Silent Pleas
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This is a Hiei/Botan fic. Please leave if you do not like them as a couple, or do not like fan fictions putting them together. Do not flame me because you do not have the same opinions on Yu Yu Hakusho couple that I do. This will be a darker fic. Do not go on if you do not like tragedy/angst fics.
Disclaimer: All Yu Yu Hakusho characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi. My ideas belong to ME. Plagiarism of my ideas will NOT be accepted.
NO JAPANESE CASUAL WORDS WILL BE USED IN THIS FIC! (As much as I like it, I know some people don't understand it)
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I am a deity of death. People say that it's insane that I'm so cheerful, yet I take souls to the afterlife. Yet, no one knows my real self. I block my mind off to others. Not even Hiei, with his Jagan, can see into my mind. I have learned that this technique would be useful when I was appointed as a ferry girl. Humans with six senses could read my mind and tell when I was lying about what I thought. So I made it seem that my mind was bubbly, simple, forgetful, and happy all the time. I even tried to make myself like that. Unfortuanetly, I could never accomplish that feat.
Now, we're on another mission to go and get a priceless artifact that has been stolen by a demon. The demon is huge, grotesque, and frightening. It has three heads, five arms, each with razor sharp claws on it that look like they drip poison. But we face it anyways, to do our duty. Yusuke dodges the creature's claws, and then looks to Kurama, who is battling with its other arm, and so is Hiei. Then Yusuke looks at me, and yells something indistinguishable at me. I glance at him with a confused look on my face. Then he points behind me, and I realize, too late, that the claw is about to hit me.
I feel something cut through the flesh on my right arm. Deep. I feel excruciating pain, and then my world turns into blackness as I hit the hard ground. The last thing I hear is Yusuke using his Rei Gun, and a scream from the demon.
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"...So you see, when the poisonous claws sunk into Botan, the poison had a different affect. She is a ferry girl, and therefore she is special. Something happened, but we in the afterlife are not sure what, exactly. We think that she know has a certain ability that we do not know about. Keep good watch over her."
I choose that time to groan and try to sit up. As my eyes flicker open, I notice that I am in Yusuke's house. I glance down. I'm laying on a futon, stained with my blood. As I look to my arm, I notice a white/red bandage/sling on it. I realize that if the claws went any deeper, my arm could've been ripped off. I shudder at that thought.
"Botan! Are you okay?" Keiko asks, pushing past all the others in the house to get to me. I put on my façade once more and smile.
"I'm fine, Keiko! Please don't worry about me! I'll be as good as new in no time at all!" I grin and look around me. Most of the others are smiling in relief, happy with my lie. All except Hiei. He glances at me for a moment, studying my facial features, then looks away. I think he knows that I'm not really who I pretend to be, but I can never be sure. But I must be careful around him anyways. He is incredible unpredictable.
"So, did we defeat the demon?" I ask, smiling at Yusuke, remembering hearing the Rei Gun before I blacked out. "How long have I been asleep?"
"Yes, we did defeat the demon." Yusuke says, looking proud. "And you've only been sleeping for a day. Don't worry."
"Okay! Well, I'm better now! Let's go and do something!" I grin at everyone, and everyone except Hiei grins back.
"Well, I must be going." Koemna says, and is instantly gone.
I grin madly, willing the pain in my arm to go away. As I try to stand from the futon, I gasp from the pain and stumble. Kurama and Keiko, the closest ones to me, gently hold me upright.
"Thanks guys!" I smile, and call my oar to come. I jump on it and pretend that there is no pain in my arm. That the excruciating pain is gone. It won't go away, but I can try.
Hiei is still reading my expression. I pray to Buddha that he will not see through me. And if he does, that he does not tell anyone.
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It's a chilly night, and I hug myself, still ignoring the pain. I know I need to go and visit Hiei, and I know I need to talk to him. He knows that I am not who I am leading everyone else to believe. If he tells anyone that, I will not be the same person, and they will not like me as much... I have to do this. To forget everything that happened to me in my human life. To start anew.
I spot him in his tree, his right leg swinging down, and his cape blowing in the wind. I wonder why he doesn't get cold. Then I remind myself that he's half ice demon.
"Hiei? We need to talk." I say, dropping the act and looking up at him seriously. "Now. Come down from there and face me."
He looks down at me for a second; keeping his expressionless, unreadable face on, and then gracefully jumps down to the ground.
"You know that I am putting on an act. Don't pretend you don't." I say, glaring at him straight in the eye.
"Hn." He says, throwing back my gaze with one equally cold. "The question is: why are you putting up an act in the first place?"
I hesitate, and I know he saw that. And probably would use it to his advantage. If your enemy falters, it's time to talk action.
"You're going to live your whole life as a lie. Pathetic." Hiei turned around and prepared to jump back up into his tree.
"Wait! Hiei! You must not-" I touched his back, and was cut short.
He stiffened, and so did I... something was happening, and I was seeing it within my mind. I tried to let go... but I couldn't. Something in me wouldn't let me. So I was forced to watch whatever I was seeing.
~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~ Within Botan's Mind ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
A pack of ice demons.
A young woman was beside a desolately high cliff, clutching two small ragged bundles in her arms. She was sobbing uncontrollably, and refused to let go of the bundles.
"Please, no!" She cried, desperate, as the bundles were taken away from her clutching hands. "Take me! Spare my children!"
One of the other women looked close to tears, too. She was given one of the bundles, and was told by another of the older women to throw it off the cliff.
"...But first," one of the women said, "we will take care of the mother."
They plunged a blade into the sobbing woman who was moments ago clutching her babies/bundles. Her cries were instantly stopped.
The women who was given one of the bundles picked up a pearl that the other, now dead, woman had shed and gave it to the bundle.
"If you ever want revenge," she whispered to the bundle, "Let this guide you."
She then dropped it off the cliff.
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I gasped and flung my hand off of Hiei. I backed up, not knowing what he would do. I knew I just had a glimpse into his past, and he saw it too.
Hiei's stiff back didn't move for a long while. Only one word was uttered between us.
"Mother."
Then he faced me, and with the expression of a wild animal caught in a cage, he dashed off into the night.
I started to sob, not knowing exactly why. I was sure that I would find out soon enough.
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Do not steal my ideas.
R&R is you want some more chapters. I want 5-10 reviews before I keep on going.
This is a Hiei/Botan fic. Please leave if you do not like them as a couple, or do not like fan fictions putting them together. Do not flame me because you do not have the same opinions on Yu Yu Hakusho couple that I do. This will be a darker fic. Do not go on if you do not like tragedy/angst fics.
Disclaimer: All Yu Yu Hakusho characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi. My ideas belong to ME. Plagiarism of my ideas will NOT be accepted.
NO JAPANESE CASUAL WORDS WILL BE USED IN THIS FIC! (As much as I like it, I know some people don't understand it)
~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
I am a deity of death. People say that it's insane that I'm so cheerful, yet I take souls to the afterlife. Yet, no one knows my real self. I block my mind off to others. Not even Hiei, with his Jagan, can see into my mind. I have learned that this technique would be useful when I was appointed as a ferry girl. Humans with six senses could read my mind and tell when I was lying about what I thought. So I made it seem that my mind was bubbly, simple, forgetful, and happy all the time. I even tried to make myself like that. Unfortuanetly, I could never accomplish that feat.
Now, we're on another mission to go and get a priceless artifact that has been stolen by a demon. The demon is huge, grotesque, and frightening. It has three heads, five arms, each with razor sharp claws on it that look like they drip poison. But we face it anyways, to do our duty. Yusuke dodges the creature's claws, and then looks to Kurama, who is battling with its other arm, and so is Hiei. Then Yusuke looks at me, and yells something indistinguishable at me. I glance at him with a confused look on my face. Then he points behind me, and I realize, too late, that the claw is about to hit me.
I feel something cut through the flesh on my right arm. Deep. I feel excruciating pain, and then my world turns into blackness as I hit the hard ground. The last thing I hear is Yusuke using his Rei Gun, and a scream from the demon.
~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
"...So you see, when the poisonous claws sunk into Botan, the poison had a different affect. She is a ferry girl, and therefore she is special. Something happened, but we in the afterlife are not sure what, exactly. We think that she know has a certain ability that we do not know about. Keep good watch over her."
I choose that time to groan and try to sit up. As my eyes flicker open, I notice that I am in Yusuke's house. I glance down. I'm laying on a futon, stained with my blood. As I look to my arm, I notice a white/red bandage/sling on it. I realize that if the claws went any deeper, my arm could've been ripped off. I shudder at that thought.
"Botan! Are you okay?" Keiko asks, pushing past all the others in the house to get to me. I put on my façade once more and smile.
"I'm fine, Keiko! Please don't worry about me! I'll be as good as new in no time at all!" I grin and look around me. Most of the others are smiling in relief, happy with my lie. All except Hiei. He glances at me for a moment, studying my facial features, then looks away. I think he knows that I'm not really who I pretend to be, but I can never be sure. But I must be careful around him anyways. He is incredible unpredictable.
"So, did we defeat the demon?" I ask, smiling at Yusuke, remembering hearing the Rei Gun before I blacked out. "How long have I been asleep?"
"Yes, we did defeat the demon." Yusuke says, looking proud. "And you've only been sleeping for a day. Don't worry."
"Okay! Well, I'm better now! Let's go and do something!" I grin at everyone, and everyone except Hiei grins back.
"Well, I must be going." Koemna says, and is instantly gone.
I grin madly, willing the pain in my arm to go away. As I try to stand from the futon, I gasp from the pain and stumble. Kurama and Keiko, the closest ones to me, gently hold me upright.
"Thanks guys!" I smile, and call my oar to come. I jump on it and pretend that there is no pain in my arm. That the excruciating pain is gone. It won't go away, but I can try.
Hiei is still reading my expression. I pray to Buddha that he will not see through me. And if he does, that he does not tell anyone.
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It's a chilly night, and I hug myself, still ignoring the pain. I know I need to go and visit Hiei, and I know I need to talk to him. He knows that I am not who I am leading everyone else to believe. If he tells anyone that, I will not be the same person, and they will not like me as much... I have to do this. To forget everything that happened to me in my human life. To start anew.
I spot him in his tree, his right leg swinging down, and his cape blowing in the wind. I wonder why he doesn't get cold. Then I remind myself that he's half ice demon.
"Hiei? We need to talk." I say, dropping the act and looking up at him seriously. "Now. Come down from there and face me."
He looks down at me for a second; keeping his expressionless, unreadable face on, and then gracefully jumps down to the ground.
"You know that I am putting on an act. Don't pretend you don't." I say, glaring at him straight in the eye.
"Hn." He says, throwing back my gaze with one equally cold. "The question is: why are you putting up an act in the first place?"
I hesitate, and I know he saw that. And probably would use it to his advantage. If your enemy falters, it's time to talk action.
"You're going to live your whole life as a lie. Pathetic." Hiei turned around and prepared to jump back up into his tree.
"Wait! Hiei! You must not-" I touched his back, and was cut short.
He stiffened, and so did I... something was happening, and I was seeing it within my mind. I tried to let go... but I couldn't. Something in me wouldn't let me. So I was forced to watch whatever I was seeing.
~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~ Within Botan's Mind ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
A pack of ice demons.
A young woman was beside a desolately high cliff, clutching two small ragged bundles in her arms. She was sobbing uncontrollably, and refused to let go of the bundles.
"Please, no!" She cried, desperate, as the bundles were taken away from her clutching hands. "Take me! Spare my children!"
One of the other women looked close to tears, too. She was given one of the bundles, and was told by another of the older women to throw it off the cliff.
"...But first," one of the women said, "we will take care of the mother."
They plunged a blade into the sobbing woman who was moments ago clutching her babies/bundles. Her cries were instantly stopped.
The women who was given one of the bundles picked up a pearl that the other, now dead, woman had shed and gave it to the bundle.
"If you ever want revenge," she whispered to the bundle, "Let this guide you."
She then dropped it off the cliff.
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I gasped and flung my hand off of Hiei. I backed up, not knowing what he would do. I knew I just had a glimpse into his past, and he saw it too.
Hiei's stiff back didn't move for a long while. Only one word was uttered between us.
"Mother."
Then he faced me, and with the expression of a wild animal caught in a cage, he dashed off into the night.
I started to sob, not knowing exactly why. I was sure that I would find out soon enough.
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Do not steal my ideas.
R&R is you want some more chapters. I want 5-10 reviews before I keep on going.