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Chapter 6: Battle against Madame Franney

Madame Franney was in utter shock. Koenma had demons in is service! She felt as though she could attack those excuses for Reikai Tantei and rip out their throats with all of the rage that she had managed to build up.

Kurama and Hiei, at that point, were trying to fight off the urge to kill all of the defenseless humans that they saw in the seats of the audience. Kurama, now mentally leaning towards the Youko side of him, saw the people as his subordinates, but the Suichi in him wouldn't let him kill the humans, and the two fought for dominance for the ruler of his mind.

Hiei, was not fighting with himself, but rather mulling over in his head if his partner would like him to kill the people. He was mentally sound—or so he thought. All of the memories and effects in his character since joining the Reikai Tantei had fled from him, leaving him in a similar state as he had been when he first fought Yusuke.

Yusuke, who was losing his own mental battle, was still hanging onto his sanity, but he knew that if someone didn't do something fast, he was going to be revealed as the demon that he was, and he didn't want to put such a burden on Keiko. He couldn't really care less for the other people, but if his Keiko had to deal with the taunting that would inevitably form from this, then his life would be like hell, once again.

Kuwabara, in his superior spiritual awareness, wasn't completely taken over by the music, but he was having trouble from slipping off into a mental state of oblivion, and soon, his mind caved in on him, and he, too, was turned into one of Madame Franney's mindless zombies. He heard the music, and he wanted to learn to play like that. He lunged for the piano, to play with it, but it was too late. Every other pianist had already started playing on it, and they were fighting. He grew out his spirit sword, and knocked them out, in order to play along with the radio.

Botan was in no better shape than Kuwabara. She managed to keep some sanity for a mingute, but her love for the piano soon took over her mind, and she made it to the piano just as Kuwabara started to play. She opted with a duet as to not aggravate him, and they played beautifully with the music in the background.

The audience was in a trance of their own, but rather, theirs would lead them to think that this was a great institution. They were about 70 percent aware of their surrounding, and Shiori had fainted a long time ago, due to the transformation of her son. The principal was a bit scared, but Shiori had been affected the heaviest.

Madame Franney, as quickly as she could, dragged the three demons off of the stage, into a secret room down the hall, which also doubled as a fighting arena. The room was large, with a gym-like floor covering the ground.

"I would have never thought that you three were demons," started Madame Franney, "You three DID seem a bit different, but now I know why. Oh, how much fun it will be when your families come to. I am almost positive that they are not aware of your…. conditions…."

"F--- you, you b----," came the cold words from Youko Kurama, "Do you REALLY think that we would be affected by the feelings of our lesser halves?" he asked, completely against the will of Suichi, who had been thrown into unconsciousness by his demon counterpart.

"Oh, but what about your beloved Botan?" she asked.

"What about her?" he questioned, demanding the answer. His cold aura flickered in and out, anger appearing on his features at the thought of something happening to his beloved.

"As long as I have her under my control, I can put as much power into her frail body as I like. I can have it arranged so that you would have to fight her. So, you will either submit your mind over to your human half, burying your demonic attributes, and let yourself be controlled, or I have your girlfriend fight you."

Youko seemed to think about the different possibilities for a few seconds, then he gave his answer, "But, if I was to beat you, then I wouldn't have to lose her or Suichi's mental state, now would I?"

"Try me," said Madame Franney as Youko lunged at her, but the attack seemed futile. Botan appeared in the doorway, and right before Youko's attack would have landed, she jumped in front of the oncoming attack, stopping Youko in his attack. Youko stared at Suichi's girlfriend—scratch that, HIS girlfriend. Had it not been for the circumstances, he would have taken her away and tried to awaken her from her trance. But, as luck may have it, if he were to leave, the fate of his other friends would be in their own hands, and they may need him. Besides, if Madame Franney was as much of a threat as she seemed to be, maybe he could get a pardon afterwards and have written permission to date Botan. It was worth a try!

Youko tried to attack Madame Franney again, but Botan kept on getting in the way. Every move he made, she would counter it with the same amount of force.

Madame Franney cackled. "You cannot win!" she exclaimed as she watched the futile attempts at attacking her, "As long as I give her my power, she is unstoppable, and you do not have to heart to attack your girlfriend head-on! Now, if you were to attack her, I will gladly fight you, but not as you are… you are nothing but a love struck teenager who cannot handle the harshness of reality!"

Youko continued his advances on Madame Franney, but he did not have the heart to attack Botan. Eventually, he had to call to his comrades for help. He trusted Hiei enough to attack the enemy and not his girlfriend, so he asked him when on the rebound. Hiei grunted his "ok".

Now two on two, they managed to actually fight with Madame Franney. Botan was knocked out with a few strategically placed hits, thanks to Hiei, and Youko was advancing once again on Madame Franney. Once Botan was out of it, Yusuke was allowed to begin his duty as a Spirit Detective. Between the three of them, they managed to bring down the evil demon in a matter of five minutes.

The battle finally ended, and Madame Franney was on her back, crying out for mercy. Yusuke, being the softhearted boy that he is (even when in a demon form), let her live, but she had to go before trial in Spirit World, and she was not allowed in the Nigenkai ((sp?)) at all. She was handcuffed and brought to a courtroom in Spirit World.

Of course, she did not leave before she had taken off all of the spells she had placed on all of the humans. Botan and Kurama, now in his "half-demon" form, immediately were at each other's side, Botan crying her eyes out, and checking him for any signs of injuries.

Back out in the recital room, the people in the audience were just coming to, that is, except for Shiori. She was still unconscious from the faint. People were thinking that it was all a dream, that is, until they looked up at the stage and saw a smug Kuwabara sitting behind the piano, as if he had just played to most difficult piece in the world with ease. Piles of other humans were scattered where they had fallen when the young psychic had attacked them.

Of course, it was no mystery for some of the people, and they just headed home as if nothing had happened. But, for the Minnameso, Kuwabara, and Urameshi families, hell was going to pay before they would be free.

When Shiori finally came to, Kurama was given as earful about how he should not have kept the truth from his mom. After about ten minutes of that, he was allowed to tell his story. Other than the initial shock of it all, she took it very well. She had stopped screaming, and she just stood there dumb as she waited for the end of the story. When Kurama had finished his story, she asked him questions, and he told her the WHOLE truth. Then, he started talking about Botan, and how she is the deity of death. Shiori laughed at that, but believed her son.

Yusuke had to tell the full truth to his mother, and she, too, took it well. She may have hit him over the head about ten times, saying what an idiot he was, but she loved him anyway.

Kuwabara just had to deal with the taunting of his older sister. She wasn't mad at him for his job—she had known that for a while—but rather, she was mad at his stupidity and inability to realize when something bad is going to happen.

END CHAPTER

Don't think that this story is over yet! I STILL have a bit of a side plot to end the story with! I have to have Little Suichi make at least one big appearance in this story! Sorry if you think that I am going too fast with this, but there are only so many things that one can do with piano lessons!