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Chapter 5: Recital jitters

The day before the recital came quickly. Madame Franney had the bright idea of making all of the pianists wear uniforms for the next day's performance. The uniforms were similar to that which people in the olden times would wear for concerts. The dresses for the girls were frilly, and for the boys, just plain stupid looking.

To add to the embarrassment, they had to wear the weird powdered wigs. Yusuke laughed his head off when he saw the uniforms. Hiei tried to attack the teachers, but the girls all looked at the dresses with awe.

They had an extended practice to learn their pieces, and then they all went home. The girls were too excited to tell their parents about the dresses to chase Kurama.

It was the day of the recital. It started as any other Saturday. Kurama woke to the smell of his mother's cooking and to the sound of his brother snoring. He picked out a set of clothed to wear before the recital, and headed down the stairs to the kitchen.

Botan was waiting down there for him, chatting happily with his mother. It had become the norm since….well……they become official girlfriend and boyfriend earlier in the week. Of course, he hadn't told his mother yet. The smell of pancakes filled the room. Little Suuichi came into the room minutes later, his hair standing in every direction possible.

Breakfast was calm, and afterwards, Botan and Kurama decided to take a walk outside, to calm down their nerves.

"Kurama, can you wait until we get onto the stage? It will be so much fun to see the crowd of parents and other students who are going to it! I heard that they are even inviting the principal for your school! I hope I don't mess up."

"You'll be fine," Kurama said encouragingly. "But that is enough about that topic. All you'll do is wear yourself out before you even begin. How is your week other than the recital?"

"Ok, I guess. The hurricane wasn't as bad as they predicted, and I was given a break for the rest of this week."

"Anything else?" asked Kurama, looking for the answer he wanted.

"Oh, and well….ummmm…." she blushed as she remembered the answer. Then she said, "But you know the law. We aren't allowed to take our relationship any further than this. You are a demon, and I'm a ferry girl. I can't even, by law, do what I'm doing right now. I'm only getting away with it because Koenma wouldn't dare convict you ior I. Now, if we were to get a pass from Koenma…."

"We don't have to bring him into this just yet. It is better that no one knows, at least until the end of the school year. You'll never know what can happen between demon attacks, fan girls, and keeping my secret, well, a secret."

"Ok, but one of these days, we need to get written permission."

The rest of the walk went on in a similar fashion. It was and hour and three kisses later when they walked back into the house.

Shiori had to help the two into their clothes, and she escorted them to the studio. The recital was about to start.

Meanwhile: in a cave deep below the surface of the studio

"Are you ready with the potion, Master Franney?" asked the chubby Mrs. Milcetich.

"Of course. Now all we must do is wait for those unsuspecting little Reikai Tantei to fall into this trap. When they are about to go on stage, I'll give them all water, but in the water will be this potion. After they play, I'll fill the room with SOOTHING music, to calm down the rest of the crowd. When they are all brainwashed by the subliminal messages in the music, I'll have the pianists come back out and play wonderful music. By the time the recital is done, they will all be brainwashed, perfect pianists. And, as a bonus, all their parents will be so brainwashed that they will send their other kids here, and the principal of Mehiou High will request that all students take piano lessons.

"Next month, we would have quadrupled our number of brainwashees, and they shall eventually rule the world by the piano!" Madame Franney started laughing at her own evil plan.

"How much longer?" asked Mrs. Milcetich.

"They will be arriving upstairs in ten minutes. Go make yourself presentable, Slave."

"Yes, Master."

Unsuspectingly upstairs: Yusuke and Kuwabara

"I can't believe your sister had to take us early JUST because she had to get her nails done, and she didn't want us to be late!" yelled Yusuke at Kuwabara, both gaining stares from passersby, for they were in their uniforms. Yusuke's was green, and Kuwabara's was light blue.

"I wasn't the one to suggest that she looked absolutely perfect! It was HER idea!"

"Whatever, I don't want to talk to you anymore!"

Hiei was sitting in a tree nearby, the tails of his shirt hanging down. His uniform was dark purple, and like all of the boy's outfits, it was covered in flowers of a similar color. He tried to look as inconspicuous as possible to Yusuke and Kuwabara, but they noticed him and started laughing at him and themselves at the same time.

Right about his time was when the first group of girls arrived. There were two of them in the car. One was wearing a light green dress, and the other a lavender dress. Of course, they were all in medieval style, and they were intricately designed. Kurama and Botan arrived next. Kurama was wearing a white uniform, with designs of flowers and such in a light green.

Botan's dress was a deep pink dress, and it really accentuated her eyes and hair.

The last three girls arrived before the doors to the studio opened. Their dresses were similar to the other uniforms. Soon after they arrived, the "advanced" pianists showed up with their parents. They were dressed similarly, and were very snotty to the newbies.

The door opened, and there was Madame Franney. She had a grin placed on her face, and she was wearing an all black dress of a similar magnificence if the student's dresses and suits.

The group was lead to a large room where there was a grand piano in the front on a stage, and on the ground there were chairs. Then, the parents, who had been with their kids the whole time, were ordered to sit down, and the kids were lead to the back, where they would hear the performance.

Minutes passed, and soon it was time to play. Before any were allowed on stage, they were given water. Kurama tested it for the group, ad said that there was nothing wrong with it ((oh little he knows….poor him….he's my favorite character)). Kuwabara was hesitant at first, but he drank it anyway.

The advanced pianists played first. Needless to say, they played even better songs than they did for the newbies. The gang was nervous.

The first to go from the gang was Botan. She played beautifully, filling the hearts of the listeners with the sounds of beautiful music, even though it was a simple piece. Kurama was next, followed by Hiei. The five girls followed after him, and then Yusuke, and then Kuwabara played.

After the recital, Madame Franney took out a radio for everyone to listen to before she ended with a piece of her own. Only, when the music started, Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke were not soothed.

Kurama had a mental battle, where Youko wanted out more then anything. It took all that he had before he had Youko held at bay. He was sure he had won, but the tune of the music took a spin, and Youko got an extra burst of energy. Youko had completely taken over. But, in the fight, he ended up on stage. All the parents saw the horror of the transformation. To make it worse, the principal was out there as well.

Hiei and Yusuke were under similar circumstances. Hiei's eye was shining brightly, and eventually burned through the ofuda. His skin was now green and covered in eyes.

Yusuke's demon blood overcame Yusuke. His hair grew out and tattoos appeared on random parts of his body.

Madame Franney had earmuffs over her ears. She stopped the music before she left from behind the stage, and she walked out there, prepared to play her music. Once the students who drank the potion heard her playing after being in their trance, they would want nothing more than to learn how to play that well.

Once they kept coming back for lessons, she could start mind-controlling them. That's right, everything was perfect. That is, until she saw what had become of Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei.

END CHAPTER

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