Yukina glanced over at the infuriated Botan. She couldn't blame her because
Ruka, the enchantress had just made fun of her hair color. She giggled
remembering the silly motto Botan had made up. "Never mess with the hair,
or you'll go down in history." Okay, it didn't rhyme, but it was their
motto, next to the dozen other ones they had made up. She saw Kurama drag
her away so she wouldn't be kicked out. That didn't work though because
right after he let her go, she went charging for Ruka. She knocked her down
and began punching the daylights out of her and Yukina began to hear
screams coming from Ruka's mouth. She began to laugh knowing that she would
never heal that piece of scum. Shizuru looked at her thoughtfully and then
looked away quickly. Yukina jumped down to where the ring was and tried to
pry her friend of the screaming enchantress. That didn't work either and
security was coming their way. He finally reached them and managed to pry
Botan off. He looked at her angrily and then looked down at Yukina. "Were
you a part of this?" He asked. "Nnnn-no sir. She was trying to pry me off,
that's all." Botan explained with a goofy grin plastered to her face. "Yes
sir, I was. And when I wasn't, I was all for it!" Yukina cheerfully
replied, looking proud of herself. The security men looked at Koto, a look
of frustration planting over his wrinkled face. "That won't be necessary."
She said, beaming. She turned her gaze to the fallen Ruka who wasn't even
making an effort to move.
"Ten.nine.eight.seven.six.five.four.three.two.one. And Botan is the
winner!" She cried, the smile growing even wider. The security guard let go
of Botan and Yukina's arms, turned and walked away muttering something
about how he never got to throw anyone in jail. He finally disappeared down
the long corridor and Juri stepped out. She wagged her finger in Koto's
face playfully. "Bad girl Koto, you know you shouldn't mess with Michael
like that. He likes to shut people in that small cold prison." She said
giggling uncontrollably. By that time Shizuru had jumped down and was
standing with them. After a little while longer standing there, they
decided to go get ice cream. They snuck past the boy's room so they
wouldn't come with them. They ran past their own room so Kayko wouldn't
come along and complain about silly little things like how her cone was too
small, or the ice cream was too soft or too hard, or the there weren't
enough sprinkles on it. They finally reached outside and go tin Koto's
small car. Yukina Juri, and Shizuru climbed in the back, and Koto got in on
the driver's side, and Botan got in on the opposite side. Koto turned the
ignition on and they sped off to McWizards. They finally made it. They
looked at the menu and began to decide. Finally, had finally decided and
ordered. Botan had gotten a chocolate yogurt cone, Koto ordered a brownie
delight, Shizuru ordered a small hot fudge sundae, Juri ordered a peanut
butter concrete, and Yukina ordered a small soda. When they all had ordered
and gotten their ice cream/soda, they went to find a table there. They
finally found one and began to start on their ice cream/soda. Everyone was
enjoying themselves when they heard a familiar voice behind them. "Oh, how
cute. All the girlies out for a night." Immediately, they all knew who this
was. Botan turned around to see Genkai, a smirk planted across her lips.
"Oh hello Genkai. Would you like to join us?" She asked. Genkai nodded in
response, the smirk turning into a small smile. Everyone waved to her
telling her hi since they had ice cream in their mouths. Botan handed
Genkai a couple of dollar bills. "Go ahead and get something to either eat
or drink." She beckoned. Genkai handed back the dollar bills. Botan frowned
a bit but pocketed the folded bills. After they were all finished, they
decided to go back to the room. Of course right now Genkai was in her
younger form. When the tournament had finally gotten over, Genkai wished to
be able to be young permanently so when the next time some psychopath would
come and try to kill them all, she could protect them. Koto looked at
Genkai with a smile. "You know Genkai, I heard some of the guys talking
last night. I'm pretty sure Hiei has the hots for you." She said smiling.
Juri shoved her out of the way when she noticed Genkai was madly blushing.
"How about a ride?" She offered, flashing her a sweet smile. "Sure." Genkai
said. They walked to the car and Koto kept bragging about how cute that
would be. They finally reached the car and Koto of course got in the
driver's seat. Juri got in next to her and the rest got in the back. As
Koto kept on, Juri kept elbowing her so she would stop embarrassing the
poor blushing girl. They reached the hotel to see a smirking Toguro
standing there. Genkai slowly opened the door to face him. He showed a sign
of confusion, but recovered quickly and went back to his smirk. "I thought
you didn't believe in staying young forever." He reminded her. "Well, I
knew we would run into you again so I had to be prepared not to die again
or I would be out of the game for sure." She replied. He frowned and his
muscles began to grow to the abnormal size, as they always did. Genkai just
rolled her eyes and got in her fighting stance. When his muscles were at
the size he wanted, he began trying to hit the small Genkai who was on the
defensive. He began to wear down as he kept running after her. She figured
this was her perfect chance. She held up her hand in the form of a gun as
her tiny finger began to glow. "Spirit gun!" She shouted, as the blast left
her finger for the huge man huffing for air. He looked up to see it only
two feet away. He quickly stepped to the right to avoid the huge blast.
Genkai was now on the ground, gasping for breath. She had only saved a tiny
bit of her energy just to stay alive. When she had noticed he had dodged
it, of course that was a huge let down. Now she knew that she was going to
die. She shut her eyes, knowing she was going to feel a tremendous amount
of pain. Not just physically. She couldn't bear to see her friends get
hurt. She heard him step right in front of her. She could sense the smirk
forming on his lips. She could feel him get ready to punch her. All of the
sudden, she felt the pain and immediately fell unconscious. The next thing
she knew, she was in a tiny hospital bed. She noticed Botan sound asleep on
the right side of her. She felt herself grin. She decided to get out of bed
and go walk around. "Whoa there speedy!" She heard Botan call out. "I don't
know where you think you're headed off to. Hiei gave me specific orders to
keep you in bed." She told the pink-haired girl. Genkai reluctantly got
back on the bed and sat up to listen to further information from the now
beaming Botan. "I thought you had a date with Kurama today." Genkai
sneered. "He had to work. Besides, do you really think I would leave?"
Botan replied, the smile disappearing from her gorgeous features. It was
Genkai's turn to talk now. "So, how am I still alive?" "Hiei was close by
and decided to use the dragon of the darkness flame." Botan answered. "Why
would he do that?" Genkai asked in an annoyed tone. "Because, you saved
Mokuro that time, remember?" Botan said. "Oh yeah." Genkai stuttered out.
"I have to go. See ya!" Botan waved, walking out the door. Genkai just sat
there, staring out the lonely window in the room. She stared at the lonely
parking lot, knowing there was just no one out there for her. Hiei had
Mokuro, Yusuke had Keiko, Kurama had Botan, Suzuka had Koto, Shishiwakamaru
had Juri, Karasu was dead, Koenma had his eyes on a new ferry girl, Yomi
had his eyes on Botan too, Kuwaabara had Yukina, Sakyo had Shizuru, Jin had
his eyes on Koto and so on. She took her constant gaze off the parking lot
and onto the floor. She heard the heavy wooden door slowly creak open. She
didn't even bother to look up to see who it was. "Hi Genkai, how are you
doing?" She heard a voice say. "Oh, hi Hiei. I thought you had a date with
Mokuro." Genkai coldly muttered. "What's your problem? I came here to check
up on you and you treat me maliciously. What did I do? I thought you wanted
to stay alive." Hiei said, raising eyebrow suspiciously. Genkai buried her
face in her knees. "What would you care? You all have people to care
about." She said, almost shouting. Hiei walked over to her and put an arm
around her in a friendly manner. "Genkai, what's wrong?" Hiei asked,
lightening up. He felt her shake under his arm. He knew that she was
crying. "What's the matter Genkai?" He asked, his uneasiness rising. Genkai
replied through tears. "You guys all hang out, but you always push me to
the side! Do you know now why I don't hang out with all of you?" "I didn't
know you felt that way Genkai?" Came Hiei's gentle reply. Genkai spoke
again, burying her face in her knees harder. "Since all of you have been
dating each other and I don't have anyone to date, I feel I'm, well,
forgotten." Hiei took his hands off of her trembling shoulders. He pulled
her face out of her legs and brushed the tears away. "Do you know how
selfish you sound?" Hiei said. With that, he turned and left shutting the
door. Genkai slowly stuck her tear-stained face between her knees. She had
stopped crying when Botan entered the room. When she heard the door creak
open again, she looked up. "Well, that certainly didn't work the way I had
planned." Botan replied, shuffling to the chair again. "What do you mean?"
Genkai asked, unsure of if she even wanted to know the appalling response
from the frowning blue-haired girl. "Well, I sent Hiei in here to see how
you were doing. At first he said no but I pleaded for him to come here. The
reason he came was because Mokuro was yelling at him since she thought he
had another girlfriend. I guess this just isn't working out like it
should." The frowning Botan told the irate Genkai. "You can tell him he can
go date little miss 'perfect'! I don't think he'll even care!" Genkai
shouted. She hopped out of the bed, grabbed a change of clothes, went into
the bathroom and changed. Botan could hear her muttering to herself about
how useless Mokuro was. Botan shook her head from side to side in
disbelief. She was sure Hiei would have left Mokuro for Genkai. She figured
he would see how bad Mokuro has been to him and open his eyes. She looked
up to see Genkai rush out wearing a loose tee shirt, a pair of denim jeans,
and her hair in a loose ponytail. Genkai began talking to Botan. "Why
didn't he just let me die if I'm not important to him?" They rushed over to
his house after telling the nurse that Genkai was fine. Genkai got out of
the small beat up car and raced up the steps of Hiei's front porch. She
violently knocked on the door. She carried a small ring he had bought for
her when he had had a small crush on her. HE answered the door. His face
fell when he saw her there. "Why did you save me?" Genkai asked in a
hurried voice. "What." Came the distraught Hiei's reply. "Did you not hear
me?" She continued. "Why did you save me if you don't really care about
me?" The flustered Genkai shouted in his small incensed face. "Because, you
saved." He began but was cut off. "Cut the bull! Tell me the real reason!"
She retorted. "Botan saved you. I didn't. I would have let you died!" He
shouted. It was Genkai's turn to shout again. "Well here! Give this to your
new girlfriend!" She yelled, loud enough for the crouching Botan to hear.
With that, she stomped down the steps and stepped into the car. She slammed
the door shut and sped off, leaving the flabbergasted Hiei to figure things
out for himself. Genkai kept her eyes on the road, avoiding Botan's barely
cognizant stare. Genkai raced back to the hospital, remembering that she
had seen Toguro's name on a slip of paper as a fellow patient. They finally
reached it. Genkai found a parking spot and ran inside the swinging doors,
her hair escaping from the rubber band. She ran up to the front desk
gasping for breath. "Where is the room that Toguro is staying in?" She
demanded. The receptionist handed her a small green slip of paper with the
number 282 on it. She took the elevator up to the second floor and ran past
rooms until she saw the one with 282 nailed to it. She pushed open the door
to see a cranky Toguro watching television. She ran up to the bed and began
beseeching him. "Please, kill me! That way I'll never have to look at
Hiei's ugly face again." She moaned. Toguro just shook his head. "Why not?"
She asked in total disbelief. "You have so many friends out there who want
you to stay alive. Why not just live your life? Everyone has their
hardships at times. We all just have to move on and remember what tomorrow
might be like." He replied with a smile on his face. "I realized that when
Botan hit me so hard in the head with her oar." He continued rubbing his
head. "Man did that hurt." Genkai gave him a small hug and left. She rode
the elevator back down to the lobby. She ran back to the car where Botan
was now sleeping. Genkai chuckled to herself and drove off. She began to
wonder if Toguro really meant that or not. He had always been a joker and
never serious about anything. She flipped her medium length pink hair out
of her face. She pulled up in her drive way and woke Botan up realizing she
would not be able to carry the comatose girl into her house alone. Botan
woke up yawning slightly and raising an eyebrow at Genkai. "I thought you
were going to take me home." She said. Genkai shook her head and pointed at
her house as if to enlighten her that she would be sleeping there tonight.
Botan nodded her head with a tired smile and walked up with Genkai to the
door. Genkai took her keys out of her pocket. She slid the key in and
twisted it to unlock the door. She turned the knob and pushed the door
open. She flicked the light on and got out a blanket so Botan could sleep
on the couch. She walked over to the sleepy Botan and guided her over to
the rolled out sofa. She climbed under the covers and a tiny yawn escaped
her lips. Genkai smiled and then went to get ready for bed. She brushed her
teeth and put her pink pajamas on. She pulled her hair back with a pink
barrette. She walked over to her bed and pulled back the satin blankets.
She crawled under the covers and grabbed her favorite book. It was called
The Oath, by Frank Perretti. The reason she loved the book so much was
because it had adventure. She loved books with a lot of adventure. She
heard the doorbell ring and hopped out of bed to answer it so Botan
wouldn't have to hear them bang on the door or ring the doorbell. She
reached the front door to reveal Juri looking at her with a worried
expression. "What's wrong Juri?" The panic-stricken Genkai asked. Juri
shook her head in a manner that told Genkai whatever it was, it was bad.
"May I come in?" Juri asked in a sorrowful tone. Genkai nodded and opened
the door wider. "Please have a seat Genkai." Juri insisted the convulsing
girl. "Just tell me what's wrong." She demanded. Juri's gaze dropped to the
floor so she could avoid the intense stare coming from the cringing Genkai.
"Yusuke has been rushed to the hospital. He's hanging on by a thread, well,
that's what the doctor says at least." Juri replied with a solemn look.
Genkai asked her, "Is anyone there with him?" Juri answered back, "Yes.
Keiko is there. She's been there since he was rushed to the room. She was
crying when she called me on her cell phone. She hasn't left his side since
4:00. She just told me at 9:00. I guess she was so worked up, that was the
last thing on her mind." "Could this day get any worse?" Genkai basically
shouted. Juri met Genkai's gaze with a worried look. They ran outside to
see Hiei standing there with a gun. Genkai folded her arms in annoyed
manner. "Trying to shoot us, aren't you?" She asked in a cold tone. "Yes.
Genkai, you and your friends have got to go." Hiei told her in a tone that
sent shivers up their spines. Juri walked up to him to try and reason with
him, but before she could, he shot her. She fell with a disgusted look on
her face. Holding her lower stomach, she said, "What a dirty thing to do to
some one." And with that, she fainted. Genkai ran over to her cataleptic
body lying there on the pavement of the cold driveway. Genkai shot a harsh
look at the smirking Hiei. "I have to go now. But just to let you know,
Botan's next." He said through harsh laughter as he disappeared. Genkai
lifted up the unconscious girl who was in no condition to walk herself.
Genkai wanted to take her to the hospital but. what about Botan. Hiei might
get to her. Genkai ran in and woke the dreaming grim reaper up. She
explained what had happened and they set off towards the car. Genkai got in
on the driver's seat, and Botan held Juri. They rushed to the hospital,
knowing Juri would be fine, but to get away from Wherever Hiei may be. They
figured the last place he would be was the hospital. He hated that place,
which Genkai had found out when Hiei had the hotts for her. They ran in and
asked to see a doctor. The secretary gave them a room number. "282? Are you
sure this is correct ma'am?" Genkai asked dismayed, knowing he couldn't of
healed that fast. The nurse nodded her head. "What happened to the guy that
was there?" Genkai reluctantly asked. The nurse shook her head
despondently. "He passed away two hours ago. Poor sad fellow." She replied.
Genkai's gaze dropped to the tiled floor. Botan put a comforting hand on
her shoulder and began running up to the room. Genkai began to follow when
she thought of Yusuke. She shrugged it off remembering he had Keiko there.
She began to go up to the room and finally found it. There, Botan was
standing unaccompanied. She looked up to see Genkai was there, with a
puzzled look plastered to her face. As if to say "where the heck is Juri?"
Botan smiled reassuringly. "The doctor is running ex-rays on her to see
where the bullet hit." She said. That told Genkai it wasn't too serious
like other times. She looked around the room, while Botan followed her
gaze. When Genkai had finished scanning the room, Botan gave her a
questioning look, flipping her long blue tresses out of her pale skinned
face. Genkai looked back at her with a small grin plastered to her face.
"What are you doing Genkai?" Botan sweetly asked her companion. "Oh
nothing." Genkai stuttered out. She knew Botan knew she was faking that
pathetic smile of hers. Genkai looked away, lackadaisically. Botan raised
her head up to see the doctor and Juri come in. Juri was bandaged up neatly
and proudly smirking. All of the sudden, they heard a gun shot downstairs.
Everyone exchanged glances. They all ran down to see who the victim was.
"It looks like they struck here too." Botan sadly said, watching Genkai
walk over to the bleeding girl lying on the floor. "Are you alright Keiko?"
Botan asked. Keiko looked up at them and smiled. "I'm fine. Check on Yusuke
though. They beat him pretty badly." She told them both. "So who got shot?"
Genkai quizzically asked. Keiko raised her hand as if to say that she did.
She was still strong enough to stay conscious, but she kept wanting to
check on Yusuke. After the fifth time of being pushed down, she gave up.
The doctor finally realized the girl needed treatment and carried her off
to another room Juri, still upstairs since she was to weak to go down was
laying on the bed and wondering what was going on. Meanwhile back
downstairs Genkai was calling for a doctor to come and check Yusuke out.
They looked down on the floor to see a small note.
[A/N: Well that is all. Sorry guys. I have to go!!!]
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, and never will.
[A/N: Well that is all. Sorry guys. I have to go!!!]
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, and never will.