Last Time,
She dragged him over and listened for his breathing, since demon's heart don't beat like human's. He wasn't breathing. She began C.P.R on him, she bent down and breathed air into his lungs. But before she could pull away, he was pressing back on her lips and flipped them over.
Youko kept them in that position until he felt her hands on his chest and push him away from her and into a sitting position.
" Are you crazy? " She shouted and leaned up on her elbows as he sat down on her legs. The middle of her eyes became more slitted and her fangs became so elongated, they pushed out of her mouth and touched the outside of her lips.
" I would think that you would know better then to tease a fox, seeing as your friends with a vixen. " Youko replied with a smirk.
" I was friends with her, until my good for nothing brother came and killed her in her sleep! " Botan shouted back, but realized what she said and turned away from the fox above her.
Youko looked down at her with wide eyes as he heard this bit of news. He then caught the scent of salt and saw that Botan was trying very hard to not let her tears show on her beautiful face.
Youko leaned down and nuzzled her cheek in a comforting way. She turned to look at him and returned the gesture and began to purr.
Chapter 12
" Thank you Kurama. " Botan said as her purr lightened up and pulled away from his cheek to look into his bright yellow eyes.
" Your welcome. " Youko replied as he nuzzled her nose before he moved away from her.
As he did, Botan thought that she saw a dark figure in one of the trees, her look caused Youko to look over as well, but he saw nothing.
" What is it, Botan? " He asked as he looked back at her.
" I thought I saw something. " She replied.
Sniffing the air, Youko smelt nothing but Botan's sweet scent. " I'm not smelling anything unusual. " He said.
Botan looked back at the tree and moved the wind around to see if she could smell the person. She sniffed the air as it came to her and also couldn't smell anything unusual.
" Whoever it was, they seemed to have masked their scent rather well. " she said a moment later.
" Or there was nothing there. " Youko replied.
" I know what I saw Kurama! And I saw someone standing there, looking back at us! " Botan exclaimed with a huff and turned away from him, crossing her arms and looking back at the river, she had ' saved ' him from.
" Calm down, I didn't mean to upset you. " Youko replied to her outburst.
" I'm sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me. First these damn headaches, I turn back into my demon form, I'm seeing things in trees, and to top it off, I think I'll be going into heat in few days! " Botan replied as she fell back on the grass and stared up at the clouds.
" Maybe your just hormonanal? " Youko said, laying down beside her, resting his head on his hand as he looked down at her.
" I could help you with that problem. " He continued with a smirk and had to move away from her before her spotted tail came up and almost hit him in the face. He caught her tail with his other hand.
" I don't think so! Even if I was hormonal, I wouldn't let you anywhere near me or any other male. " Botan replied.
" Oh? So you prefer girls then? " Youko replied with a playful tone.
" No! It's just that..well.. " Botan stuttered with a blush on her face.
" Oh. I see. You've never mated with a male before right? " He said, with a smirk.
" Yes. And I'm not very comfortable around males when I'm in heat either. But when I'm not in heat, I have no problem with being around them. " She answered.
" That might be because that you know that they can't smell the blood and want nothing more then to mate with you the moment you get close enough. Am I right? " Youko asked, he then noticed that Botan was now getting anxius and fidgeting away from him.
" Botan. You know that I wouldn't do anything like that to you, unless you wanted me to. " He said as she suddenly stopped moving away and relaxed.
" I'm sorry Kurama. It's a bit of an old habit. Espeically when this kind of thing comes up in a conversation. " Botan replied as she sat up and stood up, Youko watched her as she did and looked up at her as she looked back down at him.
" Race ya! " She shouted and took off into the woods.
Chapter 13
They ran through the forest, Youko not knowing where they were racing to. Botan kept running through the trees and over fallen logs and underbrush. Youko following her step for step, leap for leap. They were side by side, both trying to out run the other.
Botan looked to her right, looking for a break in the trees to go through when she saw something. She stopped, but Youko kept going for a second before he looked back to see where she was when he hit a tree.
" Ouch. " He said as he fell to the ground. Getting back up, he turned and saw that Botan was standing in front of a large oak tree.
" What is it Botan? " He asks as he walked up beside her and sees that someone had carved a message into the bark of the tree,
' Welcome back, Botan! '
Here's ch./s 12 & 13, finally! Sorry ya'll had to wait.
Thank you: ARISTANIA for the idea to continue the story!
And thank you: HEARTLUV, BOTAN AND KURAMA LOVER, DELA490, JD, GREYEARTH07, YYHFAN-KB, ICYSU22, LALALAND, ANGEL OF RANDOMOSITY for your reviews last..next to last ch./s!
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