Love In December...
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P.S.
I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho...
Chapter one: Yin and Yang...
Botan sighed; a puff of air becoming visible, she rubbed her gloved hands together. It was so cold! It was freezing cold. It was winter.
"Hey Botan can you carry this? I'm just gonna run into this next shop here." Botan eyed all the packages she and the cinnamon haired woman were carrying at the time.
"Okay..." Keiko beamed in delight and dumped a few other bags along with the original, into the full arms of the Deity. "Great! I'll be back in a sec."
That said she skipped into the store to buy who knew what... Botan chuckled softly, it was December and it was getting close to the marriage of Yusuke Urameshi and Keiko Yukimura.
So the brunette was a little more then just excited. Botan felt one of the packages suddenly slip, in the daze to catch it, her left wrist dashed outward causing a gleam of light reflect off of her bracelet.
Being partially blinded; she lost her footing and tripped, of course this created a domino affect and soon all the bags fell to the ground around her, one even landed on her head.
A few people that were witnesses to such a scene began laughing in fits, while an elderly couple just chuckled at the blue haired youth.
She sat there for a minute until the thought to pick everything up registered in her mind. "Here let me help you..." Botan glanced up into pools of molten emerald, they twinkled with mirth at the current situation.
"Go ahead and laugh Kurama, I know it's funny." She challenged folding her arms before her chest, he backed away on instinct. "Of course not. So let me give you a hand at this."
He kneeled forward on his knees, taking a box or two at a time. When Kurama went to grab a box by the Deity's left side he became aware of the gleaming bracelet, it immediately perked his interest.
"Botan where did you get that bracelet?" Amethyst pools blinked, then followed his gaze too the bracelet clasped around her arm.
It was a clear band circling all about her wrist, it was adorned with two small round gems, they were like a liquid droplet only hardened into ice. A spray of pink flushed her cheeks, on reflex she chewed on her bottom lip.
"It's alright you do not have to tell me." Came his soft polite tone, Botan couldn't help but stare at the beads. But-they weren't beads. They were tears... "his" tears... and she would always carry them.
"Botan? Botan?" She felt a light tapping at her arm and looked up, coming out of her stupor. Then she noticed they were still in the middle of the sidewalk, blushing with embarrassment she picked herself up.
"Sorry about all the trouble Kurama, thank you." Botan bowed showing her gratefulness, he merely smiled back.
"Do you want help carrying this?" Kurama inquired, Botan grinned ruefully. "That would be nice, but Keiko should be out of the store any minute."
A sign of recognition flashed in hid eyes. "Shopping for the wedding, then?" Botan nodded and turned to the left when her friend came up beside her with even more bags. "Oh hello Kurama, how are you."
Greeted Keiko cheerily, the red haired man chuckled. "I'm doing fine. It appears that you're doing good as well, what with the wedding in two weeks." A marvelous blush warmed the brunette's cheeks, her eyes became dazed.
"Yes! Then someday me and Yusuke shall have children of our own and–" The two stared at her oddly, she was off in her own little world.
"Well I best be getting on my way. I'll talk to you both later." With that he began to move passed them when Botan reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Kurama have you...?" She trailed off unknowingly, the fox gazed at her sadly. "No, I haven't seen him... sorry." Botan nodded gravely letting her arm fall listlessly to her side. He then went on his way until out of sight.
"Don't give up! I'm sure he'll come for the wedding." Protested Keiko stubbornly, the Deity grinned looking up into the blue sky, there was not a single cloud.
"You're right Keiko I must think positively!" The two girls marched off down the sidewalk heading for a quiet little café where they could rest and warm themselves up.
Hiei dashed swiftly through the hoard of Demons; his fingers deftly running over the worn hilt, eyes of crimson: cold and calculating pierced their souls, making them tremble in terror.
"Pathetic weaklings, and you call yourselves Demons." He sneered in disgust. "Time to take you out." He disappeared to a blur and reappeared behind them, running his sharp blade through the sculls out of their foreheads.
A rain of crimson splayed everywhere, drenching the black figure in its essence. Screams were silenced by the cold hand that was death, muffled to a whimpering cry.
He then came upon a young blue hued Demon, her eyes sprout tears watching as all of her tribe perished a sickening death.
Hiei was about to swing in a downward ark when he found himself staring at her, she was truly terrified. The look, it was just like the "woman" when she became afraid. Hiei stopped, his eyes narrowing into slits.
No! He'd hesitated. He'd shown mercy! Without a second thought he slashed across her neck, decapitating her head. Blood. It was raining blood...and he savored it.
Being in Makai did not deter his Spirit Detective duties, only increased it, for he'd be the first line of defense. Always hunting those who went into the Human Realm and killed the innocents, that's why he was with this particular group.
"Hn. Maybe I should head to the Human Realm and fight with Yusuke..." He mused leaning against the tree, a look of thoughtfulness placed on his face, he'd been denied a challenge too long. But "she" would be there... the purpose for him leaving was to rid himself of her annoying ways, he sighed inwardly.
He always felt her around, her souls gentle touch with his...and as the damned fox said they were "connected" together. "Hn." With that he merged into the shadows, becoming darkness itself.
"Well lets see...I'll have a blueberry muffin with one Hazelnut Coffee. Please?" The woman above nodded scribbling down the order on a pad of paper then turned to Botan.
"-And you Miss?" Botan snapped out of her daze and turned away from the window. "Oh...um...I'll have one French Vanilla Coffee. Oh...do you have ice cream here?"
The woman blinked her large doe like eyes, then nodded. "Yes we do. What kind would you like?" A small blush protruded itself on Botan's cheeks when she began to order.
"Strawberry would be great." The woman smiled and trotted off. "Strawberry...eh? Wasn't that Hiei's favorite ice cream?"
Botan looked down at her hands which flicked the gems of her bracelet around. "Yes..." She squeaked, Keiko let a knowing smirk tug at her lips. "Isn't that sweet..."
She drawled eyes gleaming impishly, Botan looked up pouting at her friend. "Quit teasing Keiko." The brunette giggled a bit, then became serious. "So, what are you going to do about 'him' anyway?"
Botan sighed heavily, leaning back into her seat. "When and if he gets back...I guess I'll have no other choice but to follow my mission."
Keiko eyes softened, she reached over and clasped her hand over the Deity's. "Just don't give up no matter how cold he'll act, from what Yusuke says that sometimes when a guy falls in love, hides it as a form of defense..."
Botan nodded eyes hard with determination, a smile splaying onto her lips. "Don't you worry Keiko. I'll show him!"
OKAY!!!! I got it up for you!! Aren't I wonderful or what? Wait- don't answer that... You know I've been getting a lot of death threats over the sequel...LoL!! But you can't kill me now! HAHAHA!!! I'm on a sugar-high if your wondering! So much COFFEE and DONUTS!!! Oh, I will put the next chapter up tomorrow, so don't you worry... okay you might have to worry. LoL!! I hope Pocky-and-Fred is getting better... Please get well it is stinky to be sick! Luv ya!! Please review everyone!!
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