Demonic Monsters
Chapter 6
Freaky Fusions
It has now been three months since Hiei first started school at Monster High, and in that time only two things have changed since then. He has told his sister one personal thing about himself, and that was mainly to get her to leave him alone by telling her that he likes ice cream. He also befriended Twyla's best friend known as Howleen, and this made his full list of friends be comprised of a demon, a boogey monster, and a werewolf.
Twyla had also told Howleen her secret, that she had seen the full experience of what war was like from veterans of those wars. Hiei was there when she was told, and the look on her face was actually funny enough to make him let loose a dark chuckle.
Hiei and his two friends are currently eating lunch at the spot Twyla had first shown Hiei, the two ghouls had dubbed it 'The Spot'. Usually he wouldn't be eating lunch with them and just be listening in, making a comment, or actually participating in the discussion with only minimal disgust in the subject matter. The only reason that he is eating lunch with them right now is because it was simply time for him to eat in order to keep up his strength.
Twyla and Howleen were currently eating and discussing something about some four new transfer students that would be coming next week. "I heard that they are hybrid monsters, monsters from two separate scaritages," Howleen commented.
"That is way different from Hiei then, you have one monster scaritage and the other half is demon," Twyla offhandedly commented.
"Hn," Hiei sounded in response as he took a bite out of a stake he was eating like it would fade away from existence if he didn't eat it fast.
"They don't look friendly though, I heard they have to go to new schools a lot for some reason," Howleen informed them.
"They could just get picked on a lot from those that care about having only one scaritage," Twyla suggested.
"That could be very true, hard to tell since they never talk to anybody else and stay in their own little group," Howleen said.
"You mean kind of like how it's just you, me, and Hiei," she asked.
"They have their reasons, just like we have ours," Hiei stated after finishing his meal.
"True, but our criteria for the group is mostly determined by who isn't a fool, which is most monsters," Twyla stated with a chuckle.
"True, but you let me in, and I'm probably the biggest fool in the school," Howleen said with a smile.
"Wrong, the biggest fool would have to be that mummy that thinks everything is hers because of her old royal blood that died out centuries ago," Hiei spoke plainly.
"Cleo is selfish, but she can be selfless when she wants to be, which is never by the way," Twyla commented as they all laughed or in Hiei's case, darkly chuckled.
Without another word, Hiei leaped on top of the wall and laid down to take a nap as though it were his old tree back in japan. Twyla and Howleen continued to talk as they did whenever lunch was over and he was sleeping until their break from school was over and they had to go back.
Hiei was almost asleep when he heard an old annoying voice shouting, "look out below," before crashing into the roof of the spot.
The trio looked on to see someone they all knew as Botan of spirit world, otherwise known as the grim reaper. "What do you want woman, I am busy with not being near you fools," Hiei said in boredom.
"No time for the usual pleasantries Hiei, I need you to come with me right now, Yusuke has been kidnapped by a human," Botan said in a rushed panic.
"You mean the winner of the dark tournament got kidnapped by a normy, that must be quite embarrassing," Twyla commented and making Botan turn to face the two of them.
"Oh, I didn't see you girls there, my name is Botan pilot of the river Styx and Hiei's apparent fetcher," she introduced.
"Why should I do something about the detective being kidnapped when you can just have Kurama or the fool Kuwabara do something," Hiei asked.
"There was a note that went along with the kidnapping, it says that all of team Urameshi from the dark tournament are to meet with the kidnappers," Botan informed.
"Why should I care if he dies when I am content with staying here by myself with none of those fools to disturb me," he countered.
"Because if you do, I'll see if I can get Koenma to release some of your restrictions from you," she offered while placing her hands on her hips.
"Do you really think that he would listen to a mere fairy girl," he asked.
"I am his top fairy girl and the only one who can persuade him to do anything if given the right incentive and black mail," Botan informed.
"That's quite evil of you, but if you can deliver, then I will go with you," Hiei said before he jumped down from the wall and turned to his friend's. "Tell Draculaura and Bloodgood what happened and that I will be gone for an undetermined amount of time," with that he hopped on Botan's ore and left for Japan.
"Do you think he will be safe, or do you think we should prepare a memorial, just in case," Howleen asked.
"Not funny, but I am sure he will be fine, just need to have faith in his skill and power," Twyla assured her.
"Are you saying that for both of us, or for yourself more than anything," the wolf commented.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," the boogey monster defended as she turned from her friend and faced where Hiei left with her arms crossed.
"I see the way you look at him, it's the same way that I look at Romulus, but more intense. Like it's deeper than a crush, but not as far as in love, but I don't know what else to call it," Howleen told her friend.
"It's probably nothing more than a crush on the first person to call me out on my 'shyness' so don't worry about it," Twyla told her friend with air quotes around shyness.
"I still feel bad about not being able to tell that about you," she stated.
"Don't feel to bad, apparently I was just that good of an actress," she commented with a smirk.
"Don't joke about this, I have a smart mouth, but you need to watch out for Hiei and if he even has those feelings," Howleen suggested.
"I know, but as I said it's probably nothing more than a crush so let's go in and before we are late to class," Twyla said before the bell rung and signifying that their break from school was over.
After Chapter Black Saga
Hiei was fine with coming back to school, but after he destroyed his reason for doing well in school, he might not keep up with the work. You can never tell though, but for now, he was on his way to school after he just got back. He was told by Koenma that even if the toddler wasn't in power anymore, it may still be a good idea to hide out with his monster side of things.
As Hiei was walking to school, he noticed his sister's friends hanging out by the front door, but they were way different than what he remembered. Draculaura and the robot Robecca had fused together to create a robot vampire. His sister's friends, Lagoona and Jennafire fused and became a water type of dragon that could breathe fire if her burping flames was anything to go by. Clawdeen and a plant monster known as Venus fused to create a werewolf plant ghoul, and that was probably the strangest thing to Hiei. Cleo and Toralei fused to create a mummy cat creature that he could already tell that it was going to get on his nerves.
Dracubecca was the first to notice that her brother returned from his trip and tried to run to him, but wound up using mist to skate uncontrollably his way. "Watch out," she warned as she drew closer to Hiei who simply lifted his left eyebrow in question before he caught the girl and lifted her up by the back of one of her wings.
"What in the hell happened to you, and why are you now a robot vampire Draculaura," Hiei asked his sister.
"How I got like this is a secret between those involved and me, but you should know that we are trying to fix it," Dracubecca said in Draculaura's voice.
"You should also know that Draculaura was very concerned when she heard that you left to help your friend without telling anyone," Dracubecca said again but with Robecca's voice.
"First of all, you aren't doing a good job in fixing the issue, and second I assume that both personalities are in there instead of just one fused personality," Hiei guessed as the rest of the ghouls walked up to them.
"Yes, now can you put her down now, you are the younger one and not the older one so you can't do that," Clawvenus said in Clawdeens voice.
He dropped his sister and said, "regardless, I will be catching up on what was missed since I have been gone," and so he left and headed inside.
"Your brother is not a people person, even after he now has two friends," Cleolei said in Cleo's voice.
"I know right, I say we prank him while we have the chance," Cleolei said with Toralei's voice while licking her paw and causing an argument before the hybrids showed up.
Inside we find Hiei walking into Bloodgood's office and saying, "I need the assignments I missed while helping with spirit world issues."
"I have them, but do try and inform me ahead of time on the issue before you skip the rest of class," Bloodgood said rather than just telling him to knock before entering, knowing it would be useless.
"This was an unexpected emergency," Hiei said before taking the folder of assignments missed and left for class.
On the way, he saw a guy that resembled Frankie walk through a hallway and stole a kids coffin tablet. He thought it was none of his business so he decided not to stop him, what could be the harm in not catching a thief with no energy to do harm to the demon.
He walked into class and saw his friends talking and so he walked over to them. Twyla was the first to see him and therefore the first to speak, "how was the trip and what power did you get this time?"
"How did you know I got a power boost," Hiei asked as he set beside her on the back row of long desks.
"Last time you came back you had the dragon of the darkness flame, so I guessed that with this time you got something new as well," she reasoned.
"You guessed correctly about something new, but that was only my power level is now that of the highest of A class demons," he informed.
"Wonderful, now you can destroy even more of us if we piss you off enough," Howleen sarcastically said.
"Yes, but I prefer my meals to be less chewy and more sweet, to bad there are no monsters like that," Hiei shot back with a smirk.
"You seen your sister and her friends yet, or do you want to wait until after that travesty the school calls a play tonight," Twyla asked.
"I already met them, I would like to know how she got that way, but as long as she is not in any immediate danger I don't feel like interfering," he said as he put his hands behind his head and leaned back to seemingly take a nap. The other two knew that he wasn't asleep, he did this as a way to focus on what was being said around him and on the lecture of the class.
The class started and it didn't take long for the next class to come and go just like the rest of them. After school was the play, and as they waited, Hiei, Twyla, and Howleen felt as if something bad was going to happen at any moment.
That moment was confirmed as the play started with Frankie, "For 200 years, our great school has," and that was when a monster punched its way through the floor and many of the students ran away screaming.
Hiei sighed and said, "I knew that something troublesome was going to happen, Twyla, use the shadows to get you and Howleen to safety while I help my sister."
He left without looking back to see if his orders were even followed as he rushed out and showed up behind his sister just as she said something about a time teleporter lens. "You have got to be kidding me, you time traveled, do you have any idea how foolish that was," he asked as he glared at his robot vampire of a sister.
The guy that he saw stealing a tablet from a kid showed up at that point and said, "Just stop rampaging for a second."
"Sparky, you followed us through the time portal just so you could build that," Frankie asked the monster's creator known as Sparky.
"You say that like it's a bad thing, it's ok, there's just something wrong with his programming and I can fix it, I think," Sparky said nervously.
"This is a bad thing, nobody do anything that could set it off while I destroy it," Hiei said as he held his fist up and it ignited in flames.
"Oh, this is totally going on the fearbook profile," Cleolei said in Toralei's voice before she flashed a picture that made the monster angry.
"What did I just say you fool," he said before the monster reached in and lifted Cleolei up with his giant hand with both ghouls in the body yelling for it to put them down.
The monster decided it was missing something so it also decided to use the time lens and absorb Cleolei and when it was done, you could see them in there saying, "gross, let us out of here."
"Alright, that I did not see coming," Sparky commented as the monster roared and electronic roar and ran away.
"That thing just absorbed my friends," Frankie said in a panic as she pointed towards the monster.
Sparky turned to the group and said, "oh, he must realize that something is missing and is trying to replace it."
That started a small heartfelt discussion that made Hiei want to puke, and by the time it was over, he just wanted to kill the damn thing so he wasn't so board. Oh look, the discussion is over, now Sparky stands up and says, "I brought the construction to life with electricity, I suppose a large enough blast of energy of an opposing polarity might stop it." The zombie groaned something that Hiei didn't understand, but the scientist obviously did because it got him to reply. "Yes, Hexicia's recharge chamber, that could work, but we have to lead him down to my lab in the catacombs."
"Alright then, you and sparky head down to the lab and prep the charging chamber, the rest of us will figure out a way to lead the thing down to the catacombs," Frankie ordered as Sparky and Ghoulia ran to the catacombs.
Normally Hiei would just destroy the thing completely, but the fact that the time lens is needed means he will have to follow through with the plan of the others.
He and the others arrived in time to see the monster about to leave the school, so Hiei decided to use his fire to set up a barrier and redirect him to the desired path. He stood amongst the flames so the monster thought it was Lagoonafire and Dracubecca, and because of this he absorbed them as well.
"Ok, how do we get that thing to go to the catacombs, because I don't think asking nicely is an option," Clawdeen said.
"Got an idea, everybody meet me at the door to the catacombs in the hallway," Frankie said as they all left to wait for her.
Hiei and Clawvenus was the only ones that arrived at the hallway as they waited for the monster. They didn't have to wait but thirty seconds before Frankie and the hybrids came flying in and Clawvenus to say in Clawdeen's voice, "over here, over here."
They ran into the room before Sparky asked, "did you get him to follow you," and the monster came crashing inside the lab and jumped to the center.
Clawvenus said in Venus's voice, "I think it's time for some divine intervention," before vines sprung up from the ground and tied the monster in the vines. It had all it's limbs bound, but the chest was still active as it moved the mirror to absorb Clawvenus as well.
"No, we have to hurry," Frankie yelled as two of the flying hybrids moved to attach cords to the monster, before Frankie yelled, "do it, now."
Ghoulia moans something and a large electrical charge rushes the monster, but the amount doesn't seem to be enough as Sparky says, "it is not enough."
The monster rips the cords from the machine and ruins the plan as Frankie's emotions run high and walks up saying, "no, how could you do this, those are my friends. You took my friends from me, the ones that I love, do you have any idea how that makes me feel?"
Green electricity starts to spark all around her as the only male hybrid explains what it is, "I've seen that before, it's her spark." Frankie takes out her bolts and buts them on the opposite sides of her neck and picks up the wires from the ruined plan.
"Give me back my friends," Frankie tell the monster before shoving the wire into her neck bolts and sends the green energy into the monster and forcing it to roar in agony.
"I don't understand, it's just electricity," Sparky comments as he watches the scene unfold.
The male hybrid turns to him and says, "no, it's something else, it's her emotions, her love, her life force, it's her."
Sparky widens his eyes as he realizes something he should have a while back, "everything my creation isn't, the spark, that's what makes her alive, and that's what I've been missing and why Professor Steam was right."
Frankie seemingly gave more power into the process, because her eyes glowed green and two blue streams shot out and brought forth Cleo and Toralei no longer fused together. Another stream of light brought forth Lagoona and Jennafire, before bringing forth Clawdeen and Venus. She looked like she was trying to put some more effort before the cords were shocked out of her hand and was forced to her knees.
"Frankie, you cannot give any more," Jennafire said as everyone else had concerned looks on their faces while Hiei remained as stoic as he could while watching everything play out.
"I have to save Draculaura and Robecca," Frankie said as she forced herself to stand up once more and try to force more electricity out of her body. She looked ready to pass out at any moment and clearly was suffering from it as many of her stitches were being blown out from her forehead, arms, and legs. Draculaura and Robecca finally came out of the monster as it lost all power and looked to be dead with no way to have survived.
Sparky walked up to the corps before touching its hand and seeing it fall backwards into a pile of scrap with Frankie falling backwards not a moment later.
The others rushed to her side as they all showed concern for their friend who Hiei knew was dying right now, if her life force was anything to go by.
"Oh no Frankie, what did you do," Lagoona began to cry.
"She saved us, she saved all of us," Robecca stated as she knelt down along with everyone else.
"Frankie, come back to us, wake up," Draculaura begged with her tears.
Frankie barely opened her eyes as Sparky came and knelt down beside her and said, "this is all my fault. I should have listened to Professor Steam, and not force the creation of life before I understood it, before you showed my there was really something in here. Now you gone and used up all of your spark to save your friends."
"To save my family, I told you Sparky, don't give up, it is possible to create life, just like my grandfather did so many years ago. Just like victor Frankenstein," Frankie said with a strained voice.
"My name is Victor Frankenstein, I'm your grandfather," Sparky realized as he cupped her hand tighter.
"Sparky's your nickname, so I got to meet my grandfather after all," Frankie said before she was beginning to fade and called for Hiei. He complied and walked over with his stoic look on his face and waited for her to speak. "I know that you don't like us and you think we are foolish, but try to be kinder to your sister, she loves you."
Those were her last words before death finally seemed to take her and Hiei knew exactly who it was that was forced to take her, Botan. "Make sure she is treated well up there Botan, she may have been foolish, but that doesn't mean she deserves to die," was his statement to the fairy girl after he moved out of hearing distance.
"I will do all I can for your sister's friend, and try to do what she asked," Botan said as she took her spirit away to spirit world.
Everyone began to mourn for their friend as he just watched them all shed tears and watch her dead body as if it will move again. "I can't believe Frankie's gone," he heard his sister say through sobs.
"Without her, we'd all still be a part of that thing," Clawdeen said in a sad tone on the verge of tears while the zombie moaned.
"I know, it doesn't even seem real," Cleo said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
Ghoulia moans and then thinks of something the others have forgotten about, and runs to Sparky and explains her plan. "You're right, that just might work, but we'd have to get the polarity just right," he says.
"Okay, I understand zombie, but I have no idea what any of this means," Toralei commented.
"It means we're going to save Frankie," Sparky says as the others looked shocked at this.
Hiei on the other hand was thinking of what would happen if that were to happen, spirit world would have a field day with that, and all that paperwork would just kill them all.
"You really think you can bring her back," Robecca asked.
"Tell us you're not trying to be funny," Cleo demanded of him.
"The only funny thing happening right now is that mermaid ghost is paying zero attention to this conversation," Sparky replied as said ghoul was not paying attention. "We can do this, but first the recharge chamber is going to need a little love."
As the ghouls were working on the recharge chamber, Draculaura asked Hiei a question about something, "the one who took Frankie was Botan wasn't it?"
Hiei sighed and said, "yes it was, and before you ask, no I don't know if it is possible to do what all of you are thinking."
"Would you know if we are on a time limit or anything on this," she asked in an almost pleading voice.
"No I wouldn't, but that just means you should move all the quicker in what you are doing," he said.
"Well thank you for telling me and don't worry about being nicer to me if this doesn't work," Draculaura told him with sad eyes.
"I was actually planning on doing that anyways because a friend of mine died and came back to life on that mission I just got back from. Made me realize how important family was, so I may be a little nicer, but not by much," Hiei said with a smirk before he waved his sister to help her friends.
When it was done, Frankie was put in the chamber by the male hybrid, Ghoulia attached her bolts, and Sparky attached the cords. "This has to work, we have to save Frankie," Draculaura said with determination before Sparky turned the power on.
The energy rushed into Frankie as her hair began to stand on it's ends, Clawdeen begged, "come on Frankie, come back to us."
Hiei saw that the energy levels were dropping fast and would burn out at any moment, and that is what it did moments later. "It's not working, I don't understand," Sparky said in disappointment.
"Maybe you're still missing something," a voice came from behind them as they all turned to see the old Hexacia Steam come out of the time lens.
"Dad," Robecca exclaimed as she rushed to hug her father that hasn't even built her yet.
"Nice to meet you, my daughter, you are just perfect and it looks as though I did an amazing job building you, or rather will do an amazing job at some point," Steam said as he studied the girl. "and you mister Frankenstein are late for out conversation after class, by about 200 years if I'm not mistaken. And I'm here to bring you back to our time where you belong, but it looks like we have a ghoul to save first."
"I don't understand professor, I was sure this would work," Sparky said in confused sadness.
"Didn't you listen to anything I said before, creating life takes more than just what's up here," he points to the brain.
"I know, it takes the spark, but it's all gone, Frankie used it all up," the boy said in sadness again.
"How can something be gone, that's inside of every living thing," Steam said as he points to the boys chest.
Everyone looked down in sadness, Draculaura brought her hands close together and whimpers, "oh Frankie," before a yellow spark flashed.
"Draculaura, how did you do that," Clawdeen asked her.
"I don't know, I just closed my eyes and thought about Frankie," she said in confused wonder.
"So we all have the spark," Cleo said, stating the obvious.
"Come on everybody, together, think of your best Frankie memory," Lagoona said as everyone closed their eyes and focused on the memories as Ghoulia texted everyone in order to save her.
The light started to glow brighter as all the lights in the room began to pull together and merge with one another before the male unicorn used his healing powers to put it into her. Hiei knew it would be a strange experience, but didn't think it would be as strange as it was, all of her clothes got changed, how does that work?
They all waited on baited breath to see if it worked as Clawdeen said, "ghoul friend, if you're taking your sweet time for dramatic effect, you're killin' us over here."
Hiei saw her spirit float down and land inside her body just as Botan arrived behind saying, "this is going to be so much paperwork for spirit world to fill out, but it's good to see that they brought her back."
"Yes it is, you should go before they start asking too many questions to the guy who knows the grim reaper," Hiei said before she floated away.
"Did I miss anything," Frankie said softly as she emerged from the recharge chamber.
Everyone was ecstatic that she was back, and it was a nice moment that Hiei saw before he left to meet up with Twyla and Howleen to make sure they were fine.