Hey, thanks for the review, Luna. This chapter is a little interesting. Yeah, I know, the trap is pretty sucky, but I couldn't think of anything else to use. Boton has a cool new power that she uses. I know what most of you will say. 'What is her new powers?' well, she has more advanced healing powers, and she's stronger than before. Well, that's enough telling you for now, just R&R. well, thanks again. ^_^

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Chapter 7: Finally Meeting Yorouki

The flickering flames on the roof of the tower cast an eerie shadow on the floor. Three people could be seen. Two seemed to be moving around, and one appeared to be seated.

"They better not make it up here before we can finish this." Yorouki said, looking over at the seated character. It was Keiko, still tied up to the same chair, and not gagged.

"I still don't understand why you need me for all this." Keiko said, hoping to pull Yorouki's eyes away from the television screen that was outside on the roof. On the screen, Keiko could see the six people who had come to rescue her. If she could draw the attention to herself long enough, the group would be able to sneak past the cameras without Yorouki noticing, giving them a better chance. As hoped, Yorouki turned away from the screen and looked at Kayko, along with Sephina.

"I told you dear…"

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The group of six stood perfectly still at the door. Slowly, their eyes became adjusted to the dim light of the room. It was another one of the rooms, with them on one side, a staircase on the other side, and a trap separating the two. They slowly walked forward. Hiei stopped all of them, and took one step forward. Because he was a fire demon, he could sense the trap better.

"This is a fire room. The trap will be to scorch us to death, so we cant get through." Hiei said to the others. "Its ingenious, really." he walked forward, and took a step off the safe floor, and onto the trap floor. Instantly, a wall of flames shot up between them and the stairs.

"Apparently, it's a pressure point room, too." Yukina added. Kurama stepped forward, and looked around the ceiling. He noticed a few strong stones going across it. He pulled out a single solitary rose, and transformed it into his famous Rose Whip. He flung the whip up to the stones, and wrapped it around. Then he looked back at Hiei.

"Alright Hiei, your up." Hiei walked over to Kurama, hugged his waist, and stepped on his feet. Kurama tightened the Rose Whip so that they would be hanging off the ground. Then he took a step back, and swung across like Tarzan.

Yukina was next, because she was next shortest, besides Hiei. Then came Boton. She had a little more difficulty hanging on because she was taller and weighed a little more, so the Rose Whip was trying to hold all that weight. They got across ok, and then came Yusuke. He totally trusted Kurama, so he was ok about getting on the whip with him. When they got safely across, Kurama swung back to Kuwabara.

"Ok, its your turn." he said. Kuwabara was timid about getting that close to a gay person, so he hesitated.

"Can't I just go across myself?" he asked. Kurama laughed.

"I would let you, but as soon as I let go, it will turn back into a rose, and nothing more."

"Well, then, ill just stay here, and use my spirit awareness to get across." he said.

"Fine." Kurama swung across, and kept his hand on the Rose Whip, knowing Kuwabara would yell for him to come back. Kuwabara searched the floor for a spot that wasn't pressurized, but couldn't find a spot. Then he decided that he would just take a run for it, and try to get across before the flames shot up.

He took a run, and got halfway across, and they shot up before he could get all the way across. Then they started advancing on him. He tried to outrun the flames, but they caught him and singed his jacket. When he got back to where he started, the flames went down, the others could see that he was dancing around, giving himself a pat down, trying to put out the flames. Kurama yelled to him.

"Change your mind yet?" he asked.

"No!!!!" Kuwabara yelled, and tried again, 3 more times. Each time, the flames went down, Kuwabara could be seen dancing on the other side. Finally he gave up.

"We'll just go, and wait for you to catch up." Yusuke yelled.

"No! Don't leave me behind! Just come get me Kurama. I changed my mind." he reluctantly climbed on the Rose Whip with Kurama, and swung across.

"Was that so hard?" Kurama asked as soon as they got to the other side. Kuwabara jumped off the whip, and just walked away.

"We better get going. He wont wait for us." Yusuke said. They walked along, very slowly.

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"Do you understand now?" Yorouki asked Keiko. They were on the roof, and she had just finished telling Keiko all she needed to know. Keiko was important to them. That was all they would say.

"I still don't know why." Keiko asked, stalling for time.

"No more questions!" Sephina yelled, startling Keiko, and Yorouki. Yorouki turned around to look at Sephina, who was blocking the TV screen.

"What is it?" Yorouki asked.

"She was stalling. Giving her friends time before we noticed how far they had advanced. Kiyoko is dead. They got through the trap. They're headed this way now."

"They're too late. They'll never make it in time. If they do, we'll kill them." Yorouki said.

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They group advanced up the stairs after getting through the firetrap. The case was almost solved. They walked up the last few steps to the doorway, and opened it. They walked into a brightly lit room. The light almost hurt their eyes. In the center of the room, was a ladder. It led straight into the ceiling.

"Oh, great. A dead end. Now what do we do?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke walked up to him, stood next to him, and hit him across the back of the head.

"OW! What was that for?"

"Do you really need to ask?" Hiei said. Then he walked forward, and went up the ladder. It led to a trap door. The group went up the ladder one by one, and closed the door. Looking around at their new surroundings, they saw flames all around them, and in the center, a chair with a person in it.

"Keiko!" Yusuke yelled, and he ran over to her. She was now gagged, and tied. Yusuke pulled the gag from her mouth, and asked what happened.

"They kidnapped me. They lured you here to kill you, and said that way you couldn't interfere. I'm important to them, although I don't know why." she said. "Can you untie me now?" she added.

"Sure." Yusuke bent down to untie her hands, but a voice stopped him. He looked around, and saw Sephina. She was still bedraggled from her fight with Hiei, and still in her demon form.

"What do you think your doing?" she asked Yusuke. Suddenly Yusuke noticed a girl standing behind Sephina, slightly taller, and more beautiful. She had flaming red hair that hung down to her knees, a short-sleeved red shirt, a red leather jacket, red leather pants, red leather boots, and red sunglasses on. She looked like a biker. She took a few steps in front of Sephina, and took off her sunglasses. Her eyes were a bright red color, and they had an evil glint in them. Yorouki.

"I believe that she asked you a question." Yorouki said, staring at Yusuke. He couldn't help but stare back. Then without realizing it, he walked over and stood next to her. When he faced the others, his eyes were completely blank.

"She's taken control of his mind." Kurama said.

"She can do that?" Kuwabara asked. He looked back at Yusuke.

"Well apparently." Hiei said.

"Urameshi! Wake up!" Kuwabara yelled. It wasn't working though.

"He's on their side now, unless she lets go." Kurama said. He hoped he was wrong, because Yusuke was the most powerful of them all. Boton looked at Yusuke, and decided that it was time to use her secret power. She stepped forward.

"Boton, what are you doing?" Kuwabara asked. Boton ignored him and kept walking until she was a few feet away from Yorouki.

"You really think you can beat me?" Yorouki laughed.

"Yep." Boton said, with an evil grin on her face. She placed her hands out to her side, and began to glow black. A light swirled around her so brightly, that everyone had to block their eyes. Boton began to slowly change. Her usual navy blue school uniform changed into a long black dress. A slit went up the side to her hip, and the sleeves of the dress were tight at the shoulder, and flared out at the wrist. Her nails grew out, and changed into blood red. Her eyes turned a fiery red. She wore dark makeup, and her shoulder length blue hair grew to her ankles, and turned black. She no longer looked like the Boton that everyone knew.

"Now, its time to play." Boton said, with a smile on her face. Her voice didn't sound cheery anymore. Instead it sounded deeper, with multiple voices. She stood in a fighting stance, and stared coldly at Yorouki, who was smiling.

"I'm impressed." Yorouki said. "I didn't think you had it in you. Now lets see what you can do."

Yorouki used one of her many fire attacks. Jets of flames flew at Boton, but bounced off. At this, Yorouki just seemed surprised.

"Usually this attack works. But I see that I will need to use something stronger." Yorouki exclaimed. Boton just smiled at Yorouki.

"Now its my turn." Boton said. She pulled out a little black stone from her pocket. Holding it up in the air, she chanted a few words. The little black stone began to glow, and a bright light shot out from it. Yorouki, Sephina, and Yukina all covered their ears, shrieking in pain. Yusuke fell to the floor, unconscious. The little black stone stopped glowing, and the three telepaths stopped shrieking. The trance had been broken, and Yusuke was no longer in their control.

"Sorry about that Yukina." Boton said. Yukina was still on the ground, with a ringing in her ears.

"Oh that's quite alright. Really. I don't mind having my head almost explode!" Yusuke slowly started to regain consciousness. He looked over at Boton, and spoke.

"That's enough, Boton. I'll finish this."

"But you're not strong enough yet. She could kill you." Boton replied, looking at Yusuke, who was struggling to get up.

"This is going to end right now." Yorouki said. She threw a flame at Boton, and it wrapped itself around her hand. The flames stung Boton's hand, burning her, until the stone dropped to the floor. Before Boton could pick it up, the fire demon blurred over to it, picked it up, and blurred back. Boton was stunned at the speed. Yorouki smiled, and crushed the stone in her hand.

"Now that the little trap is out of our way…" she started, but Boton blurred over to her, and hit her with tremendous force. Yorouki flew backward, and hit the ground. When she got up, she wiped some blood off her face, and smiled.

"I didn't think anyone could move that fast except for me."

"Oh, I'm not the only one who can. Hiei can too." Boton explained.

"Can I interrupt?" Kuwabara suddenly said. Everyone looked at him, and he continued. "Why did you kidnap Keiko in the first place?"

"Well, that's a little difficult to explain, but I guess I should tell you that before you all die." Yorouki said. "Keiko has a special power. Her blood can destroy the world. All I have to do is mix some with a potion, and poof. No more world. You'll get what you all deserve."

"I can destroy the world?" Keiko said. "Why didn't you kill me sooner then?"

"The potion wouldn't work until your 15'th birthday, which is about… 30 minutes away, so you all have to die." Sephina explained. Then Yorouki continued the fight with Boton. They had stopped using magick and were now exchanging blows. Boton had hit on every swing, but Yorouki had barely touched Boton. Yusuke was watching with excitement, although he wished he could fight.

"Boton just let me fight! This would be over a lot quicker!" he yelled. Boton ignored him and continued fighting, until she was able to knock Yorouki away from her. Yorouki fell on her back, and stood up slowly. She was laughing, which surprised Boton.

Yorouki concentrated, and Kurama's eyes went blank. He began walking forward, but Hiei tried to stop him. Kurama hit Hiei, sending him flying backwards. Then he walked up behind an unsuspecting Boton. Boton slowly turned around, and saw that Kurama was standing there with a blank look in his eyes. Without warning, Kurama backhanded Boton, and she went flying. Then he walked over to Yorouki, and stood there, facing the others. Hiei got up off the floor and began to growl.

"You're in trouble now." he said, and took off his cape. Then he pulled the cloth off his forehead, exposing his jagan. The jagan began glowing red, and Hiei began to glow green. His skin turned green, and eyes opened up all over his body. He had transformed into his full demon form. Then he pulled out his sword, and advanced.

"Oooh. I'm so scared." Yorouki taunted. She was barely afraid of the short Hiei. Hiei blurred, and tried to hit Yorouki, but she dodged, and he only hit her arm. Yorouki had enough. She couldn't fight in her current state, so she used her powers to make Kurama change into his Youko form. Then Yorouki had him walk forward. Hiei was surprised, but he knew this wasn't Kurama. Youko attacked, and Hiei blurred out of the way. Then he tried to hit Youko on the back, but Youko dodged, and hit Hiei.

"Hiei can't concentrate." Yusuke said. "He wont be able to fight Kurama." Boton had regained consciousness, and was watching the fight. She was back over with the other three, and was trying to figure out what was going on. Yukina was trying to reach her brother through telepathy.

Hiei, he's not Kurama! Just fight him! She thought, and Hiei received the message.

I know he's not, but I can't hit him. Hiei thought back to his sister, and tried to dodge at the same time. He dodged most of the punches, but the ones that hit him really took a lot of energy out of him. Then came his chance. He swung, and knocked Youko on his back. Youko stayed down long enough for Hiei to pull out his sword. He stood in a fighting stance, and got ready for the attack. Youko got up, and tried to hit Hiei again. Hiei dodged, and sliced Youko on his chest. Then Hiei attacked again, several more times. Youko fell backwards, and changed back into his human form. He stood up, and Hiei ran forward. Before Hiei reached him, the blank stare was removed from Kurama's face, and he yelled.

"Hiei! It's me! Stop!" and Hiei stopped in mid run. He stared at Kurama, realizing that Yorouki had released his mind.

"Kurama!" Hiei said. He dropped his sword, and ran over to hug him. "Kurama! I thought I was going to have to kill you!" a silent tear dripped from his eye. Then without warning, Kurama's face went blank again, and he hit Hiei, knocking him backwards. Hiei hit a wall, hard, and was knocked unconscious. Then Kurama changed back into his Youko form. He turned around and faced the rest of the group, waiting for instructions.

"My, my. He was a tough fighter. But he was defeated. Now, who's next?" Yorouki asked. Yusuke walked forward, and Yorouki smiled.

"Its my turn."

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Well, I told you the trap was pretty sucky. Oh well. I know some people don't like this, but it's my very first fic, and I'm not that good of a writer, so bear with me. I am going to say, however, that I will need four reviews to this chapter, before I am going to post chapter 8. If I don't get four reviews, I am going to just stop posting, and you'll never know what happens to the characters. Well, thanks, and buh bye! ^_^