Okay haven't updated until now and I'm working a bit harder on my other fic Les amis noir (which I think is great by the way please read it if you haven't) So encase these updates come later it's because of that. But don't go and think I will abandon this fic or anything. I do have my plans for it. Slight KoenmaXBotan in this chapter.

So next chapter.

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The red snow Chapter 9

Yukina watched the leaves on the trees from the temple, they had started to get a red and yellow colour now.

She breathed and saw smoke rising from her mouth. Genkai was sitting inside the temple drinking tea, Yukina was just about to go inside to join her when she heard a cheerful voice from the temple entrance.

-"Yukina-chaaan."

-"Ah Botan-san" Yukina smiled at her friend who came running towards her over the temple ground greeting her with a friends hug.

-"Anything new under the roof Yukina-chan, I haven't seen you for weeks after all. You see I've been very busy and everything has"

Botan kept talking and Yukina found herself having a slight problem following along the conversation.

-"Oh Botan-san" Yukina commented. Botan stopped her talking and looked down at the gentle koorime.

-"Yes dear?"

-"Inside please." Yukina showed that she was starting to freeze slightly.

Botan laughed slightly.

-"I didn't know that koorimes could freeze"

At this Yukina also laughed slightly. Later they were sitting in Yukinas room and just before Botan would start talking again Yukina said.

-"Botan-san……do you know what Kurama-san is doing?"

Botan blinked.

-"He should have exams coming up soon I think."

-"Oh I see….so that's why." Yukina found herself smiling slightly.

-"You wanted him to come visiting you."

She nodded.

-"Oh my are you cheating on Kuwa-chan here." Botan elbowed Yukina slightly meant as a joke and then laughed a little again.

-"Wha, you thin, no, but I."

-"No need silly I know there's nothing going on with you and him." (No matter what he thinks) Botan actually found herself in a depressed sigh that Kuwabara might be unaware of the situation.

-"You really want Kurama-kun to visit eh?"

-"Well he's been busy lately I guess he doesn-

-"No excuses Yukina-chan!! I'll fix you a wonderful date, a friends promise!!" Botan hit herself lightly on her chest. "A friends promise" she repeated as a confirming.

-"Bu, bu, Botan-san!"

-"He doesn't have school on weekends right." she blinked to her friend. "I'll fix up the location, day and time, all you need to do is dress and bring a good mood."

-"Botan-san……."

-"Yes?"

-"………What is a date?"

At that moment Botans eyes sparkled up.

-"It's a moment when two people can spend a wonderful time together!! When they want to be all by themselves just the two of them, in a ROMANTIC atmosphere!!!" She almost seemed on fire but then it was as if the air went out her like a popped baloon.

-"Oh how I wanted to ask Koenma-sama out on that." Yukina found herself patting her friends shoulder for a moment until she remembered.

-"Bu, but why should me and Kurama-san be alone all by, by ourselves, alone." She found her heart beating faster again at this.

-"You're blushing Yukina-chan" Botan commented with a strait voice.

-"No, no, no I'm not." Yukina shook her head violently as her face burned up even more.

-"Yukina-chan, you like him don't you."

-"Well of course I like him, we're friends right." Yukina tried to defend herself.

-"Well you like him in a special way Yukina-chan, you like him as "I don't-want-to-leave-his-side" liking." Botan said in an explaining way knowing that the koorime might not know the concept of "love".

When Botan said it to her it seemed as if it made perfect sense. But Yukina didn't really understand how she was supposed to act to this realisation.

-"Botan-san……."

-"Yes dear." Botan crossed her arms waiting for the obvious answer.

-"I do..…I do feel like that to him, I actually understand what you mean."

Botan smiled and laid one arm around her shoulder.

-"It's called "love" Yukina-chan."

Yukina blinked.

-"But isn't that that Kazuma-san usually-

Botan placed a finger over her mouth.

-"But this is real love Yukina-chan, that serious love that's rarely seen. That love that takes time and trust to exist, that kind of love." She got up.

-"Well I have a few phone calls to ring now if you excuse me." She skipped away leaving Yukina sitting. Yukina felt as if everything made sense now, her heart beat faster when she thought of what was going to happen.

-"Got nothing to loose Yukina-chan" was heard from the hall, and then Yukina could hear Botan talking to Keiko on the phone.

- (Kurama-san………) She moved her hand up to her red hair clip, removing it letting her blue green hair fall. (Kurama-san………….) her hands fingered on her hairclip.

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Chapter finished, next chapters going to be a date if Botan and Yukina gets their wishes. Review as always, it's truly amazing to hear what's good about the stories you're writing, a writer always needs to know what's good and what can be improved.