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Short Explaination: I have watched up to the episode where Hiei is beaten by Yusuke, it was then taken off of youtube, therefore my knowledge of yyh is poor and based mainly on the ones I have read. Sorry if any of my writing on the characters is incorrect, please correct me in the reviews.
Sorry for wasting your time. On with the story!!!!
I never expected….
Chapter 1"Do you wish to die?"
"Do you?"
"Shall we die together?"
You stared at him through impassive eyes, as you rose the weighted katana blade over your head daring him to take another step.
"You would go this far?"
"Any self respecting demon would. I bow to no one"
He watched you, his eyes cautiously flickering from your ridged expression to the glimmering blade of his katana. He didn't retort to that innuendo as you had assumed he would, most in Makai knew of him; The Betrayer, The Forbidden. Most knew that his service as the spirit detective was not voluntary, but then, not all had known him like she had.
"Bi-"
"You have no right to call me that. You have no right to speak my name"
"Rai-"
"Do you wish to die!!!"
He was silent, his crimson gaze boring into your tear-glazed eyes. He shook his head, his gaze falling to the ground before him, as an ironic ejection of air parted his lips.
"No… no I don't…"
Slowly he turned, heartbreakingly slow, his silent back sneering at your broken form.
"Why… even with his sword…WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!!!"
You brought the katana down hard against the piece of flint at your feet, watching as tiny sparks flew from the friction, igniting the pieces of string before you. You watched him, his cold, impassive back, hoping against hope that he would turn, knowing yet not excepting that even in your time of death, he would refuse to recognise you.
"Baka onna…" he breathed instead, causing you to chuckle sardonically.
"I finally agree with you… oppa…"
You woke in a dark room, your eyes blinking in and out of perspective as you attempted to focus on the five figures stood at the foot of the bed.
"Hmm" you murmured groggily, stiffly raising your hand to place on your throbbing head. "Where the hell am I"
You frowned at the first voice that met your ears, the constantly disappointed tone, as he muttered a slight insult.
"Hiei?" A tired chuckle, a deep breath "Did we die together?"
"Don't be a fool Rain. You are still too weak to kill me."
You couldn't help but chuckle again as you shifted beneath the covers, rolling onto your side as you tucked your arms beneath your head.
"Then I will have to train harder, until I succeed you."
"Rain..."
"Koenma. I haven't seen you in awhile." You breathed almost inaudibly, closing your eyes once more.
"No, not since you ran out on us seven years ago"
"Let me guess, you've been searching for me ever since. I feel, so special" You laced your words with acid as well as sarcasm, as you were not in the least bit 'happy' to be here. You had no reason to be there in the first place other than the fact that Koenma had been interested in your powers. Three years you had spent in confinement, you had threatened to kill all but one who approached you, screaming unlawful imprisonment practically day and night.
Unless you was mistaken, and it was in fact a crime, to have gifts that couldn't be explained, by either the history of previous demons, or a database.
You had managed to escape - though it had been so long ago you barely remembered how - and taken up residence with a group of thieves. It was the first you had met the red eyed Jagenshi. It was the first time you felt excepted.
"Rain…"
"What Koenma! How many more years of my life do you intend to take!"
The room was silent, none of the five figures making a move for some time before a cautious knock at the door drew their attention.
"Botan, now's not a good ti-"
"Now's a very good time Koenma. I'll join your damned group. It's not as though I have a choice."
"Good" He sighed in response, and you heard his feet shuffle to the door, "I'll send Botan in, you can meet the others tomorrow"
"So you're telling me that I stood there through all that for no damned reason…" An unfamiliar voice muttered, followed by more footfalls against the carpet.
"Just get out Urameshi" retorted another unfamiliar voice.
"I'm moving idiot!"
"Faster jerk wad!"
"What did you call me!" the door clicked shut, the voices fading off into the distance,
'My team mates are idiots' you thought silently to yourself, closing your eyes as you listened to the surroundings of the room. Hiei was still there, as well as her.
"Botan?"
"Rain…"
You could hear the smile in her voice as your name passed through her lips and wasn't surprised that a small smile tilted your lips when you heard the familiarity of her english accent encase you.
"Did you miss me?"
"As much as an old lady misses her free song bird"
"You're depressing me"
"It's pretty much been the atmosphere seen you… came back…"
You nodded in understanding, rolling onto your back before pulling yourself up, and propping your back against the headboard.
She hadn't changed, but then, you hadn't expected her to. Same long blue hair pulled back into a high ponytail, same pink eyes, that even in the darkness of the room seemed to sparkle.
"You haven't changed, aunni Older sister"
In the corner of your eye you saw Hiei frown slightly, as you addressed her. You didn't blame him though, it wasn't just anyone you addressed in your mother tongue.
South Korea, that was where you were "born" or so to speak. Your parents had adopted you from your Japanese mother, after she had conceived out of wedlock.
They had died nine years later, in Japan after you had begged them to take you to visit your real mother. They died only for you to find that your mother had immigrated to America.
It was only those you considered family, those you saw as a constant that you addressed in your native tongue, and Botan was obviously one of them.
The two of you talked awhile longer, as you tried your best to ignore Hiei's motionless figure in the corner of the room. But soon a quiet bleep from her communicator pad alerted her to her other duties.
"Got to fly" she sighed lightly, raising from your bed, her lips curving into a sardonic grin. "Someone else requires my guidance."
"I never have grasped the fact that your are grim reaper Botan. Could it kill you to act less… pink?"
She laughed wholeheartedly, running her fingers through your long silken strands of hair, as she used to so many years ago.
"I'll make a deal with you, Bi. I'll act more dark, if you act less morbid and morose. I'm sad to say there is room in the universe for two of you."
You smiled, watching as she left the room before allowing your gaze to fall on Hiei. Your eyes narrowed.
"I will assume you are here to prevent my escape."
"Hn"
Your sleep was fitful, your dreams violated by the image of the one you had sworn to kill.