Chapter 6

Kurama woke up with Botan in his arms and sighed. He had thought it was a dream. He never thought he would actually have her in his arms. He still couldn't believe she had come to him. What now? He knew she was hiding things from them all. He knew he wanted her as his mate if she would accept. First things first he needed to get the truth out of her. The rest he would worry about later. Sighing he knew he had to get up and make some calls. He needed some breakfast and to take a shower. He slowly lifted her onto a pillow and lightly put her down. He didn't want to wake her up. She was resting so well and looked so content. He slid out of bed quietly and grabbed his clothes to change into. He headed for the shower making as little noise as possible. He hated to admit it but he needed her to stay asleep a little while longer so he could make some calls without her knowing.

Botan vaguely remembered the shower turning on and reaching for Kurama. She had opened her eyes, saw he was gone and fell back asleep. Botan opened her eyes for good and rolled over to see it was 11 am. She hadn't slept that good or that long in so long. She sat up and looked around for her clothes. She remembered the night before and felt her face get red. She didn't regret anything. She had loved him since she met him and she couldn't be happier. Getting out of bed she decided to get a shower and headed to the bathroom. Turning on the water full blast she stepped in and sighed contently. She could get used to this. Her smile turned to a frown when she realized she needed to tell him everything. Now that she had been attacked everything had changed. She just hoped they all would understand.

Kurama downstairs heard the shower come on and ended the phone call he was on. He had got the latest news and wasn't happy with what he heard. They had gone through Botan's apartment in spirit world and found some disturbing things. Koenma left it up to Kurama to find out what was going on and told only Kurama. He got up and made a cup of coffee. Sitting back down he thought of all the things they had found. Why would she hide this from them? Kurama glanced up as he heard her coming down the stairs. He would get answers sooner or later.

Botan made her way down stairs and walked into the kitchen. Kurama looked at her with a quick flash of lust. She couldn't help but smile.

"Good morning."

"good morning. How did you sleep?"

Kurama smiled as she looked away and blushed.

"I slept fine thanks to you."

"I'm glad. Would you like some coffee or some brunch?"

"No thanks. Coffee sounds good though. Cream and sugar."

Kurama got up and got her coffee ready. He could sense she was nervous under that smile. Could it be from the events of last night?

"Botan I need to say something. Last night I wasn't trying to come off forceful. I have had feelings for some time now but never acted on them. You need to know I don't take lovers on a whim and I never have. I have always chosen for long term."

Botan saw him struggling to explain and realized what he was trying to say.

"Kurama I have loved you for some time and I would like nothing more than to be yours forever. You didn't force me. I just went for what I wanted and I don't regret it."

Kurama felt a burden of guilt lifted off but knew sooner or later he would want to make her his official mate. He just hoped she still felt the same when the time came.

"I'm glad you said that."

Kurama sat her coffee cup down and she sipped it.

"Kurama there is something I need to tell you. I have been keeping things from you guys. I didn't do it to be mean. I didn't take it serious. I thought it was a low level demon playing tricks. "

Kurama set his coffee cup down and took her hand.

"No one will be upset with you. I just wish you would have told us all what was going on sooner."

Botan took a breath and steadied herself.

"When the demon world revolts started 3 months ago things were so chaotic. Well I ferried a soul over about 2 weeks after the revolt began. The spirits usually don't say much but this one said something disturbing to me. It was the spirit of an old woman who had been murdered. She said that she was told to give the Ferrier a message: To tell all my friends to back down or something bad could happen. I took it as a trick. Then more and more of them had messages. They got more threatening each time. They started to mention all of your names. Then I was out in human world walking around and someone knocked me over. I could sense it was a demon in disguise. I had a few times where I sensed I was being followed and no one was behind me or I would see someone slip into the shadows. The truth is the person who attacked me was Karasu. I said a demon I didn't know because I was afraid. He left me a message before he left. He said: Tell Kurama This is his present. I left you alive this time but next time he can see you laying there dead. I broke down, he seemed to zero in on you allot lately. I received notes and things too but I still didn't want to burden you guys with it since you had so much else going on."

Kurama's hands had tightened around hers. He felt his anger rising. He should have known Karasu was behind it. They had been enemies since he could remember.

"Botan, You should have come to me sooner. You shouldn't worry though I will personally take care of this matter. I will set up a meeting with the rest of the gang and we will take care of this. I will rip him to pieces like I should have a long time ago. He should know better than to mess with what's mine."

Botan shuddered as his voice dropped lower and his eyes flashed yellow.