Hair dark as midnight, eyes so cold you would hardly see the colour before you died, and a temper most foul. These are what describe two people from different worlds, who are about to collide in a very unusual way.
Who is that man?
Chapter four
When Hiei awoke the next morning, he found Botan gone, and no trace of her scent. He cursed to himself and looked around for clues as to where she could have gone, but found none. Botan hummed merrily as she continued walking, she could see Bulma Brief's home from the hill where she stood just outside of the city. It was really big, for a city, with lots of people and floating cars. She supposed that maybe this was what Koenma had truly been after, better transportation, and definitely weapons. He may not tell anyone, but she knew already, there was a big fight coming. The demons were getting ready to revolt. Why else would he have been so hesitant to let the boys come?
Hiei took off in a random direction, inwardly praying it was the same way she'd gone.
She walked calmly down the streets enjoying the sights and the smells, especially the sights. People were running around, going this way and that, and up ahead she could even see an organized street fight. As she got closer she heard a man shouting out to the crowd, "Anyone who can beat the champ will get 10, 000 yen. Come on, if you think you're man enough to beat my buddy Yamcha, I'll give you ten thousand yen!" Upon hearing the name of the fighter she grinned and stepped towards the ring. "I'll do it. Without fighting dirty." The whole crowd of people turned to look at her, several of whom were laughing.
"Be realistic girlie, Yamcha is a very strong fighter, he's already beaten seven guys today." She glared at the guy with the microphone and crossed her arms, "Oh so what, you think he's too tired to beat little old me? I'm just a girl, how hard could it be for him to beat me?" She sighed dejectedly, "Oh well…here I was going to offer him a date if he beat me. But I guess if he's too weak to do that I'll have to go find a REAL man." She started to walk away, counting in her head. She had only reached three when she heard Yamcha call after her. "Wait! I'll fight you. But I can't go easy on you because you're a girl."
She smirked and turned around quickly, "I wouldn't have it any other way, now get ready, you're going down." She walked towards him and he took up a defensive stance, figuring he should let her get a hit or two in before he won. It was only fair. She checked over his stance and shook her head, "There are so many things wrong with that stance, I could hit you in three places and you'd never be able to block, hun." He rolled his eyes and smirked devilishly at her, "Alright, try it sweetie."
Still smiling she prepared to attack him, only to find another fist had connected with his face first. She glared at the owner of the fist and growled, "Hey back off I was fighting him!" The owner of the fist turned his gaze to her and she scowled, "Oh it's you. What did you want?" She crossed her arms, clearly ticked that Hiei had found her so fast, and waited for his response. "Why the hell did you walk off last night?!" She was about to chew him out about the whole kiss when a better thought struck her, "I left because I don't think you're capable of protecting me. Yamcha is clearly a much better fighter. If he hadn't been focused on me, he'd have dodged your attack."
Hiei narrowed his eyes at her before turning to Yamcha, "Keep your filthy hands off of her or I'll slit your throat." The crowd gasped as he threatened Yamcha, and they all took a couple steps back. "Obviously she likes me better, I'll put my hands on her if I want to, midget." He stuck his hands together and a ball of pure energy began to form in his palms, "Now get lost, or I'll have to make you leave." The ball of energy began to grow larger and Botan nearly yawned. He was really weak; Kuwabara's spirit sword had five hundred times the power that ball did. Hiei on the other hand, started chuckling evilly at Yamcha's attempts to scare him, "That thing can't hurt me you baka."
Botan sighed and slapped her hand to her forehead, this would just be embarrassing for poor Yamcha, there was no way that that thing would even scratch Hiei's tough demon skin. "Yamcha don't hurt him! He's just trying to do his job, he's my body guard…I just wanted someone more fun to be around for a while…I'm sorry…" The earth fighter seemed to buy her fib and he let his power level drop, "Fine. But if he fails to protect you, you can come to me and I'll keep you safe!" The crowd had begun to cheer like Yamcha had just won a great fight, and Botan and Hiei left quickly.
"Baka onna why the hell did you really walk off last night." She shrugged at his question and pulled him towards the large building she could see Bulma in front of. "Bulma! Hey Bulma! Got a while to talk?!" She shouted as she let go of Hiei's hand and ran up to the gate.
Bulma saw Botan running towards her and grinned, "Of course! C'mon, I was just about to relax by the pool, you can come join me if you want!" Hiei rolled his eyes at the two women and groaned inwardly, he didn't want to sit around all day. He wanted to train. Botan ran over and jumped onto the pool chair beside Bulma's, "Oh this is a nice chair. You're lucky to own something like this." She laid her head back and closed her eyes as Bulma chuckled. "You wouldn't happen to have a dojo or something would you? Hiei's probably just dying to train."
Bulma pulled a small capsule out of her handbag and dropped it on Botan's stomach, causing her to open her eyes. "What's this?" She picked it up and examined the small capsule with interest until Bulma spoke, "Press the button on top and throw it over there by the house where it's just grass and you'll see why I'm so rich." Botan did as she was told and nearly jumped out of her skin when a giant building seemingly popped out of the ground. "What the heck?!" "That's called a gravity chamber, I invented it so Vegeta could train at high gravity level to increase his strength. This one's the spare, Hiei can use it if he wants." Botan stared at the building with awe, "That's amazing, can you show us how it works?"
Bulma nodded and stood up, "Of course, we can even set the gravity booster for Hiei. It'll help with speed and strength. Very valuable when you're fighting a war eh?" Botan nodded as they entered the gravity chamber. Bulma went straight over to the computer and turned it on, "Okay this button," she pointed to an 'up' arrow, "makes the gravity go up another percent, and this one," she pointed to a 'down' arrow, "makes it go down. The red button immediately shuts the whole thing off. Any questions?" She watched Botan's eyes light up and Hiei just sort of rolled his eyes like he thought the whole thing was stupid. "Can you turn up the gravity so I can feel it too?"
Bulma weighed her options and nodded once, "Alright but I'll only put it at 2X earth's gravity, since it's difficult to move unless you're really strong and I'll have to be able to turn it back down before we leave." She pushed the 'up' arrow and Botan fell to her knees immediately. "Oh wow! That's so cool!" She exclaimed as she jumped up. Her body adjusted to the new gravity quickly and she did a cartwheel, "This is so awesome. It's a little strong at first, but this feels great." Bulma watched in amazement as Botan bounced around normally, "Okay, wanna try one more?" Botan nodded eagerly and Hiei just rolled his eyes again.
She hit the arrow again and Botan wasn't even phased. "Wow you're strong, If I tried jumping I'd probably fall." Hiei finally grew bored of Botan's stupid hyper active jumping and growled, "Would you leave so I can start training!" Bulma and Botan giggled and walked out of the gravity chamber, leaving Hiei to start training.
"Wow, that was totally awesome. Maybe I could try using it later. It would be neat to see how much gravity I can handle." Botan practically skipped her way back over to the pool chairs, with Bulma following closely. "So what kind of weapons do your people need exactly? A bunch of swords or something better?" Botan stopped smiling at the mention of her mission. "Well, I'll give you more details, and you can help me decide what we need." Bulma nodded slowly, unsure of what to make of this.
"My kingdom is called Rekai. Our ruler Koenma, is not loved by all the peoples of the planet. There are only two other kingdoms, Ningenkai and Makai, and the leader of Makai is plotting a take over of my kingdom. Hiei is from the Makai kingdom, and in a prophecy I have found, I discovered he would soon take over our planet and cast it either into great shadows or great light. The warriors from a distant planet who have been attacking us are doing so because he ordered it himself." She paused for a moment to let it all sink in, and continued, "Koenma, my king, heard from across the stars, the name of a person who could help us. Dr. Briefs, a brilliant scientist from earth. He sent me here alone to ask for help, but after I was attacked by the dinosaurs I called for help."
"Koenma had no men to spare so I called a dear friend from the Makai kingdom, Youko Kurama. He could not stay and sent an associate of his, Hiei, in his place. I am the only one who knows of the prophecy stating Hiei will take over the three kingdoms, and according to the legend he can only bring light if he fights in the company of a woman." She stopped again to catch her breath and let it all sink in before continuing; "When my king sent me here I thought perhaps I could stop his conquest completely."
Bulma stayed quiet for a moment then giggled, "I think, perhaps, all you need as a weapon, is lingerie(sp?) then. If his fighting beside a woman will bring light to your planet, you need to seduce Hiei, not bring weapons to your home." Botan's face went beat red at Bulma's comment, "B-but…I couldn't…he'd never…seduce him?" Bulma started giggling again and nodded, "I could help if you want. I'm quite good with make-overs."
Botan's blush lightened a bit as she thought the suggestion through, "I suppose that might work…but what if I'm not the one the prophecy is speaking of?" "Well," Bulma replied, "tell me the exact prophecy." "Okay…umm…Twenty years past birth, the forbidden one will bring unto the world horrid darkness if his love is not set free. Only when he fights beside her, can he change the darkness of hate into a new light of hope. Only when he is released can he change the outcome."
Bulma almost burst out laughing at her poor, flustered friend. "Oh Botan. I was right, you gotta seduce him, not beat him. Sounds like you're supposed to mate with him or something." Oddly enough for Botan, the more Bulma said that out loud, the less crazy it sounded. Maybe she was right? That prophecy was true of course; Botan had stumbled upon it years ago. She was even more worried when she found out Hiei was almost twenty.
"How does one seduce an angry fire demon?" She thought aloud, asking herself more then Bulma, but she got a response from her fellow bluette, "The way any woman would seduce any man. Start with jealousy." Botan shook her head "That's liable to get someone killed. His temper is hotter than the sun." "Then it'll work quickly. But you'll have to be open to the idea I've got." Giving her intelligent friend a side-glance she sighed, "That depends on what it is." "You've got to kiss another man that he is threatened by." Botan sighed again and shook her head, "Uh-uh. He'll kill whomever I kiss. Doesn't matter how strong they are, he'll kill them IF he's jealous. But that's a pretty big if."
"Okay…maybe there's another way to get his attention." Bulma said thoughtfully, deciding not to push her into something that might kill someone else. Botan suddenly clapped her hands together and shouted, "Bingo! I got it!" She lowered her voice before continuing; "I could ask him to show me how to fight. Lord knows you can't wear loads of stuff when you're working out. Do you think that'd work?" Bulma grinned, "I shoulda thought of that a long time ago. That should work great." Botan grinned with her friend until they heard a clock chime eleven from inside the house.
"Oh shoot, I gotta start lunch. You wanna help? We just gotta make a shit load of sandwiches." Bulma stood up, stretching out her arms; "It's really easy, I've got some cool machines in the kitchen." At that Botan jumped up enthusiastically, "Count me in!" She let Bulma lead her towards the house and into a large kitchen, "Woah…this is awesome!" She ran over to a counter and examined the beautiful black granite counters, which matched the deep red walls of the room very nicely.
Bulma pulled two machines out of a cupboard and pulled out three and a half loafs of bread, a whole brick of cheese, five pounds of roast beef and grinned, "Watch this." She put the bread into the machines evenly, and pressed a button. The next thing Botan knew, there was another machine being loaded with the meat and cheese. She watched as the first machine spat out bread with mayonnaise, the third machine dropped cheese and roast beef onto the bread and the second machine dropped another piece of bread with mustard on it.
Ten minutes later there was a huge plate stacked with sandwiches on the counter. "Wow…none of that's going to get wasted right?" Botan asked as she stared at the stack of yummy looking sandwiches, and she heard Bulma laugh, "Oh no. Vegeta eats lots. That should be just enough for everyone right there. I'd grab one now if I were you." She said, handing Botan a plate and taking one for herself. "Maybe you ought to grab a couple for Hiei. I don't think you'll want to see what will happen if he tries to get one off the plate when Vegeta's eating. He's such a pig." She handed Botan a second plate and she put two sandwiches on it.
Holding their plates the two girls went back out to the pool chairs and sat down. "Maybe I should take Hiei his sandwiches…I doubt he'll stop training for lunch." She picked up the plate with two sandwiches and walked towards the gravity chamber Hiei was in, trying not to blush at the grin Bulma had on her face. When the door opened she walked in, ignoring the pull of the gravity on her body, and found a small table in the corner. She tried her best not to stare at Hiei as she passed him, although it was hard not to when he was staring at her. Not to mention he was topless. But she refused to gawk at his chest like he'd done to her. That was impolite.
She set the plate on the table and glanced at the little screen that said how high the gravity was. 50X earth's gravity. "Here's a couple sandwiches if you get hungry and want to stop training, god forbid." She watched him scowl and sighed, "What?" "What if I don't want your crappy ningen sandwiches." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "Then get whatever you want on your own, I'm not a frigin' mind reader buddy." She started walking back to the door but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She turned to face Hiei and before she knew what was going on, he had her on the ground and he was on top, kissing her. His hands grabbed hers and he held them above her head. When he finally pulled back from the kiss, she was gasping for breath and he smirked, "Know what I want now, baka onna?" He dipped his face down, "You probably don't. You're a baka after all. I'll make myself clear." He whispered sedctively into her ear before he started to place kisses on her neck.
She could barely breathe, let alone think. She vaguely recalled that Bulma was waiting for her to come back, and would more than likely come get her if she took much longer. "Hiei…wait…stop, Bulma's…going to wonder what's taking…so long…" She said as best she could with the distraction of a horny fire demon kissing her neck hungrily. She heard him growl and continued to feel his soft lips on her skin until someone started hammering on the door. "Botan!? Are you still alive in there? We have plans to discus!"
He growled again and got off Botan so she could go stop her friend from just walking in. "Coming Bulma!" She bolted for the door without looking back and nearly collided with Bulma when she got outside. "L-let's go a little further away than the pool…" Was all she could manage to say, while trying to grasp what had just happened with Hiei. As soon as they had gotten inside the house, Botan collapsed to her knees. "I don't think it'll be as hard to seduce him as I originally thought it would."
Bulma gave her a questioning look until she noticed the slightly red splotches on her neck, "Oh well then that's good! Your planet should be quite safe then. After those warriors are taken care of." Botan blushed a bright red and coughed nervously, "Yes…well…I think he's a little TOO eager. I wish I could call Kurama and see if…Kurama!" Botan jumped up angrily with a pout on her face as she put two and two together, "Kurama KNEW this would happen! I bet he's the one who shoved Hiei through the trees when I was bathing too…when I get my hands on that jerk!"
Bulma bit back some giggles as Botan continued to pout about her friend tricking her. "Relax Botan. Obviously this means that the prophecy really did mean you. You're lucky anyway." Botan stopped pouting and looked at the other bluette in confusion, "How am I lucky?" "Because," Bulma sighed, "your guy looks at you. I've been trying to get Vegeta's attention for months already and nothing! The only thing he's worried about is killing Goku. Which is never going to happen." Botan sighed at Bulma's story, "Wow…that's sad he must be like blind or something."
The two girls talked for hours until the sun began to set and the clock chimed six times. "Uh oh…we should have started dinner an hour ago…we don't have time to make nearly enough food now." Botan shrugged and slouched down on the couch, "Maybe we could order pizza? Does his might highness Mr. prince-of-the-Saiyans like pizza?" She asked, hoping that they could order pizza. "He's never had it before. But it's our best option. We'll order five pizzas from about four different places and that should be enough…" As Bulma rushed off to order the pizzas, Botan let herself fall over on the couch.
Even though she wasn't going to get any technology from Bulma, she still felt over whelmed from all the new things she had heard. The thought of her crush; which she had given up on, on Hiei actually having a future with a high probability of happiness, was just too amazing for her to believe. Bulma walked back into the living room, pulling money out of her purse and setting it in four piles. "There, now we can keep relaxing until the food arrives. Of course, you'll have to bring Hiei his food, since he doesn't seem to want to come out of that gravity chamber."
The blue haired deity shot up at the mention of Hiei and groaned, "But what if he kisses me again?! I know we've been talking about what I should do for a while now, but I doubt you want us to have sex in that thing." Bulma frowned and nodded, "Right…I could give you that gravity chamber, and make a new one for Vegeta if his breaks." Botan shook her head with a sigh; "If we bring that thing back Koenma will want to use it to train body guards and such." Bulma frowned again and sighed, "I could give you a second capsule that holds a cabin…it would fit inside the gravity chamber."
Botan nodded, "That might work…although maybe I should just wait for a while before having sex with him…there's no harm in waiting." Yes she liked the stubborn demon, she almost loved him, but she didn't want to rush into anything yet. "Why wait? You're one of those marriage before sex people, aren't you." Botan squirmed in her seat and shrugged awkwardly, "Well…I'm of one of those never had sex before people…" Bulma gasped, "You're a virgin?! How old are you?" "Ummm 19…" "You are more than old enogh." "I-I d-don't know...it's so sudden..." Botan stuttered nervously. Bulma laughed.
"Well, I don't think you should wait. You're an adult, go for it!" Botan blushed at her friend's statement and was about to argue her side when the doorbell rang. "Oh pizza's here!" Bulma jumped up and ran to the door so Botan couldn't argue, and when she came back five minutes later, she had all twenty pizzas from the four different places. "Here's one pizza, take it out to Hiei, and eat it with him." She handed Botan one of the pizzas and pushed her towards Hiei's gravity chamber, handing her the second capsule as well.
Botan made her way towards the gravity chamber, feeling very nervous. She opened the door and walked in, surprised that it felt like the gravity level hadn't even changed. She made her way over to the table with the pizza, ignoring Hiei's eyes following her, and she glanced at the screen. 100X earth's gravity. There was no way she should have been still standing! 'Maybe it's because I'm a ferry girl?' She thought, shrugging off the odd situation.
"I brought pizza. Y'know, just in case you want to eat something that qualifies as food for dinner." She pulled a piece out of the box and took a bite, it wasn't too bad. Hiei stood there, watching her eat for a minute, puzzled by how she was acting so normal, like what happened earlier hadn't even happened. She had either accepted it or just wanted to deny it. He had been hoping that maybe she'd have been a little flustered by it, but nope.
He walked over to her, leaving his sword where he'd been standing, and removed the pizza box and empty plate from the table, surprising Botan. "Hiei…what are you do…" She was cut off when he pulled her head down so she was eye level with him. His eyes were swimming with emotions she hadn't known he was capable of feeling, love, need, desire…a few she didn't know. He climbed on top of the table, and positioned himself so he was straddling her. He brought his lips to hers hard and pushed her back on the table. The sensations running through her body just from his kiss almost made her forget about the cabin capsule in her hand.
He released her lips from his plundering of her body and grunted her name. "Botan…" She snapped back to reality when she heard her name and tightened her grip on the capsule in her hand. "Onna, can I love you?" He asked huskily as he began to kiss her neck much in the same fashion he had earlier. She could barely find the strength to speak as he made her shiver in pleasure, "Not…in here…" She used every bit of her still sane mind to press the button on the capsule and toss it into the center of the gravity chamber.
He stopped kissing her soft neck and looked at the small cabin that had appeared. "And just why do you have that, Botan?" She blushed under his gaze and mumbled "Bulma handed it to me and said I could have it…I forgot to leave it inside…" He chuckled at her and brought his face within an inch of hers, "Can I love you in there, Botan?" He asked sensually, relishing the shiver that ran over her body and knowing he had caused it.
She was starting to get second thoughts about this whole thing. Maybe they weren't ready for sex? It could ruin the whole relationship, 'What relationship? Him throwing insults at me, and always trying to scare and hurt me?' Her thoughts caused her shoulders to seize up and Hiei noted the sudden tension. "What's wrong onna?" She looked away from him and sighed, "Nothing…it's just…don't you think you're going a little fast?" She had to say it, it was just bothering her so much. The only way she'd let him continue is if he said three little words.
"No I don't." Three little words. But not the ones she had been praying to hear from him. She was about to sit up and push him off of her when he forced her to look him in the eyes and continued, "I know about the prophecy onna, and you've only got a week left." He climbed off of her and walked over to the cabin, pushed a button and it became a capsule again. He tossed it back to her and left the gravity chamber.
Alone. That's how she felt now. And stupid too, can't forget stupid. How did she think Hiei hadn't known the whole time? She should have realized when he first kissed her back at the hot spring. Was that why he was trying to make things go so fast? Did he not want to be the oppressive, self-centered ruler he was supposed to become? Did he want to bring great happiness to the three worlds? Or did he just want lustful satisfaction on top of becoming the evil and hating ruler?
Oh she was so beyond confused. She glanced at the gravity controls and stood up, maybe she should do what Hiei does to relax, train until she feels two thirds dead. She walked over and cranked the gravity up until it became strenuous for her to move. 600X earth's gravity. That's how strong it had to be before it restricted her movements, all because she wasn't fully human.
Without hesitating, she began to jab and kick at the air, knowing she was being sloppy but not truly caring.
Bulma watched from inside the house as Hiei walked out of the gravity chamber.
He pulled his communicator out of his pocket and called Kurama. The fox had better help this time. 'Hiei?' The fire demon snorted, "No it's Kuwabaka. Who the hell else would it be?!" Kurama groaned at his friend's tone, 'What's wrong now?' "The baka onna won't let me!" He didn't even have to ask what Hiei meant, 'And what do you think yelling at me is going to accomplish? You want me to go talk to her?' "Hn, yes. She seems to listen to you."
Kurama sighed and shut his communicator, what excuse could he use to leave this time? He didn't have time to think of an answer because his mother knocked on the door and entered with knowing smile on her face. "So that's what you've been doing. You're helping your short friend with his girlfriend? You could have just told me that, sweetie, I'd have understood." He looked at his mother and smiled in thanks, "Thank you mother. I promise this won't take long." He practically ran out of the house and headed back to the same alley he'd been using since his first trip there.
When he stepped through the portal he almost tripped from the excessive gravity. "Botan?!" She stopped her sloppy training and turned to face him, only no smile greeted him. She looked frustrated and confused, but not happy to see him. "What do you want?" She crossed her arms and sat down on the floor, a movement that he followed. "Hiei called me." She rolled her eyes, knowing what was coming next. "I thought you liked him Botan? He said you wouldn't umm…let him…" She scowled and tightened her arms, "Let him what? Fuck me? No I wouldn't."
She didn't even blush as she finished his sentence, although he did at her choice of words. "That's not how he put it, is it? He better not have said it like that, I told him to be nice!" She narrowed her eyes at her red headed friend and he gulped, "You told him to be nice? Is that what you've been doing this whole time? Pretending to care, then giving him tips on how to get me in bed?!" "I-well-no…I…" She stood up suddenly, grabbed his arm, dragged him over to the door and threw him out. He didn't land two feet away like she'd expected; instead he crashed into the same tree Hiei had chosen to sit in, brining him crashing to the ground.
"I hope that hurt you idiots!" She shouted before slamming the door shut. Bulma watched the whole thing unravel before her and she cursed inwardly. What the heck had happened? She ran outside to where the two guys were attempting to stand up, "What the heck happened? She was happy less then an hour ago! And where did you come from?" She asked, eyeing the red haired man whom she had definitely not seen before. "I'm Kurama." "Oh you're the friend from Makai that she was ticked at earlier because she figured out you were behind everything. Maybe she'd mad because you're here."
She was about to head into the gravity chamber when Kurama stopped her, "Wait…um, would you be willing to help us out? I've been trying to convince Botan to tell Hiei her feelings, but I don't think she's listening because I'm not a girl…could you maybe talk to her for us?" Bulma sighed at the hopeless guys; "All men are incompetent and blind, aren't they? I'll tell you what, Hiei agrees to teach her how to fight and things will get better from there. Deal?"
Kurama nodded before Hiei even had time to process what he had to do, "Of course he'll do that." She walked off to the gravity chamber and knocked an the door, "Who's there?!" "It's Bulma!" The door opened and Botan skipped out happily, "Hello Bulma, how is your evening going?" Bulma sighed and shrugged, "Aside from the ninnies on my lawn, fine. Can I ask how yours went?" Botan shrugged, "Fine until Hiei told me he already knew about the prophecy. Now I don't know if he's trying to fuck me because he doesn't want to be evil, or because he wants to do it before he becomes evil and can force me to be his sex toy."
Bulma's eyes widened as Botan spoke, "He KNOWS? And he fricking told you? What is he, stupid?! And what about you?!" She took a deep breath, "You turned him down because you're not sure?! Sex is sex girl; you should try it sometime. It's fun. And you'd better not be too tired because Hiei agreed to train you and you've got a good two hours before I come fetch you because I have to set up spare room for you ." Bulma walked off towards the boys before Botan could say anything. Surprisingly enough that calmed her down enough to think clearly and discover that Bulma was right.
Bulma walked over to the boys grinning. "There you go. Hiei I'd suggest you hurry your ass over there if you want to spend time with her. Just, no sex tonight buddy; a woman's advice can only work so many times on the same subject." She walked back into the house and shut the door, leaving Hiei and Kurama with a blush on their cheeks. "Do all girls have to be so blunt?" They stood there for a moment until they noticed the gravity chamber was still open, "Hiei get in there! And remember no umm…sex…" Kurama pushed his friend towards the gravity chamber.
Hiei walked grudgingly over the ground until he reached the gravity chamber where Botan was leaning against the door, scowling at him. "No funny business buddy." He shrugged and walked into the gravity chamber, just about falling on his hands and knees from the weight of the gravity. "How high do you have this thing set baka onna?!" He asked with frustration as he tried to right himself. "600X earth's gravity. Why, not strong enough for it big boy?" She skipped over to the table, which once again had the pizza box sitting on it, and began to eat a slice of pizza while watching Hiei struggle with the gravity.
That's how Bulma found them two hours later. Botan was eating pizza and Hiei was struggling to move. Bulma wisely chose to wait outside until she figured out why he was trying to push himself off the floor. "Botan! Did you kick him in the nuts?" Botan turned her attention from Hiei to Bulma, grinning she jumped off the table and walked over to her friend, "Nah. I just set the gravity really, really high. My people are accustomed to great amounts of gravity, his aren't. It's great entertainment to see him struggling to stand up though."
Bulma groaned and cradled her head in her hands, "Botan…you were supposed be learning how to fight, not torturing him. I feel much less guilty about giving you the guestroom with one bed now. I hope you two enjoy it." Hiei looked up at the two girls in time to see Botan groan in defeat. "Bulma! It had better be a BIG bed…" "Mmmm…sorry, it's only a single." Botan's jaw nearly hit the floor at her friend's boldness, "But there's two of us! How the hell will we fit on a single?!"
Bulma smiled sweetly at her friend, "Well somebody's gonna have to be on top. You'd better choose quickly, it's time for bed. Now help him out of there." Botan walked over to Hiei scowling again and pulled him to his feet and out of the gravity chamber. As soon as he could stand properly again he growled at her, "Baka onna! You're lucky I don't kill you for that!" She rolled her eyes and scoffed at him, "Lead the way Bulma. I want to get some sleep."
Sighing at her difficult friend, Bulma led the way into the house and towards the guestroom she'd prepared. It was not a single bed. It was a double. "Ok I lied, it's a double. But it'll still be pretty cramped if you two drag your ego's to bed with you." Botan sighed as Bulma left the room, shutting the door behind her. Hiei turned to her and she shivered at the look in his eyes, but it was a different kind of shiver then from before. It was a shiver of guilt. Bulma's words earlier were still swarming in her mind as she and Hiei both stood there, staring at each other.
And what about you?! You turned him down because you're not sure?! Sex is sex girl; you should try it sometime. It's fun.
She was pulled from her thoughts when Hiei started walking towards her, for a moment she thought he was going to walk right by, but he stopped in front of her. "Onna, Botan…I…" She decided she had to tell him what she'd figured. "Hiei…I like you, lots, it might be love I don't know…but I don't think I'm ready for sex just yet." He was taken aback by her words, and forgot to finish what he was about to say. He pulled her into a warm embrace, burying his head in the crook of her neck, "You may be uncertain Botan, but I know I love you."He felt a sharp tug at his heart as she pulled out the embrace, but it only lasted until she leaned down and kissed him. He felt like his lips were on fire, and vaguely he wondered if this is what she had felt when he had kissed her before. It was like an odd sense, one that you only got when you didn't initiate or expect the kiss. She pulled back from the kiss and walked over to the bed, she didn't realize until she got to it that what she was wearing would be a bad choice to sleep in. But she didn't have much else to chose from.
She saw Hiei take off his shirt and pants, leaving only boxers, and decided she should probably do the same or else she'd wake up with bruises. She felt Hiei's eyes on her as she removed her shorts and decided to just keep on the T-shirt. She pulled back the covers on the bed and pushed herself as close to the far side of the bed as she could, leaving Hiei just barely enough room to lay down. The bed may not have been a single, but it was just like a child's double. It could have held two children comfortably, but not two adults.
They shifted around, trying to get more comfortable until they both fell off the bed. "This bed's too small…how are we both supposed to sleep on it?" Botan grumbled as she stood up then flopped herself down on the bed. "If I lay on top a bit, we could fit, Botan." She gave him a wary look and sighed, "Fine…whatever…just hurry it up because I'm tired." He climbed onto the bed, arranging himself so the left half of his body was draped over her. He pulled the covers over them and they went to sleep.
Somehow during the night, their positions had changed slightly, and Botan had turned towards him, her lips resting at the crook of his neck, her arms were wrapped around his neck and her legs had intertwined with his. Hiei's face was buried in her hair, his lips resting on her ear softly, and his arms wrapped tightly around her waist. Bulma knocked on the door, having come to fetch them for breakfast, and entered when she heard no reply. When she saw their positions, she ran and grabbed a camera, praying they wouldn't move. She got back with the camera and grinned, they hadn't moved an inch. She snapped a few shots until Hiei's eyes started to open, and he shifted so the sun wasn't shining on his eyes.
Bulma hid the camera quickly and cleared her throat; "Lunch is ready if you two ever want to get out of bed today." She lied, hoping for him to do something. "Go away…sleeping…" He yawned and closed his eyes, burying his face into Botan's neck affectionately. Bulma sighed and left the room. Maybe he just needed to let her words sink in.
Botan felt something warm pressing against her entire body, and warm air fanning her neck. She opened her mauve eyes and all she could see was skin and a little bit of black hair. 'What the hell? Is that Hiei? I didn't know he was so warm…or so soft…" She tried to sit up, but felt a great deal of weight holding her down. She looked down and saw that Hiei was practically lying on top of her. Oddly enough, this felt right to her, having him so close, and feeling his breath on her neck was adding onto the reactions her body was having because of his close proximity.
She shifted nervously, trying to get out of his arms before he woke up. She remained unsuccessful, and he continued to pull her closer. She didn't even know he was already awake. Hiei was getting annoyed at her attempts to pull herself out of his arms and he growled softly, shifting his arms so she was pressed flat against him. "Botan stop moving, I'm trying to sleep." He murmured directly into her ear, sending more of those delicious shivers down her body.
Botan didn't know if he was being affected in the same way she was, by the closeness, but she was worried if she didn't move now she might start something. She tried to wiggle out of his arms, "I need to use the umm washroom…?" She panted slightly as she spoke, making him open his eyes. He could hear it in her voice; she liked being this close, and her body wants more of it. He smirked at her and she groaned to herself, "No you don't. You just can't handle being so close, and wanting more." He tightened his grip and she fell against him completely. "It's okay to want more Botan." He whispered before crashing his lips to hers.
She was so taken aback that he'd realized her idea of getting away that she didn't realize his hands were sliding down her back, heading to cup her butt. She felt his tongue on her lower lip and was about to refuse to open her mouth when his hands found her butt. He gave a light squeeze and she gasped, giving him entrance into her mouth. His tongue gently explored every crevasse, and danced with her tongue. She completely lost herself in the kiss and began to respond to it. She had totally forgotten her resolve from last night.
When he finally released her mouth from his plundering kiss she was gasping for breath. "Ready for more, Botan?" She couldn't say anything, her voice had up and left with her resolve. She didn't know whether or not this was right, but she knew she didn't care. She opened her mouth trying to say yes, to tell him to keep going, but the words kept dying in her throat, so she grabbed his head and pulled him back to her lips, hoping he'd take that as a 'yes'. He watched her attempt to say something, and smirked when she pulled him back down to her face instead. He stopped letting her pull him towards her mouth about two inches from her lips, wanting to make her come the rest of the way.
She tried to bring his face closer, but he wasn't letting her. She figured this was payback for the gravity chamber last night, so she fought to find her voice. Before she could say anything, Hiei lost his patience in waiting for her to move and kissed her. As he moved his lips gently on hers, he let his hands travel to the bottom of her shirt, which was crumpled against her stomach, and pulled it up slowly. He was afraid that if he made any quick movements she might freak out and leave.
Botan stayed still as he removed her shirt, and in the back of her mind she panicked. She panicked because she didn't want to stop him, she didn't want to cover her body desperately, and she wanted sex. He stopped after he removed her shirt, and he sat up. He could feel her muscles tense up as he removed the shirt and the last thing he wanted to do was a rape her. Botan locked eyes with him when he sat up, and she was afraid he might be leaving, so she grabbed his hands and tried to pull him back down.
He was shocked by her actions to say the least, and nearly lost his balance, but managed to catch himself before he crushed her. He smirked as a blush stained her face and placed a chaste kiss on her lips before getting up and leaving the room. Now that was payback.
Botan watched him leave and felt her heart break a little. He didn't want her? Was she inadequit in his eyes? She fought back a couple tears and put her shirt and shorts back on before climbing out of the bed and heading out the door, towards the kitchen. As soon as she stepped through the doorway she regretted it. Bulma was sitting on the counter, and Vegeta…well, he wasn't acting too royal. Botan ran from the room as quickly as she could, trying to get the image out of her mind; Bulma making out with Vegeta. Not what she wanted to see after Hiei just rejected her. 'Stupid prick head. Who fucking cares if he has the fate of the three worlds in his hands? I'll die before I let him touch me again.' She thought bitterly to herself.
Despite how much she was enjoying the kiss, Bulma pulled away from Vegeta when she spotted Botan make her distraut(sp?) exit from the kitchen. Vegeta smirked at her and left to do some training in his gravity room. Bulma jumped off the counter and went to find Botan; she had a feeling something had gone wrong with Hiei. She found Botan sitting in the hallway with her back pressed against a wall, staring blankly at the carpet. "Botan? What's wrong?" The blue haired deity glanced up at her fellow bluette and sighed. "H-he rejected me…he…we…we were going to…and then he just got up and left. I didn't say anything mean, we didn't argue…he just kissed me, stood up and left!" Bulma sighed and sat down beside her friend. "Well…I guess demons are very similar to saiyans. Vegeta does the same from time to time. Like just now in the kitchen…"
Botan nodded and rested her face in her hands, "What am I going to do now Bulma?" Her voice was muffled but Bulma heard it clearly, "Why go shopping of course. We have the best mall here for clothes and stuff." Botan raised her head out of her hands and smiled weakly. "Maybe my card will work here." She pulled the small gold card out of an inside pocket in her shirt and handed it to Bulma, who checked it over and nodded. "It just may…Now c'mon. Those boys won't know what's hit them when they see us later." Bulma pulled Botan up and out of the house.
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Roughly six hours later, both the girls stumbled in the front door, slightly drunk, and carrying about fifty bags each. Vegeta and Hiei had been waiting in the kitchen for over an hour, wondering where the hell the girls had gone to. Botan dropped all her bags and started giggling, "Oh man, Koenma is going to kill me when he sees the bill for my card!" Bulma started laughing with her friend, "I bet he will! And where did you put all that liquor? You drank soooo much!" The two boys heard the ruckus and made their way towards the entrance hall, and the giggling girls.
"Baka onna where the bloody hell have you been! The baka toddler called an hour ago!" Botan blinked stupidly and pointed a finger at Hiei, "I was having fun…y-you jerk…Hah I don't care if-if Koenma called! I quit!" She grabbed her bags and pushed her way past Hiei, attempting to find her way to the small room she had been in last night. "Botan! Wait up!" Bulma called out, following her friend down the hall. Hiei and Vegeta exchanged a look, they had figured out that they had much in common…including power levels. And certain interests in their respective blue haired women. It's amazing what one annoying saiyan and one telepathic demon could find out about each other; while attempting to kill one another.
Botan and Bulma made it into the room that Botan and Hiei had shared, and burst into very sober laughter. "Nice acting there Botan. Very convincing." Botan winked and dropped the bags on the floor, "Hey, a girls gotta be convincing sometimes. I wonder how long I can pull it off." Bulma rolled her eyes, "Probably only until you try to drag him onto the bed."
Botan nodded, remembering the plan she and Bulma had cooked up, "Well…at least you have to try and drag your princy boy to bed too. So I may not be the only one who looks like a fool tonight." The girls extracted two identical bags from their mass of purchases and grinned at each other. This was going to be fun. They heard footsteps coming down the hall and regained their drunken stature just before Hiei and Vegeta entered the room scowling.
"Oh Veggie-head, who pissed in your Cornflakes-smile or you'll die young!" Bulma said tauntingly. She already knew exactly why he was pissed; he hadn't eaten since breakfast and with that saiyan appetite of his, he was bound to be half starved to death. Botan rolled her eyes at Hiei's scowl. "Youkai. Your type never smiles. You must be related to the saiyans." "Just shut up and go make food you incompetent onna's." Vegeta bit out, making both girls flinch. As soon as he and Hiei left the room, Botan raised an eyebrow at Bulma and asked, "Are you sure you want THAT man? Surely there must be better men here on earth?" Bulma shook her head, "He's as good as they get; besides he's not even from earth, he's from Vegetsai."
Shrugging Botan left the room, with Bulma following close behind, and they made their way to the kitchen to cook something for the ever so temperamental boys. "Botan; are you sure you want that demon?" The deity spun around and looked at Bulma shocked, "Well I don't get much of a choice now do I? It's pretty much do or die for me." Bulma nodded, "I suppose it is. Then the question I should ask you I guess, is, would you rather die a virgin, or save countless lives? Selfish versus selfless."
Hiei and Vegeta had been listening to the conversation between the girls since they had left the bedroom. To be honest, Vegeta was surprised Bulma didn't really seem to hate him. And Hiei, well, he hadn't known Botan was a virgin; nor had he known that the prophecy really affected her decision so much. Being the conceited male he was, he'd always just assumed she was madly in love with him, just waiting to be graced with his attention or touch.
Botan sighed, "Well, I think it's probably going to turn out that I die a virgin as I'm not letting that baka touch my body again. He's had his chance." They heard an irritated growl and a burst of deep, dark laughter from the living room and went bright red. It hadn't occurred to either of them that the boys might be listening. Botan groaned and smacked her forehead with her palm just as Hiei burst into the kitchen angrily. "Baka ferry onna! You should be pinning for me! You're a filthy weakling, and yet I allow you the privilege of touching my body!" He wasn't sure where that all came from, but when he heard her say he'd lost his chance at her, he just snapped and something feral took over.
Bulma watched, shocked, as Botan glared angrily at Hiei, "Well excuse ME for not fawning over your body you jack ass. Just because you're stronger than me doesn't mean I want you! If it weren't for the fucking prophecy I'd have let Koenma send Yusuke to kill you!" She screamed and shoved him out of her personal space before stomping out of the kitchen. Bulma was having an odd sense of de-ja-vu; it was just like watching herself fight with Vegeta. Pathetic. She ran out after her friend and decided in her mind maybe Botan was right. Men like that weren't worth it.
Botan had made it all the way to the gravity chambers outside when Bulma caught up with her. "He had no right to talk down to you like that." She said softly, and Botan growled, "Damn right he didn't. I don't know why I ever liked that jerk. He only ever insults me." Bulma nodded in agreement, "Vegeta is the same way. I bet we could find way better men. I suppose Krillin isn't so bad…and Yamcha's taken a shine to you…all you have to do is put blinders on him so he can't see other women…" Both girls nodded together, and sat in silence for a moment before sobbing. "But I don't want a yes-man!" They both shouted at the same time, and held onto each other as they wailed.
End of chapter four.
The spelling and grammar should be pretty good. Every time I went to add onto this fic (in total, it's 48 pages long) I read what I already had and fixed any mistakes. R&R
You'd better really like this chapter. It's given me HELL just trying to POST IT! Stupid internet!