After Rain:
Chapter 2: Realizing
A week has just pass, Botan lived a ningen life. The deity continued her chores, living a normal life. Kurama eyed her gratefully. This is the first time the kitsune noticed the deity as a person he is acquainted with in the years they have been friends. 'Friends.' He thought drinking a cup of coffee Botan gave him that morning. Not once did yusuke and the others hinted that they were right for each other. Just perfect. He thought. The deity noticed Kurama who is deep in thought. 'Kurama-chan? Something wrong?' the deity said facing him, not minding that her face were just an inch from his. Kurama shook his head, disrupted in thought. Minding the closeness between him and the deity. 'Hai, I'm fine.' Kurama replied trying to hide his flushed expression by covering his mouth with a napkin. 'Hey, I'm going to the market today, can you come with me?' Botan said putting the dishes away from the dining table. 'Market? What for?' the kitsune replied helping her clean up. 'I was wondering if I could invite the others for dinner, don't worry I'll take care of everything from the serving to cleaning!' Botan said flashing a big smile followed by a laugh. 'What for?' kurama repeated can't seem to tell what's going on with her mind. 'It's because I like to serve something for you guys, ya' know.' Botan reassured. 'Besides, I like to pose as your wife!' Botan followed cheerfully. Deep silence ensued. 'W, ell you can but… my dad…' Kurama replied momentarily. 'Don't worry I'll just go by myself!' Botan said. Kurama eyed her. Full of concern. Unknown feeling of love. ' Don't worry I'll watch her carefully' someone said telepathically – Hiei. 'O.K. I'll leave her to you. How come you had the urge of protecting her?' Kurama replied. 'Hn. Don't try to get too intimate with me kitsune, I know what you're thinking.' The koorime replied from the tall tree beside the house. 'I'm not. It's not like you to help somebody out.' Kurama replied. 'I'll be filling your job for now, rest assured I'll keep all my eyes in her.' Hiei reassured. Kurama realized the deity's confused expression as if she's thinking he was crazy. 'o.k. but be careful.' He said with a smile remembering her statement. Wife. He thought, making his way to the front door, grabs his suitcase walks to the front door. He opens the door 'see you tonight honey!' he exclaimed waving a hand at botan who turned and wave back at him flashing a grateful smile.
Botan had finished doing the groceries and started to go back home. Then it rained. It rained hard. She opened her big pink umbrella, holding her groceries on the other hand. 'Am I lucky or what?' she mumbled as she walk by past a school. She saw out of the corner of her eye a young man walking half meters away from the school and it seems that he is soaked wet. Botan ran towards the young man and worriedly shared her umbrella with him, 'here we'll share.' She blurted, giving more confusion to the young man. He was silenced – as if this is the first time that someone helped him, with much care on her eyes. He smiled. 'The deity… botan. Instead of looking for her, she found me…' he mumbled. The young man carried her groceries, and in return for her sharing her umbrella. 'By the way, what's your name?' the deity said. The smile on her face… he thought, as he said slowly ' Hagiri Kaname'.
The koorime on top of a light post sneered of what he heard. 'Hagiri kaname' Hiei recalled. He is one of Sensui's allies before. He thought. The sniper. Botan went inside of kurama's house putting the bags down with the help of Hagiri. She brought a towel so he could dry of, he takes of his long sleeve uniform and let hang in his shoulders revealing a white dry shirt inside. The deity prepared some refreshments for the young man. Hagiri who was deep in thought mumbled ' she's not dangerous. Why would Jubei like to kill her?! I can't even sense her strong ki.' 'Nani? Is something wrong hagiri-kun?' Botan said eyeing him carefully. They both looked outside the window, the rain still poured down hard. 'I'd better go now.' He said keeping his still unemotional face posted. ' Here. Bring this umbrella with you.' The deity replied. 'Thanks, don't worry I'll return this to you I promise.' He reassured her. 'I'm not. I trust you. Just be careful O.K.?' Botan said. 'Hai.' He replied walking in a normal pace to the door and left.
It was past seven in the evening when the koorime decided to went to Kurama's house. Botan heard the bell ringing and hurried to open to see who it was. To the deity's surprise he found a small young man wearing a black cloak. The purple-eyed woman gave Hiei a huge grateful smile, which made the seemingly emotionless being red all over. 'Is the guys coming over? All of them?' the deity blurted going back to the kitchen. 'Hai, Kurama probably informed the others of this… thing we are having…' Hiei replied seemed not comfortable with the conversation – everyone knows that he only say merely one to two words for every conversation he's in. 'Hiei-chan arigatou for coming here I know it's not like you to come to things like this…' Botan ruefully said as she went to the living room where the lad was sitting. Botan prepared Hiei some refreshments, and was about to go back to the kitchen, probably disappointed by the silence Hiei replied. 'Botan-chan… Yukina and Genki- baasan can't join us, they can't leave the shrine…' Hiei exclaimed, quite confused of what to say next. Botan, turned to him and try not to muffle a laugh but couldn't resist, she didn't realize that she sat close to Hiei. 'Nande?' Hiei asked angrily. He was not amused of her cute laugh… he was irritated. 'You have cookie crumbs all-over you face!' Botan replied trying to breath from laughing heartily, she never laughed again like this before.
Botan leaned over his friend and took a small napkin from her pocket. 'Here.' Botan said as she went back to the kitchen. Hiei leaned back and let his head fall back the sofa. He turns his head slowly giving him a full back view of the blue-haired deity, as she tends the vegetables inside the basin. He stared at her for a moment – deep in thought. 'It's not like me to have this… feeling' he thought. The sudden feeling of loneliness started to itch back, his memories of being thrown away, despised and frightful of. Then in a sudden turn of event, he became one of the reikai detectives. A move he didn't expect. The world suddenly became an evident of brightness. Sudden feeling of happiness grew inside him, as he remembered that he found his sister because of this. And also he made a profound friendship with the deity. He had never met a bubbly, cheery person like her before. At times she could be clumsy, at times she could intelligent. The thought made Hiei smile. He never knew how it feels to be loved and love. A sudden memory flashed back to him. 'Kurama' he thought.
"Kurama, do you like this job?"
" I guess so… I owe this job, it saved my mom you know."
"Hn, I don't like it a bit, that carrot-haired son of a bitch piss me off."
"Hiei, you owe this job too… you found your sister."
"Yeah, but…"
"But what?"
"I don't like hanging around with those bakas!"
"Well, one thing for sure those 'bakas' knows how to make me feel happy."
"Really? Even that Blue-haired ferry girl?"
"Botan is not a ferry girl, she's a deity."
"What ever. But I know she's nice."
"Yeah, well. But I like her though."
"Like?"
"Yeah, if I hang with her more often I might love her…"
"Don't jump into things kitsune."
'Hiei' Botan whispered to the koorime's ear. 'Nani?' he replied, slowly turning to face her, causing him to brush his lips gently to hers. Botan moved backward flushed by the sudden 'thing' that had just happen. It was my fault, I was too close. The deity thought. Hiei suddenly faced the floor his both hands on his lap, his face flushed all-over. Botan went back to the kitchen, as if it didn't happen. Both of them didn't even try to speak or give any reason. Deep silence ensued.
'What the hell got into Botan to make us dinner?' the carrot-haired man said as he looks up the sky eyeing the stars. 'Yeah, I hope it improved' Yusuke said loosening his tie. 'Well, it's so nice of her to make dinner for all of us, Ne? Shizuru-chan?' the brown-haired girl said making a short glimpse at the back where a tall slender woman stood smoking. 'Hai, especially she's a great wife for this er, kitsune.' Shizuru replied, as yusuke tugged the emerald green kitsune. The group chatted while making a turn, now just a few blocks away from Kurama's house. The kitsune was leading trying to avoid involving himself in such conversation that often leads to a fight, especially between Yuksuke and Kuwabara. Keiko, who was wearing a pink dress, raced to catch up to him. 'Kurama-kun, wait up!' the girl blurted. Kurama waited for her and they walked side by side. 'When will you tell her?' Keiko questioned eyeing him. Waiting for his reply. ' Nani?' the kitsune aksed back. 'I mean when will you finally admit to her how you feel?' she continued. 'I'm not ready to admit it yet, I don't ---' he replied. 'Don't what?' Keiko followed. 'May be the 'feeling' I feel now is just for Shuichi Minamino, not the cold-hearted Youko that I am. She doesn't deserve me.' He continued. 'No she does! Because she---' Keiko was about to say it, when she realized that they are in front of the door. 'Hi! Komban wa Minna!' Botan exclaimed as she opens the other door. They were ready to answer back a big 'Good Evening' chorus greeting when they noticed a person who was sitting in the living room. All of them were silenced. They didn't know how to react nor to comment. One thing for sure is that they were happy to see that they were complete. All of them, Kurama, Keiko, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Koenma, Shizuru, and Hiei went straight to the dinner room and sat. They were chatting and laughing making this occasion memorable as possible.
"So Keiko-chan when will be the wedding be?" Botan asked.
"Well, we haven't found the perfect date yet, but everything is settled." Keiko replied giving her fiancé a sweet smile, causing the both of them to blush.
"How many children would you want to have?" Shizuru blurted out. Making Botan, Kurama and Kuwabara who was about to drink choke.
"What? Is there something I said?" Shizuru questioned, as she looked puzzled to all of them.
"Well, we could have four, to be equal." Yusuke replied, counting with his fingers.
"Chooto made kudasai!" Keiko objected with a nervous tone.
"Yeah, that would be nice!" Koenma cuts in and stifled a laugh.
"How about you and the deity?" Shizuru hinted.
"Ya—yameru onegai!" Kurama replied, giving an apologetic smile beside the deity that sat beside him.
"Ano, I would prefer to have as many kids as we could afford!" Botan exclaimed. That made everyone poses an evil smile towards the kitsune, except the koorime.
"Hn" Hiei said looking outside the window.
"I'll ask the big bird who passes by, to give us as many children he could bring!" Botan said giving everyone her famous childish, cat-like smile.
"Oh, you mean the stork? Botan---" Kurama explained as his sweat dropped.
"No, I'm just joking! I know how to make them don't worry!" Botan exclaimed eyeing the kitsune carefully as if she was examining him. Causing the kitsune to blush wildly.
Everyone roared a laugh having the taken time for granted. While the koorime who sat across botan looked at her and sneered trying to not get his emotions all tangled up. He was hurt. Very hurt, thinking that he's not even going to win this type of battle. But one things for sure. He is determined to protect her letting her know how much he loves her. Love. He thought deeply.
A/N did you like it? Or despise it? Do tell me what you think….
----What would it be? Who is for who? Will someone die or sacrifice or…. Check out chapter three!!!
::Burp…:: ooops sorry bout' that o' my gosh I spilled coke all over the key board!!! Dang it!!
Chapter 2: Realizing
A week has just pass, Botan lived a ningen life. The deity continued her chores, living a normal life. Kurama eyed her gratefully. This is the first time the kitsune noticed the deity as a person he is acquainted with in the years they have been friends. 'Friends.' He thought drinking a cup of coffee Botan gave him that morning. Not once did yusuke and the others hinted that they were right for each other. Just perfect. He thought. The deity noticed Kurama who is deep in thought. 'Kurama-chan? Something wrong?' the deity said facing him, not minding that her face were just an inch from his. Kurama shook his head, disrupted in thought. Minding the closeness between him and the deity. 'Hai, I'm fine.' Kurama replied trying to hide his flushed expression by covering his mouth with a napkin. 'Hey, I'm going to the market today, can you come with me?' Botan said putting the dishes away from the dining table. 'Market? What for?' the kitsune replied helping her clean up. 'I was wondering if I could invite the others for dinner, don't worry I'll take care of everything from the serving to cleaning!' Botan said flashing a big smile followed by a laugh. 'What for?' kurama repeated can't seem to tell what's going on with her mind. 'It's because I like to serve something for you guys, ya' know.' Botan reassured. 'Besides, I like to pose as your wife!' Botan followed cheerfully. Deep silence ensued. 'W, ell you can but… my dad…' Kurama replied momentarily. 'Don't worry I'll just go by myself!' Botan said. Kurama eyed her. Full of concern. Unknown feeling of love. ' Don't worry I'll watch her carefully' someone said telepathically – Hiei. 'O.K. I'll leave her to you. How come you had the urge of protecting her?' Kurama replied. 'Hn. Don't try to get too intimate with me kitsune, I know what you're thinking.' The koorime replied from the tall tree beside the house. 'I'm not. It's not like you to help somebody out.' Kurama replied. 'I'll be filling your job for now, rest assured I'll keep all my eyes in her.' Hiei reassured. Kurama realized the deity's confused expression as if she's thinking he was crazy. 'o.k. but be careful.' He said with a smile remembering her statement. Wife. He thought, making his way to the front door, grabs his suitcase walks to the front door. He opens the door 'see you tonight honey!' he exclaimed waving a hand at botan who turned and wave back at him flashing a grateful smile.
Botan had finished doing the groceries and started to go back home. Then it rained. It rained hard. She opened her big pink umbrella, holding her groceries on the other hand. 'Am I lucky or what?' she mumbled as she walk by past a school. She saw out of the corner of her eye a young man walking half meters away from the school and it seems that he is soaked wet. Botan ran towards the young man and worriedly shared her umbrella with him, 'here we'll share.' She blurted, giving more confusion to the young man. He was silenced – as if this is the first time that someone helped him, with much care on her eyes. He smiled. 'The deity… botan. Instead of looking for her, she found me…' he mumbled. The young man carried her groceries, and in return for her sharing her umbrella. 'By the way, what's your name?' the deity said. The smile on her face… he thought, as he said slowly ' Hagiri Kaname'.
The koorime on top of a light post sneered of what he heard. 'Hagiri kaname' Hiei recalled. He is one of Sensui's allies before. He thought. The sniper. Botan went inside of kurama's house putting the bags down with the help of Hagiri. She brought a towel so he could dry of, he takes of his long sleeve uniform and let hang in his shoulders revealing a white dry shirt inside. The deity prepared some refreshments for the young man. Hagiri who was deep in thought mumbled ' she's not dangerous. Why would Jubei like to kill her?! I can't even sense her strong ki.' 'Nani? Is something wrong hagiri-kun?' Botan said eyeing him carefully. They both looked outside the window, the rain still poured down hard. 'I'd better go now.' He said keeping his still unemotional face posted. ' Here. Bring this umbrella with you.' The deity replied. 'Thanks, don't worry I'll return this to you I promise.' He reassured her. 'I'm not. I trust you. Just be careful O.K.?' Botan said. 'Hai.' He replied walking in a normal pace to the door and left.
It was past seven in the evening when the koorime decided to went to Kurama's house. Botan heard the bell ringing and hurried to open to see who it was. To the deity's surprise he found a small young man wearing a black cloak. The purple-eyed woman gave Hiei a huge grateful smile, which made the seemingly emotionless being red all over. 'Is the guys coming over? All of them?' the deity blurted going back to the kitchen. 'Hai, Kurama probably informed the others of this… thing we are having…' Hiei replied seemed not comfortable with the conversation – everyone knows that he only say merely one to two words for every conversation he's in. 'Hiei-chan arigatou for coming here I know it's not like you to come to things like this…' Botan ruefully said as she went to the living room where the lad was sitting. Botan prepared Hiei some refreshments, and was about to go back to the kitchen, probably disappointed by the silence Hiei replied. 'Botan-chan… Yukina and Genki- baasan can't join us, they can't leave the shrine…' Hiei exclaimed, quite confused of what to say next. Botan, turned to him and try not to muffle a laugh but couldn't resist, she didn't realize that she sat close to Hiei. 'Nande?' Hiei asked angrily. He was not amused of her cute laugh… he was irritated. 'You have cookie crumbs all-over you face!' Botan replied trying to breath from laughing heartily, she never laughed again like this before.
Botan leaned over his friend and took a small napkin from her pocket. 'Here.' Botan said as she went back to the kitchen. Hiei leaned back and let his head fall back the sofa. He turns his head slowly giving him a full back view of the blue-haired deity, as she tends the vegetables inside the basin. He stared at her for a moment – deep in thought. 'It's not like me to have this… feeling' he thought. The sudden feeling of loneliness started to itch back, his memories of being thrown away, despised and frightful of. Then in a sudden turn of event, he became one of the reikai detectives. A move he didn't expect. The world suddenly became an evident of brightness. Sudden feeling of happiness grew inside him, as he remembered that he found his sister because of this. And also he made a profound friendship with the deity. He had never met a bubbly, cheery person like her before. At times she could be clumsy, at times she could intelligent. The thought made Hiei smile. He never knew how it feels to be loved and love. A sudden memory flashed back to him. 'Kurama' he thought.
"Kurama, do you like this job?"
" I guess so… I owe this job, it saved my mom you know."
"Hn, I don't like it a bit, that carrot-haired son of a bitch piss me off."
"Hiei, you owe this job too… you found your sister."
"Yeah, but…"
"But what?"
"I don't like hanging around with those bakas!"
"Well, one thing for sure those 'bakas' knows how to make me feel happy."
"Really? Even that Blue-haired ferry girl?"
"Botan is not a ferry girl, she's a deity."
"What ever. But I know she's nice."
"Yeah, well. But I like her though."
"Like?"
"Yeah, if I hang with her more often I might love her…"
"Don't jump into things kitsune."
'Hiei' Botan whispered to the koorime's ear. 'Nani?' he replied, slowly turning to face her, causing him to brush his lips gently to hers. Botan moved backward flushed by the sudden 'thing' that had just happen. It was my fault, I was too close. The deity thought. Hiei suddenly faced the floor his both hands on his lap, his face flushed all-over. Botan went back to the kitchen, as if it didn't happen. Both of them didn't even try to speak or give any reason. Deep silence ensued.
'What the hell got into Botan to make us dinner?' the carrot-haired man said as he looks up the sky eyeing the stars. 'Yeah, I hope it improved' Yusuke said loosening his tie. 'Well, it's so nice of her to make dinner for all of us, Ne? Shizuru-chan?' the brown-haired girl said making a short glimpse at the back where a tall slender woman stood smoking. 'Hai, especially she's a great wife for this er, kitsune.' Shizuru replied, as yusuke tugged the emerald green kitsune. The group chatted while making a turn, now just a few blocks away from Kurama's house. The kitsune was leading trying to avoid involving himself in such conversation that often leads to a fight, especially between Yuksuke and Kuwabara. Keiko, who was wearing a pink dress, raced to catch up to him. 'Kurama-kun, wait up!' the girl blurted. Kurama waited for her and they walked side by side. 'When will you tell her?' Keiko questioned eyeing him. Waiting for his reply. ' Nani?' the kitsune aksed back. 'I mean when will you finally admit to her how you feel?' she continued. 'I'm not ready to admit it yet, I don't ---' he replied. 'Don't what?' Keiko followed. 'May be the 'feeling' I feel now is just for Shuichi Minamino, not the cold-hearted Youko that I am. She doesn't deserve me.' He continued. 'No she does! Because she---' Keiko was about to say it, when she realized that they are in front of the door. 'Hi! Komban wa Minna!' Botan exclaimed as she opens the other door. They were ready to answer back a big 'Good Evening' chorus greeting when they noticed a person who was sitting in the living room. All of them were silenced. They didn't know how to react nor to comment. One thing for sure is that they were happy to see that they were complete. All of them, Kurama, Keiko, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Koenma, Shizuru, and Hiei went straight to the dinner room and sat. They were chatting and laughing making this occasion memorable as possible.
"So Keiko-chan when will be the wedding be?" Botan asked.
"Well, we haven't found the perfect date yet, but everything is settled." Keiko replied giving her fiancé a sweet smile, causing the both of them to blush.
"How many children would you want to have?" Shizuru blurted out. Making Botan, Kurama and Kuwabara who was about to drink choke.
"What? Is there something I said?" Shizuru questioned, as she looked puzzled to all of them.
"Well, we could have four, to be equal." Yusuke replied, counting with his fingers.
"Chooto made kudasai!" Keiko objected with a nervous tone.
"Yeah, that would be nice!" Koenma cuts in and stifled a laugh.
"How about you and the deity?" Shizuru hinted.
"Ya—yameru onegai!" Kurama replied, giving an apologetic smile beside the deity that sat beside him.
"Ano, I would prefer to have as many kids as we could afford!" Botan exclaimed. That made everyone poses an evil smile towards the kitsune, except the koorime.
"Hn" Hiei said looking outside the window.
"I'll ask the big bird who passes by, to give us as many children he could bring!" Botan said giving everyone her famous childish, cat-like smile.
"Oh, you mean the stork? Botan---" Kurama explained as his sweat dropped.
"No, I'm just joking! I know how to make them don't worry!" Botan exclaimed eyeing the kitsune carefully as if she was examining him. Causing the kitsune to blush wildly.
Everyone roared a laugh having the taken time for granted. While the koorime who sat across botan looked at her and sneered trying to not get his emotions all tangled up. He was hurt. Very hurt, thinking that he's not even going to win this type of battle. But one things for sure. He is determined to protect her letting her know how much he loves her. Love. He thought deeply.
A/N did you like it? Or despise it? Do tell me what you think….
----What would it be? Who is for who? Will someone die or sacrifice or…. Check out chapter three!!!
::Burp…:: ooops sorry bout' that o' my gosh I spilled coke all over the key board!!! Dang it!!