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I didn't know what I was getting into when I began investigating the Gillman girl. I just thought that her unusual skin color was interesting and that it may be the source of a good article for the school paper. She didn't talk much and she often tried to keep to herself, but I didn't think she was dangerous. Who could? She was a squalid nerd, who just so happened to have bluish skin. She seemed harmless.
It wasn't until later, way after i started following her around, that i found out the truth about her and her family. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
It was a cold and windy autumn day, when I decided to join the school paper team. I never really liked them before but my parents and the school counselor told me that I needed to take a single elective or the school wouldn't let me pass otherwise. I always thought that the people who "worked" for the school paper were a bunch of self important idiots who worked for free. but after the school counselor explained what they actually did to me, I decided that that would be the best choice for me... Because in reality, they barely did anything, at all.
All i needed to do was to find something that looked interesting, write a couple of paragraphs about it and then i could just be lazy for the rest of the hour. That's far less work than even the anime club does.
Meeting the guys of the team wasn't that difficult. They were mostly just nerds so they weren't much more talkative than I was. There were a couple of girls in the team, they talked more than them, but mostly to each other. The guy who led the whole club, the so called"editor in chief" was a bit more annoying, he was one of those know-it-all guys who had an answer to everything, which wasn't always good, and a tendency to be overly polite whenever he found himself having talked without a response for longer than he realized.
The first two scoops he got were nothing special. Just common events that happened in any school, like a teacher losing his temper or the cafeteria serving expired meat, or a couple of students trying to get expelled by smoking behind the dumpsters. It was the most boring thing I had ever been forced to do.
But then the Gillman girl showed up, the first time I saw her, I didn't pay much attention to her, at least not in the same way I do now. She was a slim, shy girl that tried to avoid people while going around school. She clearly had a crush on one of our classmates, and she very obviously thought that no one else could tell. But it wasn't her crush, or her odd behavior, or even her odd skin color that made me take interest in her, it was her tendency to run away at random times and in weird ways.
That girl was hiding something.
If anyone ever told me that I would be investigating someone because of my sheer journalistic instinct, I would have laughed in their faces, but ever since I realized that about her. here i was. Getting my camera ready to follow the weird blueish girl around.
She didn't really go to many places.
Her classes.
The bathrooms.
The park.
Home.
Repeat.
There was no pattern in where she went.
She just went anywhere that had the minimum amount of people, it was almost like she was afraid of revealing something.
I know i'm just sixteen and all, so saying this sounds silly, but in all my years i wouldn't have expected what that was. I expected some sort of usual teenage female nonsense. Like hiding away because her period came early, or going away to get somewhere private to vomit after eating. But no, i REALLY couldn't have predicted what i saw, after a full week of going around following her as discretely as possible.
During the first couple of days her intense liking of eating fish and similar products like fried fish sticks was weird to me, but then i started following her even further than i did before, went to more private places. Sure i didn't spy on her in the bathroom, i'm not a pervert. But things turned a lot weirder when i followed her home.
That vibe she had, the vibe that she was hiding something, it multiplied by five when she was home. Her mom, her dad and her little brother and who I could only assume was either her uncle or a VERY old older brother. They all felt like they were hiding something. The more I observed the more it felt like an invasion of the body snatchers situation. My mind instantly went to that as the main working theory as to why their skin was blue-ish and teal. I mean, they all moved weirdly, as if they had no bones at all, specially the could be uncle, so the idea that they all could be aliens had legs to stand on. but that got disproven very quickly.
I couldn't tell what Ruby and her mom were arguing about. But it didn't matter all that much, after bonelessly gesticulating around, and doing some intense yelling that I couldn't hear, Ruby stormed out of the house and ran as fast as she could. I did my best to follow without being noticed. She was moving so quickly, she didn't look back for a single moment, I almost lost her a couple of times. Luckily her skin color made it easy to spot her in a crowd.
I ended up losing her when she made it to the river, not because i couldn't see where she was going or what she was doing, not even because it could break my equipment, but because i have never seen anyone swim as fast as she did that time. It was unnatural. or rather, it was completely natural... for something not human. Something like a fish or an octopi could have probably swam that fast. It would also explain why parts of her started glowing the further down into the river she went.
I couldn't follow her because of that. But even if i could, i would have gotten stopped instantly, because as i was recording Ruby's escape. Her mom came from behind me and punched me in the face. It was probably the hardest I've been hit in my life. I lost consciousness pretty much instantly.
"Is he awake?" was the first thing I heard, hours later. It was Ruby's voice, which was a good thing. It meant she came back.
"He's starting to move, he's coming to" That was the voice of Ruby's mom! Which was terrible news.
I opened my eyes as fast as I could, and realized immediately that the whole family was looking at me. They were all sitting in places around the living room, but they were all looking at me. Ruby's mom sat me down in one of their sofa chairs while they waited for me to wake up.
The Gillman family was all accounted for. It was only natural that they would all be here after catching someone stalking their daughter. I could tell that despite all the weirdness and odd occurrences of this family, they were overall good family members wanting to take care of her.
That wasn't going to stop me from finding out the truth.
“Who are you and what do you know?” asked the mom sternly wanting no nonsense.
“I'm one of Ruby's classmates. I have a few classes with her and I see her around school. As far as for what I know, I only know that your family isn't quite human is it?” I began to reply.
“Most people just kind of let our looks slide and we live our lives rather peacefully,” said the father.
“Well some things have been happening and causing concern. What are you exactly? Aliens, mutants, sea monsters maybe?” I asked them.
The last one got them a little more on edge as they averted their gaze and the younger family members began rubbing their arms and scratching nervously. Seemed that was the closest to the truth as I could get right now.
Even knowing this much I needed to be careful moving forward. Every moment I took to peer into their lives I did with the utmost care not to get caught. Here I was though, in the living room of the Gillman family after slipping up and getting caught.
All their eyes were on me. Their gazes pierced through me with anger and trepidation over what I was doing skulking around their home and stalking their daughter. I knew what they were capable of, yet my desire to know more and make my mark on the world overtook my need for my own safety.
“What in gods name were you doing outside our home?” said the mother as she spearheaded questioning me.
“I’m from the paper,” I began to say. “After the event of a giant monster revealed itself at our school I wanted to look into things more. I noticed the way Ruby would behave and I thought she might be connected so I followed her here and tried to see what else I could find.”
“So you decided to stalk our little girl then?” the father yelled out.
“I saw something that seemed dangerous and I looked into it. I wanted to know more. It’s the right thing to do,” I lied, telling them only half truth.
I scanned the family as they all kept their eyes on me. They seemed just as unwavering as I was. Naturally as their livelihood were on the line at the moment. Looking at Ruby though, she seemed rather fidgety as she averted her gaze from me.
“What’s stopping us from taking you and chucking you to the sea right now?” the dad bellowed out with his threat.
“I would say what information I do have could come out as it is and show who you are. Imagine what would happen if your secret got leaked out like this? Maybe it would benefit you to let me see you all a little more. Let me learn about you all just to get some closure and I won’t release the information at all,” I told them with stern conviction.
The parents looked at one another and began to whisper between one another. Ruby remained silent though. I just sat in place hoping my words reached them.
“Fine,” the mother said to me. “We’ll play along and let you learn what you need to know. Just as long as you promise to not reveal our secret out.”
“Sounds like a deal,” I said with a smile. “I will walk Ruby hope tomorrow so I can see more of how you all live. Don’t worry, I won’t back out of what we agreed on.
I got up from my seat and strode through the living room. It was an intense feeling as I could feel their gaze on me with every step. This needed to be pulled off or else I would see the ocean in a very unfavorable way.
In reality what I promised them was a lie. I was going to reveal their secrets no matter what. This was my ticket to fame and they were going to give me all I wanted to know with the premise their secret was going to be safe.
The proceeding weeks moved on as I went about my time at school. Now that I got to meet her family, Ruby and I spent a little more time together at school. It was small, like sitting near one another at lunch or in the library when we weren't occupied by our school stuff or friends. I think she just wanted to keep tabs on me, but she was still being more shy around me and stumbled over her words when we did talk.
Finally after school Ruby and I found ourselves a secluded spot to talk in the woods close to shore. I could finally get some real answers to all that was happening here and what all was going on. The truth was so close i could just taste it.
“I am not a normal girl,” Ruby said while looking at a nearby stump.
“I kind of figured,” I replied, laughing a little, feigning a sense of concern for her.
All I wanted was to find out the truth about her and her family. It didn't matter if she was normal or not. Either way all this would be on the news for all to see. I needed to keep my composure and let her think I cared about her and her secret.
“I'm actually a… Kraken…” she said blurting out the last bit with a bit more resistance as was hesitant to utter it.
“A Kraken? Like the sea monster?” I followed up.
“We aren't monsters,” she shot back with concern in her voice at the comment. “Sorry, but we are actually a lot deeper than that. Let me explain.”
Ruby proceeded to talk about herself and her kind. The long and short of it was that Krakens were oceanic guardians. They were able to take on greater forms and what i saw with her family according to their needs. She was of royal origins apparently and her powers had awakened the day she became the rampaging giant that we all saw.
Since then Ruby had been training herself to get better at using her newfound powers and form. She proceeded to demonstrate that for me a bit in the woods and I got a good up close and personal look at what a Kraken could do. It was exciting, not just because I got to see some cool monster powers, but the pictures and videos I got were so clear and perfect.
Eventually I got to see into the world of Ruby's family. They were just like most other families. The mother seemed to be the one who carried the most weight in the family. She was a strong and caring woman, wanting to protect her daughter from the concerns that could come from the life they left behind and what was certain to come. She was an intimidating woman, so my questions were not to be so invasive so soon.
The father and brother were a bit more typical for the dynamic of any family. They didn't have much for me to go on but they still gave me a little insight. Especially some more personal stories about Ruby and other things I would never have gotten directly from her. Kraken or not, fathers and brothers all revealed the truth of their family members.
As time passed and I got more and more information on Ruby and her family I began to see Ruby in a better light. She was a nice girl who seemed to just want a normal life, even through what she had going on was keeping that out of her grasp. We talked a little more in school though and hung out from time to time. The only mystery I couldn't figure out was more personal as she guarded who she was crushing on.
One day, when we were at her house and her family was away with work and errands, Ruby and I were doing our usual talks in the living room. The time had come for me to leave, but Ruby grabbed my sleeve before I could make my way to the door. Her eyes seemed a little wider as she looked at me before nervously looking away.
That's when she blurted it out.
Ruby had a crush… on me?
After all this time of trailing her, getting to know her secret of being a Kraken, following her family and finding out more about them, the one secret that was being held back all this time was who she was really crushing on. I suppose there were a few signs here and there. The way she would glance at me and then turn away. Honestly that one I thought seemed more related to the fact that I was holding this investigation over them.
The way she stood a little standoffish to me whenever I would get close to her. Again, something I felt was more in line to how she was feeling about me and what I was doing with my investigation. However, it seemed that all this time she was really into me since before all this happened. The fact that I became more a part of her life with me investigating her was considered a way to see me more.
“So wait,” I said. “Even after all these threats to reveal your secret and being here all this time looking into you and your family, you still feel the same way about me?”
“Well, yeah,” Ruby answered bluntly. “I still think you’re pretty cute and you obviously aren’t too weirded out by the fact that me and my family are Krakens. I don’t know, you just don’t seem too bad even with all that you told us.”
Hearing her words threw me for a loop. She confessed to me still while I held this over her and her family that I knew about their secret. Given, they were creatures that had immense power as far as I learned. I know they had come here hoping to have a normal life, but there was something a little off about a girl that was still looking at this situation and not feeling different about the person doing such things.
In most other circumstances, one would hear such a confession and call the whole thing off. The investigation would be ended, the information buried, and the looming threat of exposing everything would be taken off the board all for the pursuit of the two to continue to explore their newfound feelings. An ideal scenario between two people with feelings for one another.
This however wasn’t some highschool romance drama, with a little comedy splashed into it. What I had now was a greater sense of leverage to see Ruby even more than what I probably could have before. I could peek deeper into her thoughts and feelings as long as I was able to play off her feelings for me.
“Well, I guess I can say that I am really happy that I could get to know you better like this. It isn’t really the most conventional way to get to know a crush, but this really opened my eyes to you and your family,” I said to her as I feigned a smile.
“Yeah, it has been pretty good to get this chance to let you know about us. It’s been liberating to tell someone else and not having to keep it just between my family members. I can’t tell you how isolated I felt from the other’s at school because I was working on training my powers,” Ruby proceeded to confess her feelings to me.
Ruby being so open and vulnerable about her feelings for me felt like a good opportunity to get even more information about her. With another possible barrier down I could look into her further under the guise of getting to know her. With these feelings she had about me, she was practically going to be putty in my hands as I played to her emotions.
Moving forward, I began to play her boyfriend in a budding relationship. I got to meet her friend group at school, who I only really knew in passing as we had a few classes together. Lunches were spent together and we continued to walk together after school, talking together with a little more openness and some affection sprinkled in with hand holding and hugs.
Things were looking like they were about to take a huge step forward not long after the confession was had. After a couple of weeks of being seen in the light of a romantic interest, I began feeling something similar. Ruby was becoming less of a subject of my intrigue to garner fame with the paper.
I looked at her and began feeling as though she was something more. My hormones were beginning to stir at this time and as such I was beginning to notice others being more attractive and lust welling up inside me. I didn’t have anyone to vent such feelings though so I just brushed it off. Now though, being around Ruby so much and seeing a different, less secretive side of her, I felt a twinge in my core.
Sitting on her couch after walking her home from school, we went about our usual task of going over interview questions. This time I had decided to go a little personal and ask her about the more intimate side of the Kraken culture. A lot of it seemed human in nature, but most definitely with that aquatic twist.
“I don’t know if I would be the best to field this topic. My parents or uncle would be better, but they won’t be home for a good while. I haven’t even kissed anyone yet,” Ruby said as her cheeks turned purple.
“Really? I will be honest,” I began to reply. “Neither have I.”
“Well,” Ruby began as her hands gripped the hem of her sweater. “Do you, you know… wanna…”
I looked at Ruby as she shuffled in her seat. She was really suggesting that they take this to another level. My mind began to contemplate the events at hand. Do I do this and put myself deeper in this farce of a relationship so I can get all I can out of this family?
I let my instincts guide me. After all, no story worthwhile has come without getting a little dirty in the process. I lean over to Ruby and plant my lips into hers catching her by surprise.
With a muffled moan, is caught off guard at first but soon leans into me and begins returning my kiss. Her lips move against mine, separating for only a brief moment before coming back and making contact once more. I feel a surprising bit of warmth from her lips as she begins leaning into me. Her hand rests on mine and I feel her fingers glide along my skin.
I continue to let my instincts guide me as I begin to enjoy the feeling of her touch and kiss. I can smell her somewhat fishy odor, that doesn’t bother me though as I spent so much time with her and her family by this point that I have grown used to it. I would even say I was fond of it as it was like that of an ocean breeze.
Our hands begin to grow a little more explorative as we move them at almost the same time. Along one anothers bodies, along our legs, the back, and even drift into places a little more intimate. Being teens its only natural for us to want to explore and discover new feelings and places about one another’s bodies. Was that too soon given everything that's happening now?
Even with logic and reasoning, the parts of our minds that controlled us had to take a back seat for now as we let our bodies run on the youthful need to understand one another intimately. I snaked my hand up Ruby’s back under her sweater. I could feel her go up the front of my shirt. Both of us moved our hands to caress one another’s bodies, stoking the flames of passion in each other.
Soon enough, we decided to lose the shirts. We pulled them off ourselves, not wanting to try and fumble too much. That’s when I saw her body for the first time without seeing her obscured by the sweater. She didn’t have much in the ways of a chest like some of the other girls in our grade had at this point. That didn’t matter though as she was still very pretty seeing her in this way.
“Can I,” I hesitated for a moment. “Can I touch your body?”
She nodded silently at me with a small grin. Reaching my hand out I caress the area of her that was always seen under her clothes. It was very smooth, somewhat moist, but still felt pleasant to touch. It must have been really good for her as she let out a bit of a coo as my fingers glided along her skin. It rang in my ears as she expressed how it felt good. That’s when I decided to push it further.
Leaning into her, I kissed Ruby’s body and listened as she let out a small gasp and felt her tense up. I try again and listen to her let out a soft moan. Once more for good measure, she showed that there were no signs this was uncomfortable for her. I begin pressing my lips again and again to her blue skin.
Feeling my instincts were guiding me well so far, I moved to step this up. Reaching what should have been her chest, I decided to lick. That's when I felt her hands wrap around me. In my mind I begin to panic, thinking I crossed a line and jeopardized the whole of what I was doing.
“More,” she said.
Her voice sounded desperate and longing as if she was craving this feeling for so long. I oblige her request and begin to lick her skin even more. She tasted a little more fishy, but luckily I enjoyed that flavor. She continues to let out a symphony of moans and coos telling me how good of a job I am doing.
I begin to move my hand and reach the top of her leggings. I don’t really know what is between her legs but she seemed sensitive at her chest, so I figure the spot between her legs would be just as sensitive. Slipping my hand under the cloth I felt the same smooth sensation that was her skin as my hand glided over her. When I reached the area between her legs thats when I felt it.
She did in fact have a hole between her legs, and it was moist. I did what I saw in some pornos and began running my finger up and down her slit. My digit easily glided up and down her as I continued to enjoy her moaning in my ear. As I fingered her, I began to suckle at her chest and left little hickies along the area I kissed and lapped at. Her body shivered as I kept at it.
Eventually her body tensed up and her moans became more desperate. I coould feel her pussy tighten around my finger as I continued to slide it in and out of her. She was about to cum soon as her grip on my body became greater. With a loud moan and a feeling of liquid gushing at my hand she came.
After she began to wind down, I could hear her breathing heavily. I moved my head away from her chest and slipped my hand out from her leggings. Looking at her in this state, in post orgasmic bliss, she looked so enticing.
Caught off guard, Ruby lunged her body at mine and began making out with me hungrily. Apparently what I did was only the beginning to what she wanted. Her tongue entered my mouth and danced with mine as it swirled all over the place with our lips locked. With one hand she began undoing my pants and slipped them down.
WIth my cock freed and throbbing in the air, Ruby broke the kiss and went to sucking on me with the same vigor as the make out session. Her tongue stroked the underside of my shaft while her lips caressed the rest of it. I could feel the head touching the back of her throat. It was quite the surprise to me that she was so good at this considering she was so shy when I first met her.
Her skills were too good. Within minutes of starting and feeling her head bobbing up and down on my cock, I felt my orgasm coming on quickly. With my cock pulsing and throbbing more erratically I couldn’t hold back any longer and came in her mouth. As ropes of cum spurted out, Ruby drank it all down, sucking it up as it hit her tongue.
When every last drop was drained, Ruby lifted her head off my dick and looked into his eyes. I could tell she wasn’t finished. She wasn’t yet satisfied with what we had done, evident by her hand reching for my shaft and continuing to stroke me until I was hard again.
Standing up, Ruby pulled down her shopping wet leggings. Now completely nude, I could see all of her body and it was beautiful. Her skin was the same tone of blue throughout as it had a shine from the light of the room. Between her legs I could see the slit I was having fun with before. It wasn’t too unlike the ones humans had, minus the hair of course. Still, it felt good as I slid my fingers in and out of her so I could imagine how it was going to feel when she let me stick it in her there.
Ruby didn’t waste any time as she hopped on top of me while I sat on the couch. Her legs were very flexible as she positioned herself in my lap. Not having bones seemed to have that benefit it seemed. With her slit against my dick she moved her hips and grinded against me, caressing herself with my member.
Her eyes were locked with mine in a half lidded gaze. She bit her lip as her face made expressions to reflect how good she was feeling just from us touching this way. I couldn’t help but make my own as I couldn’t lie with how good it felt too. My hands held onto her hips and gently guided her in her motions.
With enough foreplay and my dick completely hard again, Ruby decided it was time to go all the way. Reaching between us, she grabbed my cock once again and guided it to her slit. She lowered herself down onto my dick, my tip pressing into and spreading her lips. I could feel myself sinking into her, reaching deep inside.
I could only imagine this was one of the similarities her kind had with humans, and it was amazing. The way it squeezed me as she bounced up and down on top of me was unbelievable how good it felt. If this was how good she was, I don’t think I mind not sleeping with another human moving forward.
I kept lapping and kissing her body as she moved herself on mine. Her pussy was so very moist, more so than her skin. It felt as though she had complete control inside as I felt it grip and stroke with varying pressure. The feeling so so incredible, it was a shame that I was about to cum within moments.
“Ruby, I’m gonna,” I grunted out as I tried to hold it in.
“Cum inside me,” she blurted out between moans.
I didn’t think I had much of a choice as I felt her grip around me tighten. There was no escape from it as she kept grinding her hips into mine and her strong tentacle like arms wrapped around me. As the moment hit and the ropes of cum fired off, Ruby kissed me passionately on the lips once more as her tongue toured my mouth again.
As we basked in the afterglow, I began to shrink inside her. Her grip loosened up and soon I was released from her grasp. We breathed heavily as we caught our breath. Saying that experience was amazing was an understatement.
I felt a pressure against my shoulder as Ruby leaned against me, cuddled up to my arm. As I stared at her with the glowing blue skin and cute little smile, my mind began to wane on my task at hand. Was I really going to expose such a sweet young woman and her family for the world and be done with them?
Be done with her?
Things were not looking clear to me anymore.