.

Spinning on his heel, the beast lashed out. The tendril extending into the air and grabbing Kurumu by the foot and retracting back to him. Leg in hand, Venom slammed the Succubus into the ground before throwing her into a tree, with the tendril still attached, he snapped her back like a bungee cord and threw her into the ground.

Despite the damage she took, Kurumu stood up on shaky legs. Breathing heavily with her body covered in dirt with scrapes on her arms and legs, but ready to fight on.

"She's gotta know she's outmatched." Eddie said from within. "Why does she keep fighting? What's there to gain putting herself through all this?"

"Does it matter? She tried to take control of your mind. As far as I'm concerned, she doesn't deserve sympathy...or mercy." Venom thought back, anger still strongly rolling off of him.

"I'm pissed at her too for that, even more so when she threatened Moka. But there's always a reason behind motives." the host argued. "She took control of the male population of the academy, but other than that she didn't hurt anyone until she attacked us. And even though we got her dead to rights, she won't give up. There's something else going on here."

The symbiote growled, "Yeah, she's about to become ribbons." Claws extending to the point of resembling machete blades, Venom charged toward the Succubus. The ground shaking with each thunderous step.

Kurumu stared into the face of her demise and realized instantly that she had bit off more than she could chew. Tears falling from her eyes as Venom drew nearer, closing them tightly as she screamed in terror.

Venom raised his claws, prepared to end the bluenette where she stood-

"VENOM STOP!" Eddie shouted. The deadly blades freezing before they could touch the blue hair on the girl's head. "Look at her! She's terrified of us! We don't need to kill her."

The symbiote growled ferally, wanting nothing more than tear the Succubus apart...until he saw what his host was seeing.

Instead of the overly confident, bitch persona she was showing off before, Kurumu looked very small in their presence. Her body quaking in fear with large tears streaming down her cheeks, added with all the damage the had dealt her, she wasn't a threat to anyone now.

"...You're making us soft." Venom grumbled.

"It's called compassion...and forgiveness. Not everyone deserves to have their heads chomped off or their bodies ripped to shreds. Remember what we agreed upon after we stopped Drake and Riot?" asked Eddie.

" 'Only Bad People'?"

"Just because someone made a mistake doesn't mean they're bad. She's not like Saizou was. Just give me a chance to talk to her."

Venom mulled it over a moment before grunting, "Fine. But if she tries to kill us again all bets are off."

X

Kurumu waited. Expecting vicious claws and teeth to tear into her soft flesh. But when nothing happened for several seconds, she hesitantly opened her eyes and looked up at the beast looming over her. Her gaze going from the endless rows of sharp teeth to the wide, pseudo eyes above them.

Another second or two passed before the 'face' of the creature slithered back revealing the human face underneath.

"Why did you do all of this? Why take away the freewill of our classmates?" he asked, wanting to know the answers

More tears fell from Kurumu's eyes as they fell to the ground beneath them, "My race is dying." she said almost too soft to hear, "When we Succubi reach a certain age, we are suppose to find our One. Our true mate to be bonded to for life and help us bare children. To keep our species alive and strong. Some of my kind go through their whole lives unable to find their One...I..." She started to sob. "I just wanted to find him. This was the only way."

Eddie changed his whole body back to its human form and hugged her as she cried into his shoulder. Both he and Venom couldn't sense any lies from her admission, and certainly explained a lot about why she had done this in the first place.

Kurumu's sobs slowed into hiccups as the host patted her back. "I can't blame you for wanting to find your true love. People do crazy things for the sake of finding love, you wouldn't be the first." he pulled back and looked in her eyes. "But you can't control everyone like this. How do you hope to have an honest connection with someone if you take their ability to choose away? If they can't like you for who you are, then they aren't worth it."

"R-Really?" asked the young Succubus.

Eddie nodded, "Try doing things the old fashioned way. You might be surprised." he reached up and wiped the last tear from Kurumu's face, "You're a gorgeous girl. Your One will be one lucky bastard." With that being said, he stepped away and headed toward where Moka was waiting.

Having seen and heard everything.

"See you around, Kurumu." the host called over his shoulder as he and the pinkette stepped off the campus.

"I've heard about the struggle for the Succubus, but I didn't think they would be desperate enough to result to such methods to keep from going extinct." said Moka.

"The road to Hell was paved with good intentions." said Eddie with a sigh, "I can understand the why, but what do they hope to gain from a mate that will only be a mindless sex drone for the rest of their days? I only hope Venom and I knocked some sense into her."

The vampiress looked up at him, "I believed for a moment that the two of you were going to kill her."

"Almost did, but I convinced my other half to give me a chance to find the root of the issue. Back after we stopped Riot, we came to an agreement that he would only hurt bad people. Kurumu wasn't 'bad' per-say, she just made some bad choices. That wasn't reason enough to take her life." said the host before smirking, "Besides, I think Venom was mostly pissed about the fact she tried to enter his domain." he added while tapping the side of his head.

In response, his left arm was encased in black tissue and flipped him off. Eddie and Moka laughed quietly as they continued their way to the dorms.

Behind them. Kurumu stood blushing as she watched the duo walk away. Holding a hand over her rapidly beating heart as her violet orbs remained on Eddie's back.

X

The next day, Moka and Eddie walked together to school like they did every morning. "You know, with the rate fights keep breaking out around us, we should start selling tickets." said the host.

Moka giggled at the joke as they approached the entrance gate.

"Eddie! Moka!" The duo turned and saw Kurumu running up to them, a paper bag in hand.

"Hey, Kurumu. Everything okay?" asked Eddie.

The Succubus nodded with a slight blush, "I wanted to give you both something as an apology for what happened the other day. I made them myself." She opened the bag to show over a dozen cookies.

The warm, sweet aroma coming off of them too hard to ignore. Eddie smiled took one of the treats and eating it whole. "Whoa, these are pretty good." he said from the flavor explosion he was experiencing. Venom was almost purring as he too tasted what his host had eaten.

Even though the symbiote was still pretty angry for the events of the previous day, he was at least willing to accept the apology she was offering him and his host.

Moka took one of the cookies and smelled it before taking a bite, "You're right, they are really good."

Kurumu smiled, "I'm glad you like them. And...there's something else."

They looked at the Succubus who's blush seemed to magnify. "I spoke with my mother last night. And she told me the proper way to find my destined One."

"Oh?" wondered Eddie, taking another cookie.

"Y-Yeah. She said that the way a Succubus can find her true love is through her charms. I thought that meant controlling men...but as it turns out, it's the opposite."

"Meaning?" asked Moka, part of her not liking where this was going.

Kurumu smiled, "Our destined One is unaffected by our charms. That's how we know that the connection is true."

Eddie paused in mid-bite as everything started sinking in. "You don't mean..." The Succubus wrapped her arms around his left arm and nuzzled her face in his neck.

"I spent all that time looking for my One, when he was right in front of me." she cooed happily.

"WHAT!" Moka shouted, aghast.

"That's right. Eddie and I were meant for each other." said Kurumu.

Moka grabbed Eddie's right arm and tried to pull him away from the Succubus, "How can he be your destined One? You tried to kill him yesterday!" she shouted.

The bluenette held tighter to him and pulled back, "He is unaffected by my charms and he bested me in combat, he is my true mate!"

Eddie was frozen in shock as he was tugged back and forth. He was both ecstatic and terrified. Ecstatic, because he had two gorgeous girls fighting over him, every man's dream. Terrified, because he had a feeling things could only get ugly from here.

"Venom? A little help here!" he pleaded with his other.

"Sorry, but I believe that you told me not to get involved in YOUR relationships." the Klyntar said with a great deal of humor in his tone. Leaving his host to fend for himself between the two possessive females.

X

A/N: As time goes by, I intend on making the fights longer. But so far Saizou is the only one deserving of Venom's full fury.

Kurumu has joined the group, and Eddie will soon learn that trying to juggle two girls vying for his affection will be great deal of work. Especially when even more become interested.

Many updates to come folks, and with the fan-base this story has gained they will come sooner than you can believe.