Oh yeah! 3rd fic . Hope ya like it. I really feel a connection with this one. I will really try to update this one alot more. Please review.

Flashback

Botan gasped, filling her lungs with life giving air. She was running hard, desperate to escape. The demon was gaining on her, and she seemed to be slowing down.

Her blue hair was streaming behind her. If only she could summon her oar. Her lungs were ready to burst as she turned a corner and headed down the oddly deserted street. If only she could reach the portal to the Makai. Then she would be safe.

Almost there, come on, come on! She chanted to herself.

She could sense that the demon was getting closer. She was almost in reaching distance of it. Her large pink eyes widened even more as she felt her legs give way underneath her suddenly. She screamed and tried to get up but the demon had caught her.

She struggled but it just picked her up and laughed in her face. She screamed for help but no one came. The demon stopped laughing and lifted one hand, as if to punch her in the face. As he swiped his fist at her, she braced for the impact. But it didn't come.

"Put her down." A cold hard voice demanded. She could hear it echoing in her frightened brain. The voice sounded familiar, but she didn't dare open her eyes.

All of a sudden she was dropped, and she fell onto the cool pavement. She sighed and closed her eyes as she lay on the sidewalk, oblivious to everything around her. Her eyes didn't open once, as she slipped into an exhausted slumber.

Present.

Botan groaned as she sat up in her bed. But it wasn't her bed. She opened her eyes and looked around her, dazed and confused. She wasn't in her home or at the rekai office. It looked like a hospital room.

Her pink eyes scanned the room once more trying to figure out her surrounding. Twice her eyes passed over the sitting fire demon in the corner. When they did register that there was a spiky haired fire demon in the corner, she gasped.

"Hiei! What are you doing here?" She asked him. Her voice was hoarse, but still understandable. Her hair cascaded over her shoulders, very unlike its normal position it a pony tail. The supposedly 'sleeping" demon opened a crimson eye, looked at her, and closed again. Hiei 'Hned', and stood up, staring at the ferry girl.

"Watching you, "he clarified. More than what Hiei normally said, but still a very normal response. But the words confused Botan.

"Why? Why am I here? Where am I? "She bombarded him with questions that she knew he wouldn't answer. He frowned and walked towards her. She stared back up at him. He looked like he was getting ready to answer when someone burst through the door. It was Kazuma Kuwabara, or Kuwabaka in Hiei's eyes. He looked around frantically and rushed over to Botans bedside, shoving Hiei out of the way.

"Hey Botan, how are you feeling? I am so sorry that I wasn't there to help you. You see, I had a karaoke number that night and I didn't know you were in trouble but I woulda…" He was cut off by a very annoyed fire demon.

"Botan and I were having a conversation, you idiot. Next time you barge in, do it with your mouth shut and wait a couple seconds before you start talking." He then turned back to Botan, who was getting rather confused.

"You are here because Koenma wanted to make sure that you weren't hurt from your last 'excursion' so that you could return to work unscathed." He then walked out of the room. Botan stared after him.

What 'excursion?' I don't remember going on an excursion. What is he talking about?

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Kuwabara clearing his throat.

"Yusuke's comin over after his shift at work. " He told her, looking worried. She nodded and looked down at herself. Her thoughts were brooding instead of her normal cheer.

"How long have I been here?" She asked him, many questions suddenly buzzing through her head.

"Uhh, about two days," he answered, looking rather uncomfortable. He stuck his hands in his pockets and paced. She nodded again, still not remembering anything. It was like the past five days were a blur, moving too fast for her to catch up.

Then Yusuke walked in, grinning. He walked over to her bed and gave her a goofy grin.

"Hey Botan, how are ya? The shrimp didn't let you get creamed?" He asked her with humor deep in his brown eyes. She gazed up at him, trying to figure out what he was talking about.

"What do you mean 'creamed'? When was I in danger? Why am I here!" She asked them desperately looking for the answer to why she was here. They just stared at her, like she had lost her mind, which she just might have.

Yusuke was the first to speak.

"You mean you don't know? Don't you remember anything?" He asked a note of panic creeping into his tone. She looked at him, silently begging him to tell her why she was here.

"No, I have no idea why I am here. What did I do? Please tell me" She had never been this confused and frightened at the same time.

The boys looked at each other confused and panicked. Yusuke stepped forward carefully, obviously trying to calm her down.

"Ok, let's start at the beginning. Koenma gave you an assignment five days ago, telling you to retrieve a woe-be-gone soul and to bring it back to him. You left and kept in contact with us for three of the days. You said that you had captured the lost soul and were heading to Koenma's. Then we lost contact with you two days ago. Koenma sent Hiei to find you, for whatever reason. When he found you, he said that a demon was chasing you. That's all he said, and I don't think he knew why, but he killed the demon and brought you to the rekai from the ningenkai. Then Koenma put you back in the ningenkai in a hospital and you have been sleeping for two days." He took a long breath and sighed, looking at her closely.

She racked her brains for the memory to match the story, but she couldn't come up with anything. She groaned and stuck her face in her hands. She was tired of sitting in bed and she was tired of thinking. She swung her legs out of bed and stood up, only to fall weakly back into it. Her knees weren't able to support her, so she had just fallen back into bed. Yusuke and Kuwabara mad as if to help her, but they didn't when she sat on the bed again.

She was feeling more like her old self again. Even though she was weak, she still felt stronger then she had a few minutes ago. She turned to the boys and looked them over. They looked like they hadn't slept a wink, even though they tried to keep up their grins.

"You guys can go home. I'll be fine you know," she reassured them. She needed time alone.Time to think. Her sudden flash of strength had left her, and now she was tired. She wanted them to leave.

"Ok, if you're really feelin alright," Yusuke told her, still looking doubtful. Both he and Kuwabara walked slowly to her door, looking back at her worriedly. She smiled and they walked out of the room. She sighed and flopped back on her bed.

Why can't I remember?