Toru: really a 2 parter?

Me: look I didn't want the chapter to be too long, and besides haven't you ever heard of a cliffhanger. You know leave the people wanting more.

Toru: whatever.

Aranea: I think it's a good idea everyone gets to see how we meet.

Me: at least someone likes the idea.

Toru: shut up and type.

Me: (sighs) I just can't win with you. Remember I own nothing.

Previously:

As time passed Toru thought she was going to die from boredom so she thought she's train while she sung a little. She walked along the hand rail and began to sing as she slowly began to move along the rail.

"Mirror, tell me something.

Tell me who's the loneliest of all"

The boatman came out again, "Hey kid what are you doing?! Get down you're going to get yourself hurt!"

Toru back flipped to the other side of the boat and began sparing with an invisible opponent as she jumped, kicked, ducked, and punched all over the boat.

"Mirror, tell me something,

Tell me who's the loneliest of all.

Mirror, what's inside me?

Tell me can a heart be turned to stone?"

Eventually Toru stopped training and started dancing as she vocalized. She then back flipped onto the deck and summand a pentagram that blew a large gust of wind into the sails.

"Mirror, mirror what's behind you?

Save me from the things I see!

I can keep it from the world,

Why won't you let me hide from me?

Mirror, mirror,

Tell me something

Who's the loneliest of all?-"

A soft voice in the distance cut Toru off. "I'm the loneliest of all"

Chapter 8: A Spider's Web (part 2)-Loneliest of all

The boatman was stunned at what just happened. Did this kid just use magic? No way doesn't magic exist. "Alright kid, tell me what you did!"

Toru wasn't listening she was hoping to here that voice again. It was soft but she defiantly heard something or someone. As she looked around there was nothing insight, no other boat, no island, no nothing.

"Hey!" the boatman yelled. "I want answers kid, what did you do?" there's no way he was taking this girl anywhere until he knew what he was dealing with.

Toru snapped out of it and approached the man, "Does it matter, as far as I can tell I cut so time off our journey." The boat stopped suddenly making Toru fall. "What the hell do you think you are doing?! I'm paying you damn it, drive the boat!"

"Oh I'm driving it alright; back to Miami." He began to turn the boat around until he felt a small knife resting up against his neck. Toru turned the man around aiming the knife at his heart.

"I've come way too far for you to mess this up. If you won't take me fine, beside I don't need you anymore anyway."

Later chucks of human remains were being dumped into the ocean; sharks soon surrounded the boat at the smell of a potential meal. Toru smiled as they devoured the boatman. "Good luck having any find your body."

So the day passed Toru was happy to see she was only 10 miles away from her destination, only to have it shattered by an incoming storm. The harsh winds and raging waves were thrashing the boat threating to capsize her.

Knowing she couldn't out run the mini hurricane Toru ran outside to cast a spell. With her aura glowing white she looked up and created a giant pentagram in the sky, using its magic to part the clouds, but not before a huge lightning bolt shattered the boat into a million pieces.

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Toru landed head first into the water knocking her out cold for hours, but not before she grabbed on a piece of drifted wood only to wake up on an unknown beach the next morning.

'Ugh. Where am I?' Toru checked-thank god she still had her bag, she was so lucky it didn't it didn't wash away. She looked through the book and saw the similar fauna. 'Yes I made it! Now all I have to do is find the cave.'

As Toru walked through the dense jungle she noticed the large amounts of spiders that appeared to be watching her…weird. After hours of endless trekking she finally reached the mouth of a large cave only to have to navigate a labyrinth. "Oh come on!"

Toru wondered the twists and turns of the labyrinth for a day, marking the walls so she wouldn't get lost with no ale, no matter what path she took she'd end up at a previous one.

She was getting frustrated. "UHH! There has to be a way through this stupid maze!" As she searched the cave walls for some sort of clue as to figure this whole thing out. Then she realized the spiders again or there webs rather, that there was hundreds of webbing adorning the ceiling of the cave and Toru followed.

The webs soon lead to a pedestal with a double edge sword wedged in the rock. "I found it! The Sword of Slayers!"

A soft voice soon emanated, "You want that sword to, huh?"

Toru pulled out her knife, "Who's there? Show yourself coward!"

A little girl with a spider's waist came out hiding from behind the wall.

Toru stood ready to fight with her knife pointed at the girl. "Who or what are you?"

"Aranea, I'm the guardian of the sword, and this is Spider island my eternal home."

Toru tilted her head confused, "What are you talking about?"

The little spider girl lowers her head is sadness, "The Bermuda triangle is a giant barrier and it keeps most from coming through but it keeps me from leaving."

"You mean you're alone." She felt bad for her, everyone needs someone right? Even Toru had Chase. "Why are you here alone?"

"It was a long time ago, longer than I can remember, Spanish explorers came here before the barrier was in place and ransacked our island. They were destroying everything, cutting down out jungle, and killing anything that moved. My people were treated as the invaders when it was they who were the invaders, they were the monsters!" Aranea was trying so hard not to cry but the memory was too vivid and to painful. "My mother took my remaining brothers and sisters here and erected a barrier with the last of her strength to create the Bermuda triangle."

Something didn't sound right if Aranea had siblings with her where are they now?

"You said you had family where are they?"

"When those people came they brought there diseases with them and my family became ill. I don't know why I survived, I did everything to try and save them, I tried so hard. But their illness was like nothing I'd ever seen, and before I knew it a year passed and they were all gone. My mother wanted to protect us but know that everyone's gone I'm trapped and I'm alone."

She shouldn't be listening, Chase taught Toru to never underestimate an opponent, but her story, her actions, and emotions felt too real to be faked. Also she could feel for her, for the longest time Toru was alone the only difference between them was that Aranea had a family that loved her while Toru's gave her up. She alone, unwanted, unloved, and without a purpose. No one to help or be of use to, that is until Chase found her. Aranea had a purpose but with no one around her it was a lonely existence and that can be just as devastating.

Toru thought about her next choice of words carefully, "I can relate in a way."

"How? You wouldn't have risked your life to come here if it wasn't for someone, right?"

Damn she was good. "You're right I have someone now. I owe him everything and that why I need that sword, and I will fight you to get it."

Aranea gave a sad smile, "I must be nice to be of use to someone. Go ahead and try to take it I won't stop you. The sword chooses its owner and only they can use its power."

You've got to be kidding me! So even if she did get the sword there's no way Master Chase could use it! That book said nothing about that, but then again she was lucky to translate anything in that old book considering it was written in an ancient language. Oh well, she's got nothing left to lose.

"Ah, fuck it." Toru grabbed hold of the swords handle and started to lift it out. Surges of energy ripped through her. Electricity coming off of Toru was battling the strange energy. "UHH! I will not go back now! I've come WAY too far to give up now! Even if I can give you to Master Chase I won't go back empty handed! YOU GOT THAT YOU DUMB SWORD, I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!"

With one final thrust Toru pulled out the sword causing her aura to glow and manifested into a dragon.

Aranea gasped in amazement. "Unreal. No one's ever been able to make that thing budge."

Toru held the her prize with pride, "One thing you need to know about me is that when I have a mission in front of me I don't quit until its done."

"So I-um-I guess you'll be leaving now, huh?"

"Yeah I'm leaving I can't stay here forever, but I'll come back and visit if you want."

Aranea looked at Toru confused, "What?"

"I have your sword now, meaning you literally nothing else to do. So I'll come back and visit if you like. I mean everyone needs someone right? And being alone forever just sucks and not having a purpose is even worse."

"What's my purpose now?" the arachnoid asked.

"To be friends I guess I don't have any and you don't have any either so what do you say?"

Elatedness flowed over Aranea and she jumped on Toru hugging her in a human form.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

Toru winced at the sudden affection, "Ah, naked! One step at time. I'm not use to loving physical contact."

Aranea got off, "Sorry. I'm just so happy to have a friend, it's been so long"

"Yeah whatever. But my boats trashed so I might not get off this island anyway"

Realizing her new friends predicament, Aranea plucked some of the spiders webbing like guitar strings sending vibrations through them.

"What are you doing?" she asked skeptically.

"Oh the spiders on this this island are my eyes and ears, they watch the entire island for me and sense a spider webbing can sense the smallest vibrations I can also use it to send messaging's" several Daddy long legs came is the cave dropping flowers. "Ah, there you are."

"Wow what's with the flowers? I don't roll like that."

"No, no. As long as you have something of the island the barrier won't see you as a threat and you know create hurricanes that can kill you." She handed the flowers to Toru. "Oh yeah I also want you to take this." She handed her a small spider. "He's one of my messenger spiders we'll be able to keep in contact."

She accepted the kind gesture, "Thanks but there's still the boat issues."

Aranea smiled and lead Toru to a cavern and dozens of ships waited in the water.

"Take your pick."

Miami beach-docks

Toru pulled into the docks in a yacht, sure enough as soon as she tied of the boat Chase Young was waiting for her.

She jumped. "Master?" there was no point in hiding it she completed her self-appointed mission but he couldn't use it. "I'm sorry master, I obtained the sword but only the one who could free it can use it"

"Then why are you apologizing?"

"Because I was worried you would be mad if I came back empty handed."

Chase rubbed her head and gave Toru a smile which thoroughly confused her. "Lets go Toru." He ordered.

She nodded and followed, "Yes master."

End of flashback

Toru and Aranea sat back-to-back while Aranea made complicated web designs.

"And I haven't gone back on my promise yet have I spider queen?"

"No you haven't which is why I haven't killed you."

Toru chuckled, "yeah right like you could. I think I've had a negative effect on you over the years."

Aranea sarcastically rolled her eyes, "oh you think. I didn't naturally have this attitude until you came along."

"I have an attitude? Alright I'll give you that one."

They both laughed just enjoying each others company, having some 'girl talk' was nice, normal, even if they were abnormal friends.

The crow eventually came back.

"You again? Fine I could use a snack." She was ready to fire more webbing at the bird but Toru put her hand over her mouth to stop her.

"Cut it out. Are you trying to get me in trouble?" the black bird flew down onto her hand and Toru gazed into its ebony eyes. Aranea hissed at it. "Knock it off!" Toru said without breaking her gaze. The crow soon flew off and Toru got up.

Aranea gave a pouting puppy dog face, "Aw you're leaving already?"

Toru fixed her ipod untilled it played Goodnight by The Birthday Massacre " fraid so, Master Chase has another mission for me. When I have time again I'll come back and next time I'll bring Hitomi, she's been dying to meet you for months."

Aranea took on her spider-like form again, "Promise."

"I promise."

And scene…again. I hoped you'd enjoyed it. Please leave a review. C'mon guys I only have 2 and while I appreciated those 2 I would like more. Next chapter coming soon…I hope.