Well this is my first fic here as kuramapika_004. I've been doing fics since way back when and it's only now that I decided to share it with you people. Hope you enjoy this one.

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH, so as the characters. I only own the idea. :)

This is the product of my restless mind, always working overtime, and my adoration of the two main characters of this story.

CHAPTER 1

"He was again silently seating at the other side of the room, staring at his book. He doesn't seem to notice the noises coming from our classmates. He's more mysterious than he was that I can't help but wonder what the youkai had done to him while he was attending a mission from the spirit world to the demon world. The others were quite injured except him. I do know him, or should I say knew? For now he doesn't seem to remember me, us, or anything about the spirit world and the demon world. Is it true that the youkai had erased his memories? Why? Why he wasn't hurt? What's with him?"

Botan's mind is flooded with these thoughts. Two weeks had passed since the crew came back from a very difficult mission at the demon world, even their king, Enki couldn't handle. She was now assigned to look after Kurama. Kurama who seemed to remember nothing but his human name, Minamino Shuichi, his human mother, and his normal human life, wasn't aware that he is, or was a spirit detective too.

"Shuichi Minamino," a girl classmate called, "Can you please help me with these things here? You see I can't under..."

"Maya, I told you already. Later. Im kind of busy here can't you see?", the beautiful red-haired boy coldly stated. He looked irritated by the way the brown-haired girl kept on busting him. He was indeed busy scribbling some notes while glancing several pages from an old book, which Botan believed, he lend from the library.

"But Shuichi...", the girl insisted. She noticed how the girl looked at him, as if she was threatening him of something.

"Alright, here," he handed her something. "I believe this will help. Please, just quit bothering me."

"I know what you're up to, Shuichi. Don't make it too obvious." slyly, the girl smiled, and turned her back on him.

Botan overheard. "What's with these two?". She retreated by slumping on her chair, tried to cover her face with her palms. They gave her a terrible headache, and feeling. She felt bad seeing them. But as clueless and as ditsy as she is, she still haven't figured out why. Again she took a glance at the busy guy. She can't help but sigh and wonder, "When are you coming back to us, Kurama?"

Kurama pretended that he wasn't aware of the deity's observations of him, he being looked after, and Maya. Maya's getting on his nerves now. he can't think clearly. When he was about to figure something out, she always come running, asking him of help he knew she didn't even need. She's too cunning and intelligent already for crying out loud. He stood up, stretched his overworked arms, and looked at Botan. She seemed sleeping on her table. He smiled at her sight. "Yeah, I missed the others too."

The youkai's still on the run after the special spirit detective team was assigned to hunt him down. But things aren't sure yet. The youkai is very good, escaped at the verge of being caught. And it seems like someone's behind his every move, as if giving him orders and knows what will happen. What's the creature this time? Why does it know their every move?

Botan looked around, looking for Kurama. She followed him when she noticed that he went out of the room. But he's fast. "How much harder things will get? This mission of following him around like a dog is very hard. Why me?", She asked, as if she's talking to someone. She hasn't noticed that Maya was coming. She turned her head up and came face to face with her.

"If you're looking for Shuichi, better back off," the girl said dryly, "He's not interested with or anything from you."

"I am... I am not! I just came here to..."

The brown-haired girl cut her off, "I know what you are. I know what you're up too. But I don't think you'll get what you want. Good luck then, if luck may come your way but I bet it won't."

"Cut it out Maya!" a voice from behind her said, "She doesn't have anything to do with this."

Her heart raced. The voice is so familiar. She turn around to find him standing behind her, Kurama.

"Shuichi, where have you been?" Maya exclaimed, ignoring her presence, "I've been looking for you around the campus. I have something to..."

"I know, Maya. But please leave her alone. You see, I don't even know her." said Kurama. Maya stomped and went back inside the classroom.

His words pierced Botan's heart. "As I thought, he didn't remember me, or anything that has to do with the spirit world. But I wonder..."

Kurama turned to her and said, "I am sorry for how Maya treated you earlier. She's just one jealous brat."

"Yeah, never mind. It's okay." Then she left, without even looking back.

Maya heard what Kurama said to the blue-haired girl. She knew it all, that Kurama is just pretending that he lost his memories, to protect his friends. This is all part of her plan. To have the things she have longed for: power, wealth, revenge, and him. She already have the first two.

"I can say it's payback time." A monstrous laugh is playing on her lips.

"Keiko, I really can't take this anymore." Botan complained to her good companion while eating a mouthful of ramen. She is staying at Keiko's place until she finished the mission assigned to her, "I can't believe the Kurama we know... I mean knew... Arrgh!"

"Cool down a bit will you? Finish your food before complaining. If you didn't mention him, I'll believe that you are complaining with your food," Keiko said, but with a smile on her bright face, "The others are coming later so that we can all head to the temple. We got to hurry."

"I don't think I will," she said, "After my last encounter with him? Oh crap!"

"That's why you better, Botan. Koenma will need updates from you. We must figure things out before things come to worst."

"Mmmph!" is all that Botan can react.

"Stop being stubborn, Botan. I know you're having a hard time dealing with this. I can see it in you. You have something for him, don't you?"

"What?" Botan bursted out, "No! I mean... I don't know."

"Yeah right."Keiko replied, "Better tidy things up, prepare for later Botan."

The last encounter with Kurama lingered on her system. She felt bad for how he coldly treated her. It was worse than the days spent with him when he was still his old self. Yes, they aren't that close with each other, but it's way better. She went up her room, clean herself up and made herself set for their meeting later. But she still felt like not going. She laid on her back and closed her eyes, "Things are getting harder."

She stayed like that for about 10 minutes when she heard a call from downstairs.

"BOTAN! COME DOWN HERE QUICK!"

Botan raced downstairs, only to find the others. Yusuke with his usual irritating smile., Kuwabara, still an idiot and going gaga on some petty things, like a box of cookies in front of him, and Hiei, as cold as ever. And Yukina, with her ready smile, greeted her.

"Botan, nice seeing you."

"Yukina! Oh I missed you dear,"Botan returned with a smile, and turned to the others, "And who the heck shouted out as if something went wrong?"

"I don't know" Yusuke replied, taking the box from Kuwabara,"Maybe it's Hiei."

"Hmpt."

Looking at Hiei's reaction, and knowing him for dear life, turned to Yusuke and threw him an empty box that hit his head.

"Ouch! What's that for?" Yusuke said, holding the empty box. He knocked Kuwabara down 'cause he's holding the other one with lots of cookies on the other hand.

"For being an idiot."

"C'mon Botan, I didn't know you could be that violent."

"Am I?" She wondered. What's up with her? She didn't lose her temper that easily.

"Did Kurama do something to you?" Kuwabara, now holding cookies he got from Yusuke, asked.

"No, he didn't even know I exist." Botan sadly stated. Hiei shrugged.

"Poor thing" Kuwabara said, And turned to Hiei,"Hey! What's with that reaction?"

"Hmpt."

"C'mon Hiei! It's Kurama we're talking about."

"Yeah right, Kuwabara. If there's nothing we can do, we can leave it just like that."

Hearing Hiei's words, Botan glared at him.

Seeing her reaction, Hiei asked her, "What's up with you, ditz? I'm just stating a fact."

"He's still one of us. We need him back."

"Right. But is it too bothersome? Look. We are trying for two weeks now..."

"It's just two weeks! I don't care no matter how long this will take."

"But you said you're tired of it." Keiko interrupted their heating conversation.

"Yeah, I did tell you that. But I think I just said that because..."

"What is it that you can't take, Botan?" asked Yusuke.

"I... I just can't take how Kurama treated me the other day."

"I knew it!" exclaimed Kuwabara," He did something to upset our deity here."

"What did he do?" asked Yukina, while feeding Keiko's cat some of her cookies.

"Uhmmm... Nothing much."

"Nothing much that's why you're upset?" Yusuke asked.

"Whatever! Can we just stop now?"

"Okay then, let's go to Genkai's." Keiko tried to sound excited. The group left the and Botan wished that as they leave, her sadness will be left behind too.

"The youkai, Goro, is still on the loose. The special team's always about to get him caught, but he's too lucky. This troubles me a lot." Koenma said, "Seems like someone is really behind his every move."

"Then leave it to us, not to those useless special force members!" exclaimed Kuwabara.

Genkai hit him, "You idiot. When you came back here from that mission, you almost lost your ears. Stupid."

"And Kurama came back without a scratch."

"But he lost his memory" Genkai pointed out.

"It puzzles me, why that Goro did't even touch him. I saw everything but I didn't hear what he's telling Kurama that time."

"Because you almost lost your ears, baka!" Yusuke said, "And I was unconscious that time. I can't take that foul odor any longer. Goro breath garbage! Rotten meat!"

"And he pierced Hiei's jagan." Kuwabara reminded.

"Hmpt."

"That hurt a lot, didn't it Hiei?"

"Hmpt. No."

"Even Enki can't do anything about that Goro," Koenma said, "Kurama, I believe, is our only hope."

"Which reminds me of..." Botan started, "Maya."

"Maya? Who's Maya?" everyone chorused.

"One of the girls in class, she always bothers him."

"And he even got a girlfriend. Lucky Kurama." sighed Kuwabara.

"I don't think so," Genkai said, "I think we are missing something here. Tell us then Botan. What's with this Maya girl?"

"She told me to back off. She knows what I am."

"Hrmmm. Maya you say?" At last, Hiei bothered to ask.

"You know her?", asked Botan, now interested on whatever Hiei will reply.

"Yeah, I think so. Maya... Maya..."

A moment of silence. Hiei was trying real hard to remember.

"C'mon brat! Try harder! Tell us who Maya is!" mouthed Kuwabara.

"Stop it idiot! Can't you see I'm trying?" Hiei glared at him, and turned to Botan,"Tell me, brown hair? Fair skin? Princess- like attitude? Bratty?"

"You got it!"

"Then she was Kurama's girlfriend."

"What?" everybody exclaimed.

"Told'ya! Kurama's got one!" Kuwabara said.

"Was. She was. But he erased her memories before he came with me."

"So you're the reason of their break-up?" Kuwabara again said.

"You idiot, stop commenting nonsense!"

Botan, puzzled, asked Hiei, "But why she's... She's here again. I think she knows a lot. She said that she's aware of my actions, what I am up to. You said that he erased her memories. Why is it that?"

"Actually, I don't know. We saved her once from a monster and then he left her. I don't know what's playing in his mind. He left her without any memories and never talked about it. Kurama's got a lot that he only knows."

"And now they're gone," said Koenma, looking at each of them, "If this Maya has to do something with this... Well I think,we must capture her."

"But she's always with Kurama! They're inseparable!"

"Botan, look. You said that he was irritated by this Maya. I believe he won't mind taking his eyes away from her for a while" Koenma said, "But she said that she knows what we are up to. I bet this one's gotta be hard."

"Well then! Leave the capturing to us!" exclaimed Kuwabara and Yusuke.

"Well then, we must plan this..." Koenma stated.

A tiring day indeed. Botan was lying down, thinking about Koenma's plans. It took them hours.

"If only Kurama's with us. But he's the one we're dealing with this time! Aaaargh!"

She took a glass of water situated on her side table. She gulped them all down. Kurama's giving him a lot of headache this time. She can't stop wondering, "How's he doing? What he's doing now? Is he with that Maya again?"

The last thought is the worst one. It stings her heart. "But why?"

All that she can think of for the past two weeks is Kurama. As if the air she breath is Kurama, as if the food she's taking is Kurama. Everything is Kurama. "What a mission! I'm losing my mind to him. This is driving me crazy."

She sat down on her bed, trying to get him out of her head to no avail. Kurama had taken over her whole system. "Kurama, let me go."

"Let me go? What am I thinking?"

Then she heard a knock. "Botan?"

"Keiko, yes, come in," She answered.

The door revealed Keiko, "Can we have a talk? I can't sleep."

"Sure."

Keiko sat down at her side, "You can't sleep too?"

She looked at her, obviously, her form's real tired, her mind too. But she can't help but smile at Keiko's innocent face, "Yeah. Bothered, I guess. Or maybe sleepiness'out there somewhere, doesn't want to pay me a visit."

Keiko chuckled, "Or you are thinking about someone that's why you can't sleep. Tell me, Botan, you like him, don't you?"

"Me? Who?", she stammered, "I don't recall liking anyone."

"Kurama."

"Kurama? Me? And why should I?"

Keiko looked at her seriously, "You know, I can see through your reactions."

"I think you're imagining things," Botan nervously laughed, "I don't think so. What I want is this mission of mine to be over. Of course I want him back in our group. He's one great person, he can think thoroughly through things, he make good plans, he analyzes, and he's of good command. Who wouldn't want him? He's a good fighter too."

"And you like him."

"Of course!... I mean of course, he's s friend. I like him as a friend, nothing more, nothing less." She defended.

"Botan, I've been there. State of denial. May be I'll just give you more time to figure things out on your own. You'll understand all of this in time. It's your first so... It's hard to accept that fact. You can't acknowledge the feeling immediately," Keiko smiled, "Only time will tell."

Botan sighed, "You won't give up Keiko?"

"You look good together. Win him back, Botan."

Botan laughed, "Okay then, I will. For all of us. Not mine alone."

"Better take a rest now, you have a fight tomorrow. Go! Goodnight Botan," Keiko cheered.

"Goodnight Keiko", she looked at her as she left her side and head for the door and slowly closed it. Botan is still staring at the closed door. "Keiko. You're right. I still can't understand this", as she close her eyes, she fell in a really deep slumber.

To be continued.

Well that's the first chapter. Chapter 2 is coming up. Please read and review. Thank you everyone! (Just go easy on me... XD)