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Summary: K/B-Botan is forced to protect the guys by disguising herself as a guy! But, only one person knows who this mysterious boy with blue hair really is. It's not Hiei, with his Jagan eye and all, it's not Kurama, and it's not any of the girls. It's…
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Chapter One: Let's Play Dress-Up…
The moon shined brightly. In a dark corner, in a dark alley, someone was fighting. A young boy, no more than sixteen, fought against a gang of thugs. He had shining dirty blonde hair and almost radiant amethyst violet eyes.
Little did the boy know that someone was watching him in the shadows. He wanted to see what he could do.
One member of the street gang had come to close to the boy, he decided, and was soon thrown across the alley by a well-landed kick in the stomach. He was out cold. Another decided to throw a knife at the young man. But it was simply dodged and his fist connected with the gang member's face. In a matter of minutes, the boy had the gang defeated. Suddenly, a huge blast of Spirit Energy was hurled towards him. Instinctively, he blocked it with a shield made of his own energy. It hit, but ricocheted off of the shield and was hurled back towards the sky.
"You're better than I thought…" the man said out of the shadows.
"Who's there?!" The boy shouted, getting down in a defensive stance.
"Relax, Kid. I'm only here to ask you a question." Said the man while coming out of the shadows. It was Yusuke.
"I'm not a kid!"
"What's your name?"
There was a small pause. "Yami."
"Would you be our newest team member?" Yusuke asked carefully. He waited and watched for a response. Yami's lavender eyes glimmered in the light of the full moon.
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Botan walked through Reikai slowly, thinking about what Koenma had told her. She was supposed to believe that she, Botan-a ferry girl-, was supposed to be a dragon. Not only that, but that she was also one of the few remaining. There were only a hand-full of her kind left, how could she possibly have believed that she was The Weather Dragon? Well, it was because of what he told her last night. It was also because of what she felt.
He wasn't telling the entire story. She was sure of it. There were also two strong presences lingering in the back of her mind. Both were very powerful. She decided to shrug them off as nothing.
Finally, she reached her destination. Her training grounds. Yay for Botan. Another three hours of being shouted at and disciplined by her trainer, Mitsuko. Fun, fun, fun…
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"He seems good enough."
"I found him on the streets. He knows how to control his Spirit Powers. He blocked my Spirit Gun with a shield."
"You must've been going easy on him. Not many people can block something as powerful as that."
The gang was gathered together to discuss the new member that Yusuke found. Well, most of them anyway, Hiei was sitting on the windowsill; his Jagan eye was glowing.
Yami waited patiently outside of the room while they talked about him. He knew that they would accept; they had no one else.
"I believe we can trust him." Hiei suddenly spoke. Everyone looked at him. "There is nothing evil in his mind. I checked." He said, and then went back to gazing outside.
"Well, there we go. Shall we go and welcome him?" Kurama asked while getting up. Everyone followed his lead.
"Well, Yami. Welcome to the group."
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-The next day-
"Botan, I needed to speak with you. That's why I called you in." Koenma stated. Botan nodded dully in reply. "There is something very important that I need to tell you." He stalled a little bit longer.
'Just say it already…' Botan begged in her mind, she dared not show her boredom to him on her face.
"The date of the tournament has been moved."
"What?"
"They moved the date of the tournament." Koenma repeated.
"When is it?" Botan asked. Suddenly, she was interested.
"It's in one week."
"WHAT?!?!"
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"Ok, Botan. You are going to train harder, faster, and longer until you are able to control your power. You are going to get up at five o clock each morning and be down here at six. You will be able to leave around twelve noon, but I want you back here by three. Once you're back here, we'll train until seven. Then, we're done for the day." Mitsuko told her. Botan nearly died.
'I'm not going to be able to eat until twelve?! I only have three hours after the first training!' she told herself. "We start tomorrow. See you then!" The woman said as she waved and walked away from the distressed Botan.
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"Hey, Yusuke!" Botan greeted happily.
"Oh, hey, Botan." Yusuke greeted back. The whole gang was there, including a new person, Botan noticed.
"Oh, hello, there! My name is Botan, you must be the new member!" she greeted with a handshake.
"Hi, Botan. I'm Yami, and yes, you are right. I'm the new member." Yami greeted. Suddenly, Botan felt warmth shoot through her arm and through her body as their hands touched. Suddenly, one presence in her mind nearly consumed her entire being. She pulled away quickly, but she made sure not to look impolite. The presence subsided as they drew away from each other. Then, she turned to the rest of the group.
"I'm afraid I have some bad news…" Botan started but she trailed off.
"What is it, Botan?" Kurama asked, looking slightly worried.
"First off, the date of the tournament has been moved up… it starts next week." At this, Yusuke sprang up.
"WHAT?! HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?! WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE OTHER TEAM MEMBER YET, AND W-" "Yusuke! Calm down, I haven't finished yet." Botan interrupted. Yusuke stayed standing as Botan finished.
"I won't be able to come and watch you all in the tournament."
"Why not?"
"Koenma has a mission for me to help on. It was next week, during the tournament. But I'm sure that I could probably try to visit you guys, you know, to check up on how you're doing." Botan finished her lie with a fake smile.
"Why does he have to do it next week?! Why not the week after?" Yusuke asks, slightly angry.
"It's, uhhh…, well, the full moon is next week. You can only see the item in the light of the full moon. But, it'll take us all week to get to the place." Botan explained, thinking hard. The boys sighed but hugged her goodbye, in case they weren't able to see her before she left. Hiei didn't really care, so he didn't hug her. There would be something wrong if he did…
"I'll miss you." Kurama whispered in her ear as he pulled away from their embrace. The seriousness he showed to her made her blush deeply.
"I-I'll miss you too, Kurama. Good-bye." She told him as her oar materialized. Everyone watched her silently as she flew away into the sky.
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Botan wearily got up at four-thirty. She had stayed up later than expected trying to make a small amount of her energy appear in her hands. It didn't work. She got changed and put up her hair on the top of her head; the two familiar blue strands escaped their hold quickly and settled around her shoulders. She went down to the training room slowly. It was five exactly when she opened the door.
Suddenly, a huge ball of energy hurled towards her as soon as she stepped in.
"HOLY SHIT!" she screamed while dodging, now fully awake. From across the room, Mitsuko smirked.
"Get ready, Botan. This is our training." She told her. Immediately, Botan crouched down onto the ground in a defensive position.
"Good girl… Now, try to block my energy with a shield." Mitsuko said and shot another at her. Botan tried but ended up dodging.
"Shield! Not dodge! Shield!" Mitsuko shouted at her.
"I can't! It won't work!"
"Never say you can't do something!"
Suddenly, a whole barrage of spirit balls came flying towards her from all sides. She couldn't move.
'Do something, idiot! Do something!' she screamed in her mind
'I can't!'
"SHIELD!!!!" Dust flew everywhere as the balls of energy exploded. Botan couldn't see what happened. Was she dead? Again? Finally the dust settled and Botan saw around her a large glowing purple shield.
That wasn't hers. "That's not mine." She admitted, though she shouted shield nothing happened.
"It's mine."
Botan looked over to Mitsuko who was staring back grimly at her.
"Why can't you get into your energy, Botan?"
"Should I know why I can't?"
"Yes. Only something traumatizing can lock a person's Spirit Energy away. That's the way it works. And either you seem to be able to feel as though nothing will happen to you, or it really is locked away completely so it doesn't come out. You need to try to get to it Botan. Or else, nothing will happen."
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Botan walked down the halls determinedly. It had been a whole week since the new training began. Botan had mastered defense and offense with physical movement, but she could not draw out her magic. This confused her greatly, and every night she would try to concentrate on it. She would usually fall unconscious or hit a mental shield and then embrace darkness before she could get anywhere. That alone frustrated the hell out of her, which made her battle harder. She had been able to almost beat Mitsuko on numerous occasions. Now, she was traveling down to Koenma's office. She knew what awaited her there.
"I'm here, Koenma-sama." She said as she stepped into the large room.
Koenma looked up. "Yes, you are. Botan, it's time to make you look like a guy. What is your name?" he asked her.
"Tenshi."
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END CHAPTER!!!! YAY!! The second one is finally out!!! I rather like this chapter, if I do say so myself. (Which I do…) Anyway, I got a review!!! I'm so happy!! (Yes, I get happy over really little things. Like one review. Well, the last time I checked it was one… it could be two by now... Ok, I'll stop blabbering.) The next chapter may be a little while; I wouldn't know cause I still need to type it!! Well, don't forget to review! Ja Ne!!!
CWolf2-Thank you!! I don't think I portray the characters all that well, but I guess I have to make them different... Thanks for the review!!!
MarialeBenitez-Thank you! I'm glad you think it's cool! Bye!
Preview: "Hello, Boys. My name is Tenshi."… "Do you think you're ready for this tournament?" "No."… "Oh My God… I think I'm falling in love… With someone I'm fighting with! But I'm a guy now, he wouldn't go for me!"… "Mitsuko! I still can't get through to my power!" "Just try to concentrate on it. Don't ever give up."… "I just had a vision!"