Hello! I told you I'd come out with a story sooner or later. It just turned out to be later... But bad news comes with this; I won't be able to update too often and it will probably be only on weekends. Please forgive me! I hope you enjoy this story and please leave reviews!

Disclaimer : I Do Not Own Yu Yu Hakusho.


Hydrangea In The Rain


Chapter One : Clouds Will Flood The Skies

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears." - Rene Descartes

Normal POV

"KOENMA!" She hissed through her teeth, fully ignoring the fact she didn't add the '-sama'. She was just so pissed. Her lavender irises flared with rage as she stomped down the hall. "KOENMA!" She snarled again, kicking the huge set of door before her. She didn't care if it was unladylike, or that she was in a kimono. "KOEN-AHH!" Stopping abruptly, she came face to face with a high, very high, stack of papers. Her nose just centimeters from the thin, crisp paper. It stretched above to the ceiling and seemed to go even beyond that. They were everywhere; stacks big and small, high and low, old and new. They all seemed to tower over her petite form.

"Botan? Is that you?" The voice seemed to come out of no where and caught the blunette by surprise.

"Koenma? Where are you?" Tentatively, she weaved her way through the office she had memorized so well.

"I'm at the desk!" It answered and all she had to do was follow the little cherub voice. Finally, after traveling through the maze of papers, she found the wooden table that somehow seemed smaller in size, covered with more, you guessed it; papers. "What-" The ferry girl took what appeared to be age old files in her hands. She scanned over them briefly. "-is all this?"

"Long-lost files the orges just recently found..." It was a mystery how they never found this, she concluded. "So did you want something?"

"Hmm..? OH! Right!" She growled and glared, slamming her dainty hand upon the table and through the corner of her eye, watched the immense towers topple threateningly. "You canceled ANOTHER one of my vacations!"

"Oh... about that..." He chuckled nervously under her fiery aura that was flaring dangerously. "Well, ahem, we need you here! I mean, look at all this paper work..."

"Why not get Ayame to do it? You know she's better than me at this!" Botan all but shoved the papers in his face, trying to prove her point. "I haven't had a vacation in years!"

"I'm sorry Botan but no." He said firmly, trying his best not to reach out and pull her into a kiss. How he secretly felt for the deity and how strongly he felt were completely oblivious to her. Why did she have to be so clueless? She pouted, her rich, pink lips showing their full extent.

"But-"

"No but's!" She stomped one foot down and jumped in shock when some of the piles began to shake. "Botan! Be careful! You know how long it took me to file all those."

"Ah! I'm so sor-" She paused while the gears in her mind began to turn. A grin played across her face. "You know what, I'm not sorry." She said with full confidence in her voice and she slowly thought of ways to be wicked. "Now, let's talk vacations."

"Wha-! Get away from there Botan!"

"What about my vacation?" She inched closer to the huge pile, her finger threatening to knock it all down. And if one went down, they all would.

"Are you insane! Botan, don't!" He tried to reach her but his little arm probably would reach her in time. 'Dang chibi form…' he cursed. Instead he didn't dare move, lest she decide to become daring. "Please! I-I'll give you your vacation."

"Honestly?" She put a question look on as she tried to analyze him.

"Honestly."

"You swear?"

"YES."

"Ok!" She lowered her weapon with a big smile on her face. "I'll go pack now!" Botan danced back to the entrance and out the door.

"Whew..." Koenma sighed in relief and slumped down in his chair.

"Oh, and Koenma-sama…"

"Hmm...?"

"Don't wheel backwar-"

THUMP! SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE, SHUFFLE.

"NOOOOO!"

"Told you so." She sweat dropped and ran back to her room with a grin on her face. A loud cry filled the halls of Reikai.


"Ningenkai, here I come!" She flew down to the ground and landed at the familiar temple. This is where they would all most likely be. She couldn't contain her happiness and allowed the smile to occupy her face and the stars to dance across her eyes. Excited, she knocked upon the door and waited. And waited. And waited. Confused, she knocked harder.

"There's no one home!"

"Genkai-san?" She called loudly and heard her steps toward the door.

"Oh Botan, it's only you."

"Uh, yeah. Where is everyone?"

"I don't know. Kuwabaka came and picked up Yukina a while ago though."

"Oh."

"Would you like to come in?"

"No, it's fine. Thanks though! Bye!" She flew away toward the city. 'They're probably at home then.' She concluded, flying toward Kuwabara's house, the smile still upon her face. Again she knocked on the door and again no one answered. Frustrated, she flew up to the window of Kuwabara's bedroom. She saw the desk, bed, and TV, but no sign of the ningen, or any other ningens for that matter.

'Kurama's! They are all probably at Kurama's!' The ferry girl wasn't prepared to let this dampen her spirit and decide to walk to the Minamino residence. She still had yet to frown and was determined to see her friends once more. Her heart sung at the thought. How happy they would be to see her after two years! Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the man she had bumped into. "Ah! Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was going!" Her mouth went to an apologetic smile.

"Hey, what's an adorable girl such as yourself doing on all alone?" He smirked suggestively at her, eyes roaming over her. His friend beside him chuckled. She shot him a quizzically stare. "Come on, I'll show you a good time." He winked at her just before her bat made on contact with his head. He fell to the ground with a thump.

"Clean this up would you?" Botan beamed at his friend who had never even seen her take out the bat. Afraid, he nodded his head.

"Thanks!" She walked away as if nothing had happened. The terrified boy fell on his bottom.

"She- She's insane..."


"Hello?" She stared at the blue-haired girl at her doorstep.

"Hello Mrs. Minamino, is Shuuichi home?" She asked kindly.

"Actually he's out right now, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm a friend from school; do you know where he is?"

"I'm afraid I don't."

"I see, could you tell him I dropped by?" Mrs. Minamino nodded. "Thank you!" Botan gave her smiled before walking away. She heard the door shut with a small click and she sighed. Genkai's temple, both Kuwabara and Kurama's house... the only place she didn't check was Yusuke's house. Whenever she went there it always reeked of alcohol. But she went anyway.

She should in front of the apartment complex where she knew the spirit detective lived. Pushing open the entrance door, she walked into the elevator and pushed the correct button. Botan watched the door slid shut and heard the small ring that indicated she had passed the first level. She hummed while the contraption brought her upward and suddenly, she found it hard to breathe. Coughing, she clutched her throat and tried to correct her breathing.

As the device went higher, it became more and more difficult to inhale. Her lungs needed air and she struggled to appease them. Why was it so hard all of a sudden? She pounded on the doors and pressed buttons on the elevator so it would open. They slid abruptly and she fell out, sprawled on the floor. She held her nose in disgust. There was a foul, malodorous odor within the halls of the complex. It made her want to vomit. She panicked. What if this was poison? The Reikai Tantei could be in trouble!

She ran to the stairs deciding the elevator would take too long. Flying up the steps to the top floor, she sprinted to Yusuke's door. Botan threw herself to it, pounding the wood in blind panic. 'Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Keiko, Yukina, Hiei! Anyone!' She began to tear up and tried desperately to open the door.

CLICK. Her worried lilac eyes met questionable chocolate ones.

"Yusuke...?"

"Botan? What are you doing?" Seeing he was alright, she latched onto him. "What the-"

"I'm so glad you're alright! I smelt this horrible stench and thought it wa-"

"Stench? I don't smell anything..." He stuck his head out of sniff around.

"Huh?" He was right. The smell had vanished and left nothing but clean, fresh air. "But- There was...it..."

"Sure..." He detached her from him. "What were you doing? Knocking all crazy like that... I thought someone was trying to get in and kill me!"

"Oh..." She blushed from embarrassment. "I-I uh, really miss you?" He raised a brow at her.

"Whatever, just come in."

"A-alright." She prepared to follow behind him, but stopped a moment to smell the hallway. When she didn't find anything, it only seemed to frighten her more. Botan entered the home and shut the door, hoping it was just her work-stressed mind. She paused to remove her shoes at the front door and saw fourteen pairs of footwear, she deduced the others were here as well. She brightened at the thought of all her friends in the same place and forgot all about the poison air, bouncing into the living room. "Guys! It's been so long!" She cheered and took a good long look at them.

They look well and healthy, except she didn't recognize one of them... "Uh, hello, I don't believe we've met. I'm Botan." She smiled politely at the new comer and stared. Her hair was a nice silky blond and stopped a little past her shoulders. Black irises gazed up at her and seemed to turn cold on contact at the deity. Botan couldn't ignore her beauty, but that wasn't the reason she was staring. The new girl was sitting on HIEI's lap. HIEI. She was still bewildered at the fact Hiei would let anyone sit on his lap, let alone touch him, well minus Yukina that was...

"Hello, I'm Masako. Nice to meet you Bo-chan!" She smiled, but it didn't change the look in her eye. Cold, uncaring, and... disdain? Her well shaped hand was outstretched and Botan didn't want to seem rude by refusing her handshake. She grasped it within her own, only to feel the sharp pain that shot up her arm.

"OWWCH!" Instinctively, she ripped her hand away and blew on it to ease the pain. That girl sure had strength... The action pushed Masako back onto Hiei's leg and he had caught her immediately.

"What happened?" Keiko, the spirit detective's girlfriend, approached them, concerned.

"I-I don't know! She just tore her hand out of mine so suddenly and, and..." The blond sobbed like a Broadway actress, taking a tissue out of nowhere, wiping invisible tears. Everyone stared at her, surprised she would behave like this to anyone. Caught under their gaze, Botan also stared at Masako, who looked as if she was smirking at her. She swallowed the lump in her throat.

"I-I'm sorry... There was- static electricity! Yeah, yeah, gomen, gomen!" She chuckled, rubbing the back of her head with her good hand. The gang sent her skeptical looks, but said nothing else to her. Botan's eyes fell once again on Masako, as she stared back. There was an unknown glint in her flat black eyes that refused to dull and a cocky smirk spread across her lips. Shock wrote itself on her, covering every inch of her body.

Who was this girl?


Well that's only the first chapter! It will get better promise! Please review for me please!