For Love : For a Flash
A/N: Hey dudes! I'm gonna work really hard on this chapter! Woot! This chapter... I don't know what it's going to be like yet... so just Read and Review! Peace out and don't forget to keep on loving!
I
Hiei saw the powerful sphere of spirit energy. For a flash, he couldn't breath. He couldn't think. He couldn't feel. But only for a flash. He felt a pain in his heart as Botan cringed behind him. The Koorime felt so many whirling emotions at once that he thought that he was going to die.
He felt the familiar throb of loathing. Loathing Enma and his ignorance. Loathing Koenma for siding with him. And there was love there too. A fierce feeling that he had never experienced before. He wanted to keep this life he had accepted. He wanted to stay calm and loved. He wanted Botan to live. He wanted his child to live. He wanted to be a Father.
The truth hit him like a brick wall on wheels.
I... I'm going to be a Father! Hiei never stopped staring into the eyes of Koenma. He saw him. He saw the sphere of death that was going to be directed at him and his mate. His mate and his child. And yet... Hiei felt himself drifting off.
II
(Six months before the first chapter)
It had been a colder night. Botan's power had gone out, and Hiei was there. She was crying. To this day, this exact moment, he still remembered how she was laughing at herself as she cried, mocking her tears. Belittling herself.
"Sorry, I'm not usually like this." A chuckle and sniff as she wiped her pink eyes. "I was just scared for a minute that's all..."
She was used to him being quiet. He had never been much of a talker, anyone could tell you that. But he was there for her now. He had a reason to... exist... now. Botan was his reason. He draped his cloak over her and sat down next to her, snapping his fingers and starting a fire in the fireplace.
"Onna." She didn't say anything. "Botan." She looked at him and he averted her eyes. Those beautiful eyes. "Don't cry over the dark."
"But I... I don't like the dark."
He snorted and she giggled with him, a good sign. The demon looked into the fire, the swirling flames and crackling sparks. He used to know flames very well. He used to know their smell and their power. Their destruction.
"Baka onna. There are bigger and far worse things out there other than the dark that you could worry about."
There was a silence and for a few minutes, all that could be heard was the soft whispers of the fire. Botan had stopped crying. Hiei never looked at her, he just continued to stare straight ahead into the flames.
"You..." Hiei's ears pricked and he glanced at her. "You..." Now he was fully turned and he saw her smiling a bit. "You big softie!" She threw her arms around him, dragging them both down to the floor. "Thanks, Hiei!"
Hiei squirmed as he tried to maneuver his way out from under her. She slid off of him, but her arms were still on him. He saw his cloak was slipping from her shoulders and he caught it.
And that was when it happened.
In that moment, something happened to the two of them. Their eyes locked, and this time Hiei didn't look away. He couldn't look away. She was smiling, but it started to fade away. But the happiness was not gone. Nope. No way in the Three Worlds was it gone.
Hiei wasn't sure why he wove his fingers through her hair. She closed her eyes as he gently touched the side of her face. She shivered and sighed, and Hiei would have said that she sounded like she was daydreaming.
Don't take this situation the wrong way, please. The two, who now considered themselves a couple, had been this close before, mind you. It's just that... this was different. So... awesomely different.
He leaned forward, his short height obsolete now that they were both laying down, and covered her lips with his own. He heard a slight moan escape her when he nibbled playfully on her bottom lip. This made him smirk and pull back.
"You don't seem so scared of the dark anymore, onna."
Her eyes flickered open and a mock anger flared in them. She grabbed his shirt.
"Hey, all you did was distract me! I'm st–"
He kissed her again and she responded this time. She was so sweet. So pure. So... innocent.
That night... they fell asleep in front of the fire. No sex. No mating. Not yet. Just innocent and basic sleep. He kept her warm with his body heat and cloak. Hiei remembered how she murmured in her sleep, her lips tickling him under his shirt. He remembered how her hair was so soft and smooth. How her face was so angelic that he almost thought she was an angel when he woke up.
He tried to untangle himself from her without waking her... but he failed. Miserably. Her tiny fists clenched his shirt and she groaned at the light slicing through the window and her moving heat source.
"No... Hiei... you're so warm..." The Koorime smiled faintly as she opened her eyes. She rubbed at her eyes and sat up with him. "What time is it...?" Hiei didn't answer as she looked at a slim watch that was on her wrist. "Oh no! I have to go to work today!"
Hiei dusted himself off as Botan ran around her apartment, tossing on her kimono over her thin pajamas. He looked at the fire, which was still burning. He opened his hands, and the flame came to it. With a grab, the fire was gone.
"Hn. Doesn't the brat let you come in late?"
Botan was trying to brush her teeth and comb her hair at the same time.
"No! Ferrying souls cannot be put off even for five minutes!"
Hiei rolled his eyes, crossing his arms as Botan scrambled about.
"Brat..."
He suddenly snapped back to attention. Botan was close to him. Very close. The fire demon felt his cheeks turn a bit pink. She smiled and winked at him.
"Bye, see you later."
And with a quick kiss, one that would leave you whirling, she was gone. And Hiei knew it was hopeless. Hiei Jaganshi was utterly doomed, for he was in love with the perky, bubbly, annoying, spontaneous, and perfect ferry girl.
III
(Present)
Botan shuddered against her mate. The Father of her child as she watched her boss, her best friend, holding their death sentence in his hands. She closed her eyes an whimpered. She didn't want to die. Not now! I'm going to be a Mother... me... a Mother!
Behind her closed eyelids, she saw a child running in front of her. She saw Hiei smiling at her, his arm around her waist. She pulled herself closer to her mate, holding him tightly.
"Hiei...?"
The demon flinched a bit but relaxed. For her and her alone.
"What is it, Botan?"
Botan let some tears fall from her eyes.
"I love you."
And all went white.
IV
Kill it! KILL THE CHILD! Koenma panted as he heard his Father's voice in his head. But his voice was not alone. Brat... you know what love is like. Don't you end mine. Hiei was talking to him... wasn't he? Or was it all in the Prince's head?
It HAS to die! DO IT! Koenma let out a choked cry and almost dropped the enormous amount of spirit energy. Please... sir, please... it's my baby. The Prince panted. The end of EVERYTHING Koenma! EVERYTHING! Destroy it! His hands started to shake, his eyes flickering back and forth. Please... I love him and my child sir... please... God...
"SHUT UP!" Koenma knew he said it out loud and that he probably seemed crazy. "STOP IT! PLEASE!"
And all the spirit energy was released, a sob and cry of anguish exiting from the Prince's mouth.
V
(Four months before the first chapter)
Botan laughed, her face turning a lush shade of pink as Keiko told a joke about Yusuke. And yet, as she looked out the window into the night, she felt like a part of her was empty. She had been at a party, and she left. It was snowing out, and she walked down the sidewalk, alone. The ferry girl marveled at the snowflakes that whirled down.
Until she felt lips whisper against her neck. A very, very soft bite. Botan felt herself lean back into the short demon.
"Hiei..."
She felt a smirk pressing into the back of her neck. She almost lost her footing.
"Baka onna." He inhaled her sweet scent. "You shouldn't stay out in the cold for so long."
Botan caught his lips, and he licked them, coaxing them open. She moaned, and broke the kiss, panting a bit.
"Then why don't you warm me up?"
The ferry girl squeaked when she was taken into Hiei's arms. She saw a glint in his eyes as he raised an eyebrow suggestively. Botan blushed, and she heard Hiei smirk at her reddening face.
"Hn. I can do that."
Botan felt her head spin as she was rushed to her apartment. The two slipped through the window, and Botan found herself on the bed. Hiei growled and took her wrists into his hands, his claws tickling her skin. He found her neck and attacked it with his lips.
"Hiei... ah, Hiei!" His hands skimmed down to her top, and he cut it off, leaving her in her skirt and bra. "Hiei..."
Botan writhed as he touched her breast. It wasn't lecherous, but almost shy but sure and confident. He stopped, and he froze. It seems that the great Hiei Jaganshi had lost control. Botan was trembling, and she wasn't sure if she was frightened or just... anticipating his next move.
"Onna." Botan was having trouble gathering her senses. "Botan!"
She blinked and looked into his eyes, dazed.
"Huh?"
Hiei looked at her, and saw that she was pinned under him. Shirt off, face flushed. And she was trembling. Her eyes were cloudy and her chest rose and fell as the silence grew.
"I-I'm sorry. Did I hurt you? Are you alright?"
Botan had never heard Hiei so... so... concerned and angry before. The fire in his eyes was burning with self-hatred and lust. He was waiting for an answer.
"No... no... it's just..."
Hiei's eyes bored into her's.
"Tell me, onna."
The ferry girl leaned up and kissed him chastely on the lips.
"Do we have to... go... all the way?"
Hiei sighed, and he smiled a bit.
"No."
Botan bit her lip.
"You don't mind? I mean–"
She suddenly found Hiei pressing into her, his eyes blazing with rage.
"No! It's fine!" He looked away, his cheeks turning red. "I would... never... take advantage of you, onna. And never, ever, make you mine without your consent."
Botan smiled so lovingly at him that she thought she was going to melt. Then she smiled a bit mischievously.
"You know..." Hiei looked at her. "This doesn't mean we can't have any fun."
Hiei found himself kissing the most beautiful woman in the Three Worlds. He was frozen, but only for a moment. His mind was reeling. Botan trusted him, really and truly trusted him. He sighed into her mouth as he made sure to make the onna... his onna moan and gasp as much as he could.
(Later...)
"Onna?"
Botan sighed, bra still on and skirt a bit off center, but she was under the covers. Hiei had her in his arms. He wasn't about to let her go. Never.
"Yes, Hiei?"
The demon chuckled at her overly cheery voice.
"Don't you have work?"
Botan frowned and groaned as she snuggled closer to the fire demon.
"I really don't care right now."
Hiei laughed. He actually laughed.
"Really? It seems I'm a bad influence to you, onna."
Botan rolled her eyes and kissed him on the cheek.
"Yeah, you are! I'm going to get used to sleeping next to someone!"
Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"That's not really a negative..."
He kissed her forehead. Botan smiled against his chest.
"Nope..."
The reason that Botan remembered that day was that Hiei stopped. For her. He didn't mind. He was angry when she suggested changing. And that was when Botan knew that she loved Hiei Jaganshi. She really did.
And she hoped that he felt the same way.
VI
Mukuro was the first one who stood up. She blinked, rubbing her eyes hard. That was when she looked frantically around. Where was Hiei? Where was the blue haired onna, Botan? The demon wobbled as she walked over to two bodies.
There lay Hiei and Botan, the onna embracing him from behind. The demon stared down at them, and for a moment, she didn't do anything. But she sank to her knees and brushed the blue hair back so that the onna's neck was exposed.
A large bite mark was there. The demon almost averted her eyes. A demon's mark was a very personal matter. She moved her fingers lower, and she closed her eyes.
Please...
Cold skin.
Please...
A heart of gold.
Please...
A child. A child that held the potential to be a great and powerful being.
Please...
And there it was.
A pulse. Mukuro almost smiled. Botan had a pulse. She was alive! The baby was alive! She was going to be okay. Moving quickly, she touched Hiei.
He was ALIVE!
The demon sat on the ground. Relief spread throughout her body. Thank Kami...
White spots were still flickering in and out of the demon's eyes. She looked up and a curious notion occurred to her. If Koenma didn't strike Hiei and Botan, then who did he attack?
VII
Ugh... fuck. What the hell happened? Yusuke groaned as he moved his leg under him. He saw that Kurama was coming back to the land of the living. The detective saw Mukuro siting by Hiei and Botan. Shaking himself, Yusuke was up and ready.
"Mukuro?" The woman turned to look at him. "Are they... dead?"
And for the first time for Yusuke, the demon smiled.
"No. They're alive."
The detective let out a whoop.
"Ye-AH! That's right!"
Hiei growled and flexed his arms. Kurama picked up Kuwabara wordlessly. Koenma was panting on the ground, tears falling from his eyes. His pacifier was gone. Dark circles were under his eyes and he looked like he was about to vomit, his face turning a bit green.
Ayame was saying "Oh Kami" over and over again. George was sobbing, holding onto Ayame. Botan blinked and took a deep breath in the form of a gasp of life.
"I'm... alive."
And all heads turned when a low, low groan was heard. Sputtering. Moaning. Pain. It all drifted in the stale and burning air. On the ground, lay Enma.
He held his stomach, and blood poured out from his fingers. But this was different from when Hiei stabbed him. This was... this was effecting him.
"Koenma... what did you do to me?"
The Prince was shuddering and was on the verge of hyperventilating. His eyes were leaking pools of water as mucus dripped from his nose. His hands shook as they squeezed rocks and dirt on the ground.
"I-I made y-you... m-m-mortal." Koenma gazed into Yusuke's eyes, and then to Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Mukuro. "It's up to you." He sobbed. "Y-you have the power." He gagged. "Please... you know what to do."
And the Prince fainted.
Enma stood, and sent a glare of hatred to his son. He looked into the smoldering eyes of Hiei, the piercing glares of Yusuke and Kuwabara, the stony rage of Kurama, and the silence of Mukuro.
The wind blew. Dust kicked up and Botan moved backwards. They all knew that it was about to begin. The beginning of the end. The ferry girl sniffed as she rubbed her arms.
Yusuke cracked his knuckles. Hiei let his demonic blood overflow. Kurama summoned Yoko. Kuwabara pulled out his Spirit Sword. They were the Rekai Tentei. Botan knew that they had beaten all obstacles before. They had stopped the end of the world on multiple occasions. But this wasn't the end of the world.
It was the end of love. The end of a family.
And the battle was about to begin. Botan gasped as the baby kicked, and her eyes hardened as she looked at Enma. The battle as already begun.
VIII
A/N: Review. Please. Um, I worked hard, and if you flag this for "sexual content" well... I can't stop you. It was just a flashback. Chill out lol! Okay, so R&R and watch Little Miss Sunshine! It's amazing, and totally worth it! Hope you liked the chapter, and please Review! I would love it if you did!
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