The next morning Botan woke up to find that Yusuke had left for school. She sat on the couch and started to doze off.
"Hn, you shouldn't sleep with the door opened. Anyone could walk in, you know." She heard a familiar voice say.
She jumped in fright.
"Hiei, you startled me!" she said, with a sigh.
"The detective asked me to guard you for the day, sorry." He said, sitting by the window.
"That's okay, I don't mind." She said with a smile.
Meanwhile at school Yusuke and Kuwabara sat on the roof. Kuwabara was talking about something unimportant and Yusuke was busy daydreaming about his kiss last night.
"Urameshi, are you even listening to me?" Kuwabara asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
"What?" Yusuke asked.
"Urameshi, I swear you've been spacing out all day. What are you on and where do I get some?" Kuwabara joked.
"It's not that. I just can't stop thinking about her. I can't get her out of my head!" Yusuke replied, slapping his forehead.
"Who? Keiko?" Kuwabara asked.
"No, Botan! Ever since we kissed last night I've been having these weird feelings and it's freaking me out." Yusuke said.
"What! You and Botan kissed? What about Keiko?" Kuwabara asked.
"Focus, Kuwabara! Why can't I get her out of my head?" Yusuke asked.
"Simple, you're in L-O-V-E, love. And there's nothing you can do to stop it." Kuwabara chuckled.
Suddenly, Hiei came running up to them.
"You need to come home, now. Something is wrong with the ferry girl." He said.
With that the three boys ran to the apartment.
They got to the apartment in record time, with Yusuke in the lead. He sensed a massive amount of energy coming from inside his room and stopped in his tracks.
"She's in there, you can sense it can't you Detective?" Hiei asked.
Yusuke ran inside the room to see Botan, drenched in sweat, muttering deliriously. Kurama was there, holding a wet towel to her forehead.
"She' been like this for hours, and she has a high fever." Kurama said.
"What happened?" Kuwabara asked.
"She just collapsed and started shaking." Hiei said.
"It would seem the power sphere is preying on Botan's life force, but instead of weakening her it's increasing her spiritual energy. I don't fully understand why she isn't screaming in pain right now." Kurama said.
"The hiruiseki necklace I gave her." Hiei said.
"I know its powers but even with it she should be in agony right now. The power sphere is feeding on her life force, not just her spiritual energy." Kurama said.
"Would you guys stop talking like that!" Kuwabara said upset. "Just be thankful that she's alright."
The four stayed there for hours, keeping watch. The entire time yusuke remained silent in the room, never taking his eyes off Botan.
"Hey Urameshi. I gotta head home now. I'll be back tomorrow okay?" he said.
Yusuke simply nodded, without taking his eyes off Botan. Kuwabara turned and left the room.
"Come on, Botan, wake up. Don't do this again, please." Yusuke whispered to the unconscious girl.
"Your pleading tactics won't work detective. The best thing you can do is leave her to rest." Hiei said.
"Though I have to admit, she's putting up more of a resistance than I thought she would."
"Which makes me wonder." Kurama added
"Wonder what exactly?" Yusuke asked.
"Why a ferry girl? Why this ferry girl? Whatever reason Koenma had for putting the power sphere inside of Botan was more than just the convenience of getting it to you." Kurama replied.
"What do you mean?" Yusuke asked.
"He means that if it was any normal ferry girl just being near the power sphere would've consumed her." Hiei said.
"There truly must be a large reserve of energy inside of her to contain the power sphere without damaging herself."Kurama said.
"Even the great spirit detective needed help to control the negative energy of that thing." Hiei said.
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