"Talking"

'Thinking'

/Youko speaking/

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Peony's Hero

Chapter: Kidnapped and Rescued

A blue haired female with amethyst colored eyes, wearing a pink kimono was chained up against a wall. She tried to struggle, glaring at the demon that has captured her.

"You can't keep here forever." She said.

A white tiger demon chuckled. "That's what you think."

Botan tried to put on a brave face as she still glared at the demon, but inside she's deeply frightened.

'I hope Koenma got my signal and decided to send help.' thought the blue haired deity.

In the Reikai

Koenma was in his adult form, rapidly sucking on his pacifier when the doors of his office were opened as four males entered the office.

"Alright pacifier breath, why the hell did you call us for?" asked Yusuke.

"Trouble." Koenma began. "Botan was taken while she was in the Makai ferrying souls."

"What?" Yusuke asked.

"Why was Botan in the Makai in the first place?" asked Kurama.

"Botan volunteered after we had a shortage of ferry girls." Koenma said before pulling down a giant screen. "This is where we received her last signal before she was taken. Your mission is to head to the Makai and bring Botan back."

"Hn, it's been taking care of." Hiei said.

Koenma blinked before he noticed one of his detectives is missing. "Where's Kurama?"

"The kitsune went ahead to rescue the ferry onna." Hiei said.

Kuwabara looked confused while Yusuke grinned.

"Oh yeah, leave it to Kurama to save Botan." He said.

In the Makai

After exiting the portal, Kurama changed into Youko and began to ran off to the direction of where he saw the signal in Koenma's office.

'Botan, I'm coming.' Thought the fox as he continue to run, with hope of saving the one he loves.

Looking at the compass he 'borrowed' from the Reikai vault with a strand of Botan's hair that he took from one of her brush, he followed where it is going. Promising to kill the demon that threatens the life of Youko Kurama's chosen mate.

Arriving where the compass points, Youko sneakily went in the lair, undetected.

With Botan

"Let me go!" shouted Botan.

The door was swung open as the white tiger demon entered the dungeon with annoyed look on his face as he began to descend from the stairs.

Approaching the deity, he harshly slapped her. "Shut up!"

Botan held a huge hand print on her cheek as blood on one side of her lips.

"That's better." said the tiger demon. "The next time you shout, you will be dead." Turning heel and began to walk out of the dungeon.

After he left, Botan let the tears that she's been holding fall as she silently prayed to be saved from her prison.

While she was silently crying, she heard shouts outside of her cell. Cringing, as she heard the sounds of blood splattering around the room.

'What is going on out there?' she thought.

When she heard no more shouting, she heard footsteps that are coming closer and closer to her prison.

Botan's eyes widened, thinking that whoever is out there might come here and finish her as well.

The door was roughly opened as a shadowed figure came, throwing the half dead body of the master of the lair a few feet in front of Botan.

Botan gasped as she eyed the half dead body, trembling in fear as the figure descended.

"Botan." Came a deep male voice.

Botan gasped again, recognizing the voice. She looked up and saw her savior there, proudly standing with a few bloods on his tunic but it wasn't his.

"Youko." said the deity.

Youko smirked before frowning as he saw the hand mark on her lovely cheek. "Who did this?"

Botan didn't answer, making Youko frowned some more before grabbing the half dead body, his smoldering gold eyes staring straight into the lifeless silver eyes of the demon.

"Did you do this to her?" growled the kitsune.

The demon, numbly nods his head.

Youko grew more furious, ready to finish off the demon, but thought of a different way to kill him. Taking out a couple of seeds from his silver hair, he put some of his energy in the seeds before putting them in the open chest wounds.

Throwing the body aside as the death plants began to grow inside the tiger demon, Youko took his rose whip to cut the chains that are holding Botan.

Once freed, Youko lifts Botan in his arms and ran off.

Kitty: Hope you enjoy chapter one, can't wait to read your reviews.