Chapter 1 : The rose blooms

If I were to make a wish would you answer?

If I were to pray for your return would you come back to me?

Somedays your being away makes my heart ache...

When will you come back..back to spirt world?

I miss you and anciously anticipate your return.

With sincerest love,

Boton

Kurama stuffed the letter into his pocket. It was a old piece of parchment from all the times he looked at it. He headed on his way to Yusuke's house. Soon he would see Boton again he sighed deeply. It had been several weeks since he last stared into the lavender eyes. She had almost died along with Keiko inside the apartment room from one of the seven's attack. Kurama then realized how much he had cared for the deity. As far as he could see ahead of him were living creatures prancing happily on this summer day. The plants were in bloom. He paused at a rose bush just to smell the sweet scent enter his nose. Then he continued to walk on his way a breeze flushed passed him he smirked and sighed.

"Hiei? I wasn't expecting you here." Kurama smiled briefly.

"Hn. Well what kind of person wouldn't be outside in such glorious weather." Kurama could tell Hiei was being sarcastic and snickered."What is so funny?" Hiei placed a pierceing stare at Kurama's well framed face.

"That would only intimidate Kuwabara." Hiei said nothing to the responce he was deep into thought."You know you could just tell her your her sister."

"She wouldn't want to know that!" Kurama could tell he hit a nerve.

"I'm sorry Hiei I'm just in a bad mood."

"So oh so calm you can get in a bad mood?" Kurama's gazed fell down to the pavement. Hiei brought both arms above the back of his head."Oh sorry I forgot." He said that with no sincereity like usually he remained placid. Hiei looked stressed about something.

"Just go along without me I'll get there soon."

"You sure?" Kurama nodded Hiei zipped off. Kurama decided it was best that he walked alone he needed to think of the past events.

Flashback

"Boton! Keiko! Where are you! Boton!" Kurama rumaged threw the rubble. Out of it was a peach colored flesh. He shifted off the hand to pull out Keiko. He brushed off the rubble that caked onto her."Keiko are you alright!" Keiko's brown eyes slowly opened to stare at Kurama.

"Yusuke? Yusuke!" She fumbled out of his arms and fell to the floor."Yusuke!" she cried.

"No it's alright where is Boton?" Keiko's eyes widened.

"I...I don't know!" she cried even harder. Kurama felt a wave of fear and rage pull over him. He ripped and tore apart threw the rubble. 'She can't be dead!' His heart screamed but his head held little hope. 'If Keiko survived Boton surely must have.' He pulled off the thick dry wall that caked the room. A large wall the size of a whole room was tilted at a angle. Kurama yelled,

"Rose Whip!" The dry wall dissolved Kurama heaved the pieces off the floor. Buried underneath was a thick amount of blue hair. Kurama sweeped the covering board off to reveal Boton. He held her in his lap."Boton are you alright answer me Boton." She wasn't breathing and Kurama had got no pulse. 'No! Don't die on me!'

"What are you going to do!" Keiko shrieked. 'What I can.' He placed the sleeping beauty flat on the floor. Kurama pried open her mouth and grasped a deep breathe of air. Slowly he forced air into her lungs. And press down on her chest to get the air circulateing. No responce came from Boton."No Boton." Keiko blubbered. Kurama kept trying until there was a pulse. It was faint but it was there."Should we take her to the hospital?"

"Keiko you do remember that the when the doctor was defeated the whole vacintiy was destroyed?"

"Oh..." she held her right hand to her lip and bit her finger nail. Boton needed some help with the wounds she recieved from the dry wall. Fire blazed in from upstairs. 'Boton and Keiko must have came down the stairs before Sniper hit the building.

"We have to get out of here."

"What about merman?" Kuwabara appeared from the hallway.

"Leave it to me!" Kuwabara ran upstairs.

"Be careful!" Keiko called to him. Kuwabara turned to Keiko giving her the thumbs up.

"Don't worry leave it to me." he said that more to give himself courage.

"Keiko!"

"Yusuke!" she leaped into his arms. Fire blow a couple windows.

"I'm going to get Boton out of here." Kurama stated and leaped before he got an answer his friends were safe. Boton lulled her eyes almost opening them."It'll be okay Boton I'm here." Boton opened her eyes.

"Kurama?" her voice dryly questioned.

"Yes I'll keep you safe." Kurama stopped running when he reached a cave out of harms way for the time being. He set Boton down on the soft ground. She slowly came back to life. As in slowly waking to give her sweet smile.

"Thankyou Kurama you saved me."

"Your welcome." Kurama was surprised how worried he really was.

End Flashback

Kurama again pulled out his letter and gazed upoun it the beagaining was part of his favorite poam:

If I were to make a wish would you answer?

If I were to pray for your return would you come back to me?

Somedays your being away makes my heart ache..

Each time you leave I lose apart of myself with you.

I pray you would return so together we can be whole

By Yourtruly (tomiie789)

Kurama placed the letter back into his pocket. He returned Boton to Sprit world and visited her almost daily after The Seven was defeated. Then he just stopped this letter was sent to him with all Boton's affections to him. The sender was noneother than Yusuke. He got it from Koenma and ever since Kurama couldn't get Boton out of his head. He smiled briefly he was finally at Yusuke's where he would be told the new mission but that didn't phase him. He'd see Boton again.

tomiie789: To be continued...So does anyone know what happened with The Seven? I have the tape with the guy named Merman or something I haven't watched it for awhile but I remember that Sniper shot the window with Boton Merman and Keiko inside. Shizuru escaped I think...(wracking brain getting head ache.) anyway TTFN to anyone if they might read this.