"So..." A man said, in a dark room. "You'll fetch him, and bring him here. I want to meet this, so called, 'strongest'." The man continued, not turning around to face whoever he was talking to.
pepper, Kure, and Utsu made it back to the Platinum Star.
"Alright, let's go inside, we need to register you as a guest." pepper said, carrying a sleeping Utsu. Kure nodded.
pepper unlocked the door with one hand, and then twisted the nob, this caught the attention of all of the girls inside his room.
"I'm back." pepper said, walking into the room.
"Utsu!" Niku said, feeling relieved.
"There's someone else too." Kumo pointed out, looking past pepper. Kure looked away.
"Everyone, this is Kure, I'd like you all to get along, even though Kure did kidnap Utsu." pepper said, introducing Kure.
"Kure?" Niku said, walking up to her. Kure looked at Niku, Kure felt guilty but she didn't want to admit it. "Don't you EVER even think about going near Utsu again. I promise you, I will kill you." Niku said, looking Kure in her eyes and talking with an extremely angry and serious tone.
"Niku, please be nice. She's had a rough past, her actions weren't good ones, and they weren't really reasonable, but I still understand why she did what she did." pepper said, trying to defend Kure.
"Daddy, come on, Utsu had to have been scared half to death, you know she doesn't tend to sleep unless trying to forget something." Niku said, trying to get pepper on her side.
"I know. But I refuse to hurt her, I will show her nothing but care." pepper said, setting Utsu down on the bed.
"Are you hurt?" Muma said, looking at pepper while she lays in the bed, next to Utsu.
"Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you." pepper said, replying to Muma.
"If she's gonna stay here, I am NOT sleeping in the same bed as her." Niku said, putting her hands on her hips.
"I see... Then I'll go ask about the room with two beds." pepper said, thinking he fixed the problem.
"...Fine, whatever." Niku said, walking into the bathroom then shutting and locking the door.
"Alright, well, I guess I'll go do that." pepper said, walking to the door. "You girls get along, okay? Make sure Niku and Kure don't kill each other." pepper said, trying to understand why Niku is so upset.
"Leave it to us!" Kumo said, jumping up with a smile.
"Hey, I'd like to get a-" pepper said, at the front desk of the hotel, stopping his own sentence. "Oh, my bad, I don't recognize you. Are you new here?" pepper said, talking to the man at the front desk.
"Ah, yes, I am." The man said, scratching the back of his head with his left hand. "My name's Jikeegie." Jikeegie said, holding his right hand out to shake pepper's.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, I'm pepper." pepper said, grabbing Jikeegie's hand. pepper's eyes went wide as Jikeegie pulled pepper's arm down onto the desk, it was so fast pepper didn't even have time to sense a surprise, Jikeegie jumped over the desk and as he did, he put a rag on pepper's face.
'What the hell is this?!' pepper thought, not expecting a surprise rag. Jikeegie ran behind pepper and pulled pepper's arm behind his back, then held it there with his hip, and gabbed the other arm and brought it behind pepper's back too, he held both arms in place with one hand and pressed the rag as tight as he could around pepper's face, eventually pepper blacked out.
"What... the...?" pepper mumbled, waking up in a daze.
"Sir, he's awake." A man that looked like a soldier said, walking away.
"Where the hell... am I?" pepper asked himself, looking around to see only bricks and iron bars, as pepper saw this, he snapped out of his daze and realized he was in a bad situation.
"Well... well... well... What do we have here?" A man said, growing closer to the cell that pepper's in.
"Who are you?" pepper said, in a demanding voice.
"So you're the famous... um... What was your name again?" The man said, coming into pepper's view from beyond the iron bars.
"pepper." pepper said, answering the man's question.
"Ah, yes... pepper... I'm really scared!" The man said, in a sarcastic tone.
"What do you want?" pepper asked, noticing the man's blue hair.
"Your bounty of course. But I'm interested in you..." The man said, beginning to pace around, infront of the cell. "How many girls do possess now? The last update was six." The man said, curious if pepper has any more.
"I have eight now." pepper said, trying to get to the point.
"Hmm... I see, you're not very intimidating, you can speak so you have intelligence but you're clearly lacking in it, and if I had to guess... you're not much of a fighter, are you?" The man said, stopping his pace to look at pepper, with a sure face.
"First, tell me your name." pepper said, asking again.
"I guess it couldn't hurt. I am known as Akuto." Akuto said, giving pepper what he asked for.
"You're right, Akuto, I dislike fighting, but I've yet to lose." pepper said, not seeing anything wrong with it.
"Is that so? Perhaps that can be changed..." Akuto said, beginning to pace again. Akuto didn't speak for a few moments as he paced. "Really...?" Akuto said. "You're not joking? I can't believe this! Hahaha!" Akuto started laughing.
"What?" pepper said, becoming annoyed.
"You're serious? You're really the one that everyone has been talking about? The strongest?" Akuto said, still laughing.
"I guess, I am pepper, and I've been told I have a bounty. What's wrong?" pepper said, not understanding why Akuto is having a hard time believing it.
"It's just... you're not special, you're basic, even for a pepper! Your suit has a bow, instead of an actual tie! You look ridiculous!" Akuto said, beginning to laugh again.
"Hey, I happen to like my bow tie, thank you." pepper said, feeling a little offended.
"And your suit... It's just plain white... So basic..." Akuto said, shaking his head. "I'm just disappointed is all, so disappointed that it's comical." Akuto said, explaining his laughter.
"I don't have time for this." pepper said, standing up and walking to the iron bars. Akuto smiled, waiting to see what pepper will do. pepper's spider legs came out of his back, and bent the bars just enough for pepper to fit through.
"That's it?!" Akuto shouted, becoming angry. "That's all you can do?!" Akuto shouted, again. sounding like a child crying over a cheap toy.
"What? Did you expect me to shoot fire, or bend the bars with my mind?" pepper asked, not understanding what Akuto expected.
"I'll show you what a good ability is!" Akuto said, with a blood thirsty grin.
"I'd really prefer we don't f-" pepper said, cutting himself off as he noticed Akuto disappear. "What?!" pepper said, quickly, right before he was punched from under his chin. pepper's eyes looked down, he saw Akuto still grinning, and his fist straight up onto pepper's chin. 'I didn't even see him move!' pepper thought, not understanding what happened. pepper kept on his feet and moved back, away from Akuto.
"Since you're so simple minded... I'll explain my ability to you. Basically... I can teleport. I call it Oogie Boogie." Akuto said, looking smug. pepper used Itsy Bitsy's webs to create one big web, that went all around the area they faught in.
"You may be able to teleport, but I-" pepper said, cutting himself off again. "No, I'm not going to reveal my ability." pepper said, realizing he should shut his mouth.
"Finally! A hint of a brain cell!" Akuto laughed. "Oogie Boogie!" Akuto shouted, as he vanished again. The appearing in a spot that didn't touch the webs. Then again, and again.
'Once he touches one... No... Before he toyches one, he's done for...' pepper thought, feeling sure of himself. 'Now!' pepper thought, as he felt like one of his webs was gonna break. pepper used all his force and shot just one of his spider legs at the spot, and just as his spider leg got to the web, it broke, and the leg went straight through Akuto's torso.
"Wh-What?!" Akuto shouted, coughing up blood. "How?!" Akuto asked, not understanding how pepper knew where he'd be.
"Just a feeling, that's all." pepper said, before he cut all of his webs apart so that he can move easier.
"That... doesn't make s-sense!" Akuto yelled, feeling an incredible amount of pain.
"Just shut up." pepper said, stabbing another spider leg through Akuto's head, killing him. "Now, where's the exit, I want to see my girls." pepper said, walking aimlessly through the prison maze
'Shit! I forgot... I'm gaining his Ability...' pepper thought, falling onto his knees. 'I feel... so sick...' pepper thought, as he threw up. After a few minutes of sitting on the floor, pepper got up and wiped his mouth off. 'I just want to go to sleep, like we do every night, the way we sleep together is so comfortable, I can just imagine exactly how we lay.' pepper thought, closing his eyes. 'It's like... I'm actually there...' pepper thought, opening his eyes.
"Daddy?" Kumo said, with a confused voice.
"Huh?" pepper said, realizing that he's actually in his hotel room. "What? How did I..." pepper said, stopping to think.
"What the hell? When did you, like, come in? Niku said, looking at pepper.
'I see... I teleported.' pepper thought, figuring out what happened.
"Hello?" Niku said, getting impatient.
"Oh, sorry. I was lost in thought." pepper said, beginning to listen to Niku.
"Alright, here's our new room." pepper said, opening the door to the new hotel room.
"Wow! This one's a lot nicer!" Leia said, walking into the room.
"There's even a kitchen!" Niku said, with excitement.
"You like cooking?" pepper asked.
"Yes! I used to cook all the time for myself and Shushu." Niku said, beginning to look through the cabinets.
"The bed is so soft!" Kumo said, laying in the bed.
"Fuhu, lazy as ever." Muma said, giggling at Kumo, who isn't paying attention.
"This room is very excellent, indeed, it even has a balcony. The breeze is quite nice." Polly said, standing on the balcony with Mae.
"Don't you wanna check anything out, Kure?" pepper said, looking at Kure, who is staying close to pepper.
"I think I'd rather stay here." Kure said, looking a little bothered. Niku walked out of the kitchen, leaving Kure and pepper alone.
"Well, if that's what you prefer." pepper said, smiling and patting Kure's head. Kure looked up at pepper and smiled beautifully. "There you go, you look much better with a smile, Kure." pepper said, complimenting Kure.
"I call this bed." Niku said, laying on the bed that Kumo isn't.
"pepper..." A girl said, her hair fell over her shoulders on both sides, on her right was pink hair, and on her left was red, the back of her hair was completely blue, she had an ahoge that was so silver it almost looked metal. Her eyes were light blue, and she wore a white schoolgirl outfit that had a light blue pastel color on the collar and on the rolled up sleeves, which suggested that the inside if the outfit is light blue pastel.