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Claimer: I do, however, own Melas, Situk, Yami, Hikari, Kazrai, Mizurai(You haven't met him yet...), Tsuchi, Mitsuko, the name Yukibou, the evil people, (Which you haven't met yet) and three other 'people' (Which you haven't met yet.) Wow, I own alot of stuff, don't I? Oh, yeah, I also own this ancient language that you'll be introduced to later.
yeah, I'm probably not going to ever do that again, so just keep that in mind and don't report me.
Summary: K/B-Botan is forced to protect the guys by disguising herself as a guy! But, only one person knows who this mysterious boy with blue hair really is. It's not Hiei, with his Jagan eye and all, it's not Kurama, and it's not any of the girls. It's…
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Past tenseChapter Eight: Nearly Caught
Botan and Hikari silently crept out of the room together. The boys were now going through tons of people to see who would be the new four members. The Dragons decided that Melas and Situk would dress as guys, just for the heck of it, and Yami would dress like a girl, because the others forced him to. Tsuchi decided not to join, she only wanted to watch. So there was only room for one more person on the team and the finals were tomorrow.
Botan sighed as the two girls got out unnoticed. Quickly, they ran over to the nearest hotel; the one the other Dragons and the Botan-clone were staying at.
'Get up and tell the others that we're coming.' Botan sent mentally.
'Yes.' Came the reply. They waited outside the hotel and soon the four people stepped out.
Situk now had color contacts that were rosy in color and her hair was the same. She wore jeans and a puffed out t-shirt. All-in-all, she looked like a guy. Melas also had contacts, but hers were only a lighter blue color. Her hair was cut short and dyed blue at the ends. Yami, who was now Hikari, must've had extensions because his hair was now waist length. He had no contacts, and wore a fairly tight t-shirt, showing off very newfeminine curves, and jeans. The Botan-clone stood behind him.
"I will kill you all for this." He muttered as he glared. The girls laughed at him and began walking towards the other hotel. They talked as they all walked along, pretending to be someone that they aren't. They soon thought of names for Melas and Situk, Kin and Kohaku. They soon got to the apartment, and Botan and Hikari snuck back inside. It seemed that no one really noticed they were gone.
"Hey, Botan, do you sense that." Hikari asked softly. Botan nodded, another Dragon was close, within firing distance. Botan wondered who it was, since she already knew where most of the Dragons were.
'Ok, you can come up now, on the oar.' Botan said mentally. 'Smile too.' She added. No later than ten seconds, Botan-clone appeared in the window. 'Say hello.'
"Hello, boys! I'm glad to see you again!"
"Botan!" Yusuke cried. "I thought you weren't going to be back for another two days!"
"We finished early and I wanted to visit you." The clone said with a smile.
"It's good to see you back, Botan." Kurama said with a smile. The clone smiled back as Botan said to.
"Ok, next!" Yusuke shouted.
"What are you doing?" B-clone asked, with Botan telling her to pretend she doesn't know.
"Well, we need nine members for the finals, but we only have five, so now we're trying to find four new members with tryouts." Yusuke explained.
"Four?"
"Yeah, we are gonna choose an alternate."
The people were fighting each other, but Melas was up next.
"State your name, age, and what you are." Kurama told her as she walked up.
"My name is Kin, age is 18, and I am human." Melas told them with a smirk.
"Maybe he's like Yusuke." Kuwabara mumbled as Melas stepped into the ring. The fight was short and to the point. Melas won with only one attack and the demon was knocked out. And that wasn't even her full power.
"Wow, next!" Yusuke shouted in amazement. He wanted to see what this guy could do.
Another demon stepped out. His name was Geoffrey and he was a water demon. Melas again won this fight. Then, Situk stepped out.
This would be interesting.
"Name, age, type." Kuwabara said.
"Kohaku is my name, I am 17, and I am half human half dark demon." She stated in a manly voice. Then, she stepped up into the small ring and stared a Melas with a small smile on her face.
Without any warning, the fight began. Melas attacked Situk, who dodged quickly and retaliated with an attack of her own. Melas blocked it. "Nightmare Vortex!" "Black Shield!" the shouts rang out clear as Situk's attack smashed against Melas' defense. A bright light appeared and as it dimmed two figures took shape. Both were standing away from each other, just looking at the other.
"Ok, Good job. You both can sit over here for now; you have a really good chance of getting in. Next!" Yusuke said. Another demon appeared, he was a lizard demon. After Yusuke called next again, Yami came in.
"Hikari, 17, human." Yami answered in a high-pitched voice. Botan nearly died from hidden laughter.
Well, Yami won the fight, and the next one, and the next one. So he was seated over with the other two cross-dressers. The fights continued and the last person stepped up. He had light turquoise hair with red at the ends. Two red strands lined his face and his eyes were a deep red color.
"Name, age, demon type." Kuwabara said, slightly bored.
"Yukibou is my name, I am 16, and I am an Ice demon." He said in a slightly deep but calm voice. (Yuki-snow, boufuu-storm.) He stepped onto the ring and quickly defeated the opponent.
"Ok, you four are now on the Urimeshi team!" Yusuke said happily. He was glad that the tryouts were done. Everyone shook hands with the four new people and invited them into the team.
"Well, boys, I need to go now. I've got work to do, but I'll watch you in the finals!" B-clone said as she summoned the oar and flew out the window. She waited on the roof for another command from her mistress.
"Ok, everyone, let's all go out to eat!" Yusuke said happily.
"You always think with your stomach, don't you, Yusuke?" Botan asked dryly. He gave her a smirk and began to walk with his hands behind his head.
"Is he always like that?" Yami asked in his girl voice.
"Yep." Kurama answered blankly. "We'd best go with him; he'll leave us behind if we don't."
Everyone started in a slow movement, but the five Dragons group together behind the others.
"Do you all sense something weird from him too?" Hikari asked. Botan nodded as well as the others.
"What could it be though? It's familiar, but I just can't place it…" Botan muttered.
"The reason why it's so familiar is because he's a Dragon. He is the Ice Dragon, but I don't believe he knows it." Melas stated seriously.
"Are you for real! Wait, this means we have Six Dragons on our team!" Botan exclaimed. "That's so cool!" Melas, Yami, and Situk all bit back a response.
If only she knew…
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'You can come back now, act tired.'
B-clone walked into the hotel slowly. "Hello, again!" she exclaimed happily while approaching the group. They were all gathered in Yusuke and Hiei's apartment and currently playing cards.
"Hey, Botan. Do you wanna play?" Yusuke asked.
'Not right now.' "No, not right now, but thanks anyway. I'll just watch." B-clone said with a smile and sat down on the couch at Botan's command. She watched the game with Botan, Yukibou, Hiei, and Yami. The others were all playing cards.
"Ha! I win again!" Yusuke cried as he laid down his cards.
"Wrong, Yusuke. Look at this. Royal Flush." Melas corrected and quickly scooped all the cookies to her space. (They were using cookies because they didn't want to use money.)
Melas was very good at poker. But, no one knew this.
They played a few more games. Melas won three times, Kurama won twice, Yusuke won once, and the others didn't win at all.
"Ok, guys. Let's rest for the night." Kuwabara said tiredly. The others all agreed happily. B-clone got up as well. Suddenly, Kurama turned, just as she did; they collided.
He caught the clone up in his arms before she hit. Botan suddenly gasped as a pain erupted in her chest; right over her heart. She couldn't breathe, whatever breath she could attain was coming in short gasps.
"Are you ok, Botan?"
'Yes, just say yes…' "Yes, I'm fine." 'Thank you…' "Thank you."
He released her slowly, as if unsure. Botan quickly gulped in air while trying to be subtle. It was working slightly. The pain slowly faded and she was able to breathe normally again.
'What was that?'
'It was just as I feared…'
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Botan lied awake in bed. She wasn't going to sleep until she learned how to protect herself from these dreams.
'If only there was a spell or something… that's it!' Botan shouted in her head. She shot up from her bed, ignoring the sleepiness and throwing on pants. She walked out of her room in her shirt and pants, ignoring the need to put on shoes and walked down the hallway. She came to a door and found it to be locked. Botan rolled her eyes slowly.
She placed her hand against the lock and soon she heard a click. Kurama must be rubbing off on her; she was acting like a thief! Slowly she opened the door and walked inside of a huge library. (It was under a spell that made it bigger than it looked from the outside.)
She walked around carefully, looking for something. Finally, she found it. She took the book and sat down on the ground. The woman began to page through the thick book. Eventually, she found what she was looking for.
She walked back to her room with the book, took all the pillows and formed them into a small circle that she could sleep in, and pointed her finger at the ground. With her own energy she began to draw an intricate design on the ground around the pillows. As she began writing archaic symbols, Botan began to chant in an ancient language.
"Aerno powah ouit hlum fraenon, Menishi Asth go; Naer, Manearu, Ethshepea, Shos, Shoeta, Monfearo, Dehnearo, Kohnae, Cahenae; Mearnei fome Khrin!" she called. Her eyes glowed silver as the image sparked up light. Suddenly, nine figures encased Botan around the circle she was standing in. Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Ice, Electricity, Metal, Light, and Darkness all surrounded her in their human forms. They bowed low to Botan, who nodded her head in return. They all shrank into the symbol which glowed with their power. Soon, the light dimmed and completely stopped. Botan settled down into the pillows and slept peacefully.
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Botan woke up early that morning. She rose from the floor in the pillows. She took a quick bath and began making breakfast. Hikari walked out of the room slowly, still dressed in her pajamas.
"What has you up so early?" she asked. Botan shrugged in response.
"I don't know, I just got up early. Here's your breakfast, Hikari." Botan said softly with a smile. Hikari took the plate from Botan and sat down with a smile of her own. Soon, Botan sat down with the blonde girl and ate with her.
"We're gonna be training today, right?"
"Yep."
Suddenly, a loud thump right outside the door alerted them. Botan got up carefully and opened the door. She looked down and saw a sprawled out Kuwabara staring back up at her.
"Yusuke, take you're trash somewhere else!" Botan screamed and shut the door again. There was some shuffling, another thump, and a slammed door. Botan sighed and finished eating quickly. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Botan opened it slowly.
"Oh, good morning, Kurama."
"Good morning, Tenshi, Yami." He greeted. Yami nodded back in response before going to change.
"What's up?" Botan asked.
"I'm just here to tell you that we're going to start training soon and that Kuwabara won't be able to join us, due to certain circumstances beyond out control." He said sheepishly.
"Circumstances like Yusuke beating the living crap out of him?" Kurama nodded at this comment and laughed softly. "So when are we training?"
"Anytime now, we could go wait for Yusuke to arrive if you're ready." He suggested.
"Ok, just lemme get one thing." Botan agreed happily. She went back into her room and reached under her bed. She took out a long katana. She had made it herself, with her own energy, but still hadn't unsheathed it. She wondered what sort of powers she could access with it.
She held it in her hand as she walked back to Kurama. "Yami, we're gonna start training soon, come out when you're ready." She yelled to Hikari. A muffled "Ok" was the response.
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah, let's go." Botan responded. They walked out together and talked between themselves. They laughed and finally got to the large clearing that they usually train in. They were soon joined be the others- the others being Yusuke, Hiei, 'Kin', 'Kohaku', 'Hikari', and 'Yami'.
First training match, Yusuke vs. Hiei.
The fight was pretty long, Hiei was a strong opponent, but Yusuke was too. Yusuke suddenly fired his Spirit Gun at Hiei, who dodged it carefully. Yusuke kept firing at Hiei, who was able to dodge them.
"Well it seems that Yusuke has gotten more powerful." Kurama commented.
"Yes, well, he is part demon." Botan added. It was then that she realized her mistake.
"How did you know that?" Kurama asked while turning to look at her with experienced eyes. Botan fretted silently for an answer.
"Well, I –uhhh- I could sense it." She offered weakly. He wasn't impressed, but left it at that.
Botan internally slapped herself. 'What the hell just happened! I can't let this take place again, that was too close for comfort. Now I know that Kurama will figure it out!' she screamed mentally. She sighed and continued to watch the fight.
Melas stared at Botan with sorrow written on her face. 'I am so sorry, Botan, but you can't be with him right now… I am truly sorry…'
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Wow, that's the end of chapter eight. I HAVE TWENTY-EIGHT REVIEWS! That's twenty more than in chapter four! BOO-YAH! Anyway, What is Melas sorry about? And why can't Botan be with Kurama! Who is this strange evil that attacks Botan when she sleeps? Why did Botan experience pain? Well, I already know, but YOU DON'T! Hahahaha! One of the many plusses of being the authoress...
Oh, and I might not be doing previews for a little bit. I forgot for the last few chapters, but I truly don't know what's going to happen during the next one... I just make things up as I go along, so it's hard for me to plan ahead most of the time! I'll try to put them in though! Here's a really short one:
Really short Preview: ..."I love you."...
Whoa, who says that? And to who? Don't guess, you might actually guess right! lol! Well, I guess you can, it doesn't matter to me! heh:)
Anyway, to my reviewers:
Arano Honou: Well, of course there's more twists! (Truthfully, I've really never had this many twists in a story.)Actually, Yami and Hikari were the ones that they needed for the clone, light and darkness needed to be there. But yeah, her and Melas were the main ones responsible for the clone! I'm sorry! I don't mean to confuse people! But I guess this is a confusing story... -goes to ponder over the confusion going on-
heartluv: Well that's good you want to know what happens! Here's the update:D
Kuramazlilsis: Oh, no, we couldn't hate you! (Maybe it was Hiei who threw something...) Aww thank you, I kinda liked the last chapter, myself! Anyway, here's the next one:D
Mythicas Iris: Lol, stories can do that to you sometimes. (they're like drugs, but better!) Yes, I have to admit, I was laughing so hard I was shaking at that part and I could barely type. I get that way when I'm excited about something. Actually, I laugh at the thought too:D
Well, Review, because I love getting your imput and I told you so. Ja Ne:D
