Okay... here's the deal ... The last update was deleted and i replaced it with this one... so tell me if it's a good choice and I hope you enjoy ^-^
"Ugh, I wish I could resurrect the bastard so I could re-kill him." Kuwabara said in relation to the wound on his shoulder from the time he fought Bajari (A/N: hopefully my spelling isn't too off).
"Calm down, it'll heal, Kuwabara." Botan said, walking to the living room with a large bowl of popcorn.
"IT HURTS LIKE HELL!" he shouted, frustrated.
"Do you want me to try and heal it for you?" she asked.
"Botan, I don't think you're strong enough to heal Kuwabara." Kurama said, cautioning her.
"I think he's right B. You're still weak. I don't think you should…" Kuwabara said, disrupted by the tingling sensation in his shoulder.
Botan was healing him despite what they had said, and doing well, too. Soon his shoulder was completely healed, and everyone looked at Botan as if she had done something wrong.
"See, I'm fine. You boys worry too much." She said, triumphantly.
"How are you feeling?" Kurama asked.
"Okay, I guess. What, you really thought a simple healing session would knock the wind out of me? You clearly underestimated me Kurama." She chirped.
Suddenly, Hiei appeared at the door.
"We need to talk." He said to Kurama as he stepped outside.
Kurama followed him and they stopped at a cherry blossom tree in the front of Kurama's house.
"What is it, Hiei?" he asked.
"The ferry girl's in danger. The power sphere rebuilding inside of her will cause more trouble than we can handle on our own. All of Makai is going to sense it's energy and come after her. That thing inside of her is what drove Yakumo insane, and Koenma suspects the same thing will happen to her." Hiei said.
"We can't allow any of that to happen. Is there any way to stop the demons?" Kurama asked.
"There is one way, but I doubt you would like it." Hiei said.
"We'll need to find some way to keep her confined until the sphere-c" Hiei said
"...Till the Sphere what?" Botan said from behind.
"Go on Hiei, till the sphere what, consumes me? Till I go berserk like Yakumo did?"
She smiled softly, a kind of twisted smirk.
"I knew all of that. There are only two things that can happen now: either I die or I go crazy, right?"
"There's a great chance that you won't make it, the sphere is corrupted and when it completes itself... when it completes itself it uses all of your life force." Kurama said.
"How much time do I have before this all happens?" she asked, sniffling.
"Three weeks at most." Hiei replied.
She looked away from them, tears in her eyes as she spoke.
"I guess I'll just have to make the most of what i have left... You know, live like I'm dying." She said.
"Just don't tell Yusuke and Kazuma, alright. That's something I need to do on my own."
She wiped her tears and put on the brightest smile she could, considering, and went back inside the apartment. She walked straight past the two boys and into the bathroom. She sat on the floor, tears streaming down her face, but she looked emotionless. She inhaled shakily and closed her eyes as she heard a knock on the door.
"Hey, are you alright, Botan?" Kuwabara asked.
"I'm fine, I'll be out in a minute." She replied, drying her eyes.
Keiko knocked on the door to the Urameshis' apartment. Botan opened the door with a solemn look in her face as she let her in.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Keiko asked. "Kuwabara said that you wanted to see me."
"Yes, I just need to talk to someone... that I can trust not to get angry when I tell them what's going on." Botan replied.
"O...kay. What is it?" Keiko asked.
Botan took a deep breath, and looked down as she spoke.
"I... only have three weeks to live."
Keiko looked at her strangely.
"You're joking, right?" she asked with a chuckle.
"No." Was the simple reply.
Keiko gave a small gasp, then started to sob.
"You, you can't die!" Keiko whimpered. "You just can't."
"It'll be alright," Botan said.
"How can you say that after telling me you only have three weeks to live?" Kieko said
Botan continued to look down.
"It's just a fluke, right? You're just joking? Pleases tell me this is just a joke." Keiko said again
"I'm afraid not. This is quite serious." Botan said.
"And there's no way to change it?" Keiko asked.
"I either die or become an insane, soul sucking demon." Botan said. "And I'd rather be dead than hurt those I care about."
"Like Yusuke?" Keiko said, bitterly.
"Keiko, I..." Botan said
"You know, I always thought that you two would end up somehow, I was so insecure about it too, then you and I became friends and I started to accept the inevitable. And now you're going to die? How can you do that? He loves you, Botan; and i bet you haven't even told him yet." Keiko sobbed
"I haven't, and you shouldn't either." Botan said
Suddenly, Yusuke walked into the apartment.
"Am i interrupting something?" he asked, seeing Keiko in tears.
The two girls looked at each other, and keiko turned to leave.
"Oh, you know the whole 'special time of the month emotional breakdown." She lied.
"Oh, alright. Damn you girls can be so emotional, it's retarded." He said, sitting on the floor and turning on the TV.
"Alright, Botan, I hope to see you at the street fair tonight, okay." Keiko said, leaving.
Botan sat down on the couch behind him.
"Hey, what's for dinner, I'm starving!" he said
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