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last chapter:(Sorry!) Botan thought. She hugged Hiei without even thinking. Just as quickly though, she came back to her senses and let him go.

"Let's go." Hiei muttered. Botan nodded.

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"Botan." Hiei said. He stood around Botan's bed, waiting for her to get up. Botan didn't even seem to heard him. "Botan." He said louder.

Botan perked up. (Baka, what do you want!)

[Ferry girl!] Botan sat up, eyes wide.

"Opps." She muttered. "What do you want?"

Hiei didn't answer her right away, he was walking out the door. Botan blinked.

"Hey! Where are you going?" She called after him.

"Get dressed." Hiei's short reply was. Botan looked down and noticed that she was in tanks and shorts. Blushing full of embarassment, Botan did what Hiei told her to do. She came out of her room with some sporty clothes on and sneakers. Hiei stared at her. "What is that?" He asked, not meaning the good way.

Botan gave a pose. "If I'm going to follow Yukina around, I should have something good."

Hiei thought for a moment. "Hn." He said and dissappeared.

"Does this mean I don't have to work?" Botan asked.

[No.]

*

"Hey Botan." Yusuke said, nodding to the blue ferry girl. "Anything new for me?"

Botan sat down in one chair. "I wouldn't know, I'm not your assistant."

Yusuke gave a confused look. "What?" Botan nodded.

"That's right, I've been switched to Hiei." Botan looked around. "And I've been trying to find Yukina everywhere."

"HIEI?!" Yusuke asked, startled. He started to laugh. "I think...umm..."

Botan raised a eyebrow. "What?"

"Yukina's on a date with Kuwabara." Yusuke muttered. It was Botan's turn to be startled.

"Oh no....I better keep Hiei busy." Botan muttered. She wanted the best for Yukina, not for her to see Kuwbara's bloody head on the floor. "Thank's Yusuke." After Yusuke grunted, Botan produced her oar and shot off to the one tree she knew Hiei would be in, Kurama's oak tree *1*.

*

(Hiei!)

[....?]

(WATCH OUT!)

BAM!

Botan came crashing into the tree branch Hiei was sitting in. With that sudden extra weight, the tree branch started to crack.

"WHAAA!!!!!" Botan yelled as she was falling. It was matter of seconds before she would die all over again, until our red-headed hero came in a blur. They landed safely. The tree branch crashed, Botan's oar crashed, and nothing else. Hiei was standing by them, he had gotten out himself. "Thank you Kurama."

"What was that?" Kurama asked.

[The baka did this.]

Botan turned to Hiei. "I'm not a baka, you....baka!" She said, that was the only word coming into her mind. Hiei shook his head at her.

"What?" Kurama asked. (You didn't tell him?)

[Why should I?]

"Nothing." Botan lied. She pointed an accusing finger at Hiei. "I just thought her was gonna tell me I was a baka."

Hiei caught on to the little skit they were playing and glared at her. "I would have, onna, if you didn't spoke up."

Kurama raised his hands. "There is no need for that. So, how about we go inside?"

[That was a good branch too, damn it.]

(It's just a branch.)

[Get out!]

(Make me.) Botan stuck her tounge at Hiei.

"Why did you come here?" Botan stopped and turned to Kurama.

"Um..I can talk to you alone?" She asked nervously. Hiei sensed it and looked at her, eyebrow raised. Kurama nodded and led Botan to a rather far side. "Listen, Hiei has asked me to look after Yukina. The problem is, She's on a date with Kuwabara! If Hiei finds out, Kuwabara is demon food."

Kurama nodded. "I guess you are here to help him?"

"Bingo!" Botan said. Kurama smiled and nodded. Together, they went back to where Hiei was, except, he wasn't there anymore. He had found another tree branch. "I guess we could keep him there." Botan said. Kurama nodded again.

"Would you like something to eat?" He asked. He led Botan inside.

*

Hiei glared at the sky. He had watched Botan get nervous and lead Kurama away. That's what pissed him off.

She was hiding something from him!

Friends aren't suppose to hid things from each other....wait, she was his friend now?! Hiei shook his head to get rid of such nonsense. He quickly stood up and disappeared.

*

"Thanks." Botan said as Kurama set down a cup of tea. Kurama just nodded and Botan suddenly sat up.

"What's wrong?" He asked. Botan pulled out her pocket device that Koenma contacts her with and opened it up. Koenma's face appeared.

"Botan, we have a prison break!" He yelled. "We need to get everyone here before they start to form together!"

"Yes sir!" Botan said, caught up in the excitment. She turned off her pocket device and looked at Kurama.

"Let's go." He said quickly, opening the door. They rushed out and Botan produced her oar. She zoomed up into the oak tree, but no sign of Hiei was found.

"He's not here!" She called down to Kurama. She circled the tree one more time. (Hiei!)

[.....] There was no reply to her thoughts. "We'll find him later!" Kurama called to her, already running towards the derection of Yusuke's house. Botan followed, worried for the sake of Hiei. Theyt found Kuwabara and Yukina, just walking towards Yusuke's house. Kuwabara waved at the two.

"Hey, whats going on?" He asked. Kurama gave him a brief story while Botan went inside the house by the open window. She found Yusuke watching TV, sprawled on the floor. He sat up once she arrived.

"You look...werid." Yusuke said. Botan just glared at him and told him the mission. He stood up, grabbing his green jacket. "Come on then!" He said.

Botan nodded. "But, I can't seem to find Hiei. do you know where he is?" She asked.

Yusuke thought for a moment. "Nope." He finally said. "I haven't seen him."

Botan sighed. "Alright, let's go."

*

"Burn them all!" Helpless demons screamed and ran away from the rapid attacks of the once jailed demons. Female demons shrieked and fled. Male demons followed shortly. The road seemed to be clear and the fugitive demons laughed at the sight.

"HEY!" Yusuke, Botan, Kuwabara, and Kurama stood in the demons way.

"Humans!" One of them hissed. Botan whipped up her Maikai baseball bat and grinned.

"Not all humans!" She said. Yusuke smirked and everyone lunged. Kurama stood protectively around Botan, making sure she didn't get into much damage. Kuwabara and Yusuke fought the demons fleeing.

SMACK! Botan took no time to watch one demon sink to the floor. She threw herself upon another one, bashing him over the head. Kurama was just finishing his own group when Botan let go of the unconsious demon. "Watch out!" Kurama advised her. Botan nodded and held her place as more demons headed their way. One after another, Botan and Kurama knocked them down. Once Botan had got her part cleared up, she looked around. No longer was Kurama by her side, but was drifting father away. Yusuke and Kuwabara wasn't even in view.

"Kurama?!" She called. He did answer, but a whole swarm of demons did. They glared at her. Botan cursed at her bad luck and got ready to swing at them. She hit one, but just knocked down by another. They were just about to smash her head into the ground until they were cut into pieces.

"Baka." Hiei said shortly. He stood infront of Botan.

"Hiei!" Botan said in joy. She cheerfully stood up and praised him.

"We have no time for that!" Hiei yelled. Botan shut up at once and nodded, trying to find her baseball bat. It was in the hands of a demon, so Botan produced her oar.

"I hope this works as well." She said. Botan and Hiei smacked and slashed their way until they met with Yusuke and Kuwabara, who cleared out a whole area.

Yusuke brightened up once he saw the two walk over. "Hey! Where were you?"

Botan looked around. "Where is Kurama?"

"We haven't seen him. I thought he was with you?" Kuwabara asked.

"There he is." Botan yelled suddenly, pointing to the red head. Everyone hurried over to him, except for Hiei who took his time.

"Are you okay?" Botan asked, worried. Kurama smiled and shook his head.

"Nothing dangerous." He reassured her. Hiei dropped in from the back, but not without Kurama noticing. "Hiei! Where did you go?"

Hiei just shrugged. "No where."

"Well, I have to get back to Yukina." Kuwabara said, alerting everyone. "It's not right for someone like her to be ditched after a date!" He said cheerfully.

"WHAT?!" Hiei roared, over doing it. Botan gave a yelp of suprise.

(Stop, Hiei!) Botan quickly thought of something to do, she swung her oar over his head.

BAM!

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*1* I'm just guessing what type of tree Kurama would have O_o"

HAha sorry, I lost my disk for a while and I had to look around for it. I'll update even faster next time! *grab a whole pot of coffee* YEAH! *laughs like a maniac*

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