The Biography of Hiei and Botan : Adam and Eve
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I
Kurama (kitsune): At the Christmas Eve party, I saw a change in both Botan and Hiei. Botan was happier, and Hiei was very relaxed. He didn't even snarl at Kuwabara when he kissed Yukina under the mistletoe, but his shoulders did twitch.
Notes from Botan's Journal (spirit): Hiei ran across the plains.
"Tell me what you see!" The wind was ringing in my ears, making me shout. "Anything? Anything at all?"
Hiei suddenly shifted to the left, turning at about a forty degree angle.
"There's a rip. I'm going towards it."
The sun glared into my eyes. I was blinded.
"Go! Whatever you do, don't stop!"
Yukina (Koorime): I was relieved when Hiei came back. But when he did... I could tell that he was not himself. His energy... it was different. If he hadn't pulled me aside and hugged me, I would have doubted that it was Hiei at all.
Yusuke (demon): That night, Kurama, Kuwabara, and I were all awakened at the same time. It was a bit flustering, seeing as Kurama's eyes were the ones' that flickered over to Hiei and Botan's sleeping places first.
Kuwabara (nigen): The reason I woke up was because of a touch. Something... not... solid reached out and touched me. I swear on my life that I'm not lying, but I jolted up with a blush on my face, my heart racing. It felt like... well... it felt like... it felt orgasmic okay! Christ...
Kurama: What Kuwabara felt was not some alien being... not in the least.
Rekai History Expert (spirit): Adam and Eve... the first and immortal beings created by God. In the nigen Bible, they were blessed and lived in Paradise, otherwise known as the Garden of Eden.
What is actually real is not known by many, even Rekai spirits are mostly unaware.
Adam and Eve were children of the Earth.
Not the children of Enma himself.
Keiko (nigen): When Botan came back to visit me in the fall... she had this air about her... as if she knew things. Just the way her eyes sparkled and how her cheeks were always rosy. If I didn't know her better, I would have said she was in love.
II
Notes from Botan's Journal: "Keep going! Faster!"
My legs tightened around Hiei's waist. I saw a cliff up ahead.
"I'm going as fast as I can!" He grunted. "It's no use if you fall off!"
The sun was burning my eyes. I was sure that I was going to go blind, but at the time it didn't scare me.
"Don't worry about me! Just get to that rip like your life depends on it! I can take care of myself!"
My hands grasped his shoulders tightly as I secured my legs. He kept up his pace for a bit, not saying anything. Then off he went. The skin on my face was pulled back as he tore across the plain. He was moving so fast that I couldn't breathe. My legs no longer held feeling in them. I think my blood stopped flowing.
The neurons in my brain barely registered that a chasm was up ahead. My lips opened... but my voice was quickly dying with the rest of me.
"H-Hiei..." I wheezed for breath. "Hiei..."
He couldn't hear me over the roar of the wind. He was still blind as he charged forward, sprinting towards the ravine.
Kurama: What Kuwabara felt was an accidental telepathic wave. It roused Yusuke and I. We both shot each other knowing and embarrassed looks. Just what raw feeling in that small ripple alone made me experience... embarrassing reactions to say the least.
I saw that Yusuke too was shifting around restlessly in his spot, a lustful growl lodged in his throat.
"Kurama?" His voice was lower, and he had to stop his shaking hands from reaching out for Keiko. "What the fuck was that?"
Kuwabara didn't fully understand, being a nigen, so he just remained silent with a confused look on his face.
"I don't know." My eyes looked at a hallway that was the way to the door of the temple. "I don't know at all."
Genkai (nigen): Hiei came to the temple often after his sister was rescued. Brother's love. Yukina had adapted quickly and loved to help me around the temple, not that I really needed it of course.
One night, as if by chance, Botan stopped by, dropping off some fresh fruit from a local market. She came in at the beginning of dinner. Yukina begged her to stay, much to her brother's discontent, and stay the ferry girl did.
I might be old, but I'm not senile.
His eyes, no matter how cold and stony they may be, were a bit ashamed to look at the ferry girl. It was like... he was... almost... sorry. Apologetic or grateful. The two are closely related.
Notes from Botan's Journal: There was a harsh pounding in my entire body. My throat was frozen. My lungs were paralyzed. I could only hold on as Hiei bolted and went right out over the ravine.
All went white.
Yusuke: That Christmas Eve, the day before the shit hit the fan, was one of the most awkward moments of my life. I mean, how the hell was I going to explain to Keiko, my wife and mate, that I had a hard-on just because I had some feeling. Really! I was ready to flip her over from her side and just ravish her right there.
Whatever Hiei sent out by accident, it made my blood burn. It was so raw... so primal... I just about passed out from the sheer pleasure of it.
Kurama: At least Yusuke had a mate to direct his passions towards. I could only shake and bite my lips, trying not to moan.
Genkai: The dinner passed without any conflict besides the short snippets tossed back and forth by Hiei and Botan. After dessert and washing the dishes, Botan excused herself. Yukina went off to bed and Hiei bid her a goodnight, flickering out of sight like the shadow he is.
As old as I may be, I am a nosy woman.
I heard something... just outside of the temple.
With the stealthy moves I had acquired as a fighter, I moved towards the nearest window and peeked outside.
There... was Botan. She was using her oar as a walking stick, leaving on it. Her back was to me, and it looked like she was talking to the moving trees in the forest. I pressed my ear against the glass.
"What is it that you want?" Her stance looked relaxed, but I saw the muscles in her shoulders. They were tightly wound. "I didn't even bring you up in conversation."
Her voice was unusually cold. That was when a figure stepped out of the shadows.
It was the one and only Hiei Jaganshi.
"I know." His red eyes glowed darkness. "That is not why I stopped you."
George (ogre): When I was on my lunch break, I saw Botan in the courtyard. She was talking to someone, but they were hidden around the corner. As I got closer, I realized that was she was bouncing with excitement. I just put it off as the approaching holiday Christmas.
She stopped talking, and a silence rose.
That was when I saw a shorter, darker, shadow walk out. He was up on the tips of his toes when he kissed her. At first... it was short. The kiss I mean. But... it grew. Not into a wet and gross kiss, but tender. Promising.
The kind that make you blush with shame for even watching.
He quickly disappeared, and I saw Botan sigh, almost dreamily.
It took me a few hours to realize that the man who had kissed her was none other than Hiei Jaganshi.
III
Notes from Botan's Journal: My entire body was floating. I came to, realizing that I was underwater.
Sputtering and splashing about, I found my way to the surface. My head broke through the water, a strangled gasp issuing from my lips. Pants were the only thing I could hear. Well, pants and my own heartbeat.
My arms pulled me up. I looked around, and my mind was really in a simple mode. One thing at a time. And what my mind wanted was Hiei. My fingers instantly began digging through the water, latching onto his scarf. My fist enclosed around it, and I yanked.
The fire demon came up, hacking and coughing. My arms shot out and wrapped themselves around his chest and under his arms. It took all of my strength to pull him up.
We both just coughed and panted for a while, soaked to the bone. It was then, as I stared down... that I realized I was sitting on top of the water. Hiei stopped shaking himself off. He noticed it too.
He stood, pulling me up with him. We were still in that simple state of mind. Finally, we let our eyes travel away from our bodies and our feet.
Yusuke: There was nothing the three of us could do. We were frustrated, hard, and pissed. So, naturally, I was latching onto Hiei's energy. My lips pulled back into a grimace.
"He's just outside of the temple."
Kurama's cheeks were still glowing red with bashfulness and rage.
"Let's go."
Genkai: Botan stopped leaning on her oar.
"Then... what is it?"
The iciness was gone in her tone. She was softer now.
"I... My sister would have been banished from the Koorime race if she went back." He paused. "And... she would not have been able to survive in Makai." His eyes were ablaze. "She told me that you... were the one that convinced Koenma to let her reside in Ningenkai."
The ferry girl bowed her head, probably looking at her hands.
"It was noth–"
"I'm... grateful."
His voice, still as even as always, never ventured to tender or soft. No. He would never change who he was. And Botan didn't mind that.
"You're..." She mounted her oar. "You're welcome."
Notes from Botan's Journal: We were in a small place... like a bubble almost. In front of us was a Tree. It was glorious, tall and magnificent. It struck me that the Tree had a soul of its own. I got the feeling that it was proud and noble.
Hiei and I began to walk towards it. We were next to each other, our eyes straight ahead.
"Hn. Is this it?"
My eye were drinking in every detail. The water dripping off of the Tree's branches. The small island holding the Tree that flourished with beautiful vegetation. The stars that floated in the air. Literally. They were tiny glowing spheres, like the stars in the night sky, just drifting in the air.
"I believe so."
When we began to get close to the mighty Tree, we heard the crackling of branches and wood. Hiei and I stopped, goose-bumps rising onto my skin.
Kuwabara: I don't know... I really didn't like the idea of going to find Hiei. I just had this feeling that we were going to... not regret it... but... be haunted by it.
IV
Kurama: The three of us stalked down the hallway to one of the side exits. Yusuke opened the door and slipped. He quickly returned to tell Kuwabara and I that it was clear. We stalked in the woods, and eventually came to the front of the temple.
That was when we saw it.
Bathed in moonlight were Hiei and Botan. And they were quite caught up in a passionate kiss.
Yusuke: My mouth went dry. Hiei's hands were shaking. Shaking! I could see them just about to touch her waist. He finally grabbed onto her, puling her close to him. Our beloved ferry girl squeaked at the sudden yank.
My first reaction was to punch Hiei's face in, but Kurama held me back. He put a finger over his lips and mouthed the word 'Wait'. I grumbled and continued to just watch as the girl who was like a sister to me continued to make out with Hiei Jaganshi.
Notes from Botan's Journal: Hiei and I moved closer to each other simultaneously. The trunk of the Tree began to creak and moan. Then, out of the trunk stepped two figures. They walked, on the grass where the flowers and vines shivered to meet them before quickly dying, new plants springing up in their place.
When the stepped out from under the canopy, I felt what little oxygen that was in my lungs rush out.
The two figures were made of branches. Roots and twisted knots of wood composed their faces, moss and little flowers and such growing on and inside of them. The one figure was stocky, moss at the bottom of his face and nether regions. His eyes were quite literally beetles.
It was Adam.
Next to him was a more willowy creature whose long hair was made out of vines and whip-like branches. She too had beetles for eyes. They both walked out towards us, their entire presence ethereal. Eve extended her hand and motioned to the world around us.
"We are pleased to meet you, Hiei, Son of Fire and Ice, and Botan, Daughter of Earth and Spirit."
Kuwabara: I couldn't believe my eyes. Hiei pulled away, beginning to kiss her neck. I shuddered and looked away when she tilted her head back and began to moan. It seemed, however, that Botan came back to her senses.
"H-H-Hiei..."
The fire demon, who I once viewed as cold and unkind, made a noise against her skin, that sounded like "Mmf" to us.
"H-Hiei... not yet..." His fangs grazed her exposed skin as he began to tug down on her shirt. His eyes were glowing, glazed over with lust and primal instinct. "Hiei, Stop!"
Yusuke: The silence that followed was deafening. It was like someone had shot a gun up into the air. His fangs were shimmering... and... deep down I knew that... he was trying to stop himself from mating with her.
"Please..." She leaned against him, breathing deeply, her knees still shaking. "Wait... just a few more hours... not even."
Hiei was trembling. He was literally shuddering with desire.
"Onna... please... I can not hold back... much longer."
Botan's eyes looked into the distance, at the door to the temple. Pain... longing... and something else subtle was pooling there. Behind her eyes, I mean. She separated from him, smiling sadly.
"I'm sorry. I never meant to... do this... to you."
Hiei said nothing as she summoned her oar.
"Hn."
Kurama: Hiei and Botan were silent for a while, snow beginning to fall. She sat on her oar, and motioned for him to join her.
"Now or never."
Hiei grunted, seemingly back to his old self.
"Hn."
He slid on next to her. One arm was around her waist for support.
"Are you ready?" He nodded. "Are you sure?" He nodded again. Botan rose a bit into the air. "Good."
They sped off into the sky, snowflakes swirling in utter confusion as they knocked them out of their way.
V
Notes from Botan's Journal: I stared, dumbstruck. Adam and Eve were... so beautiful. I opened my mouth to speak, but found I had no voice. Instead, Hiei spoke for me.
"Are you Adam and Eve?"
The male creature bowed, his entire body creaking, the moss shaking.
"We are." Adam straightened. "We have waited many centuries... since the beginning... to finally meet our heirs... our link to the outside Worlds."
Eve dipped her head, looking at me.
"I am impressed that both of you were able to cross over... but we have known that the Son of Fire and Ice would be able to locate our little rip in time and space."
I couldn't help but blush.
"Hiei is the one that has the Jagan Eye... so... yeah..."
Adam nodded, a strange vibration coming from his nonexistent mouth.
"Yes, we have seen it."
A silence fell over us. I cleared my throat.
"How long... how long have you been here? Why wait? Why not come out and reveal yourselves and shower us with truth?"
Adam and Eve looked at each other, their sinewy hands made out of roots, branches, leaves... earth... reaching for each other.
"Enma is not ready... is not pure and able to grasp the fact that he is not a God at all."
I nodded.
"Yes, I understand b–" Their words suddenly hit me. "W-wait... what did you say?"
Yusuke: Hiei and Botan. Botan and Hiei. It just... didn't seem to flow. As I watched them fly off into the night... I wondered why. Keiko and I were obvious, so are Yukina and Kuwabara. But... Hiei and Botan... they never hold hands, kiss in public... hell... they barely talk!
It seemed strange to me then. To think that Hiei had wanted to mate with the ferry girl.
Hiei was in love with Botan.
Kuwabara: Yukina and I were close... but as close as I just saw Hiei and Botan. I mean... he was fucking trembling just by being near her... just because she wasn't close enough! I had never seen Botan's face so... serene and happy. I love Yukina. God knows I do.
It's just... we have not even come close to what Hiei and Botan have. We might never reach that point. The point were everything is almost animalistic. Carnal.
Kurama: That was the last time I saw Hiei. When he was soaring off into the snowy skies.
Notes from Botan's Journal: "Enma is not a God. He was created by the real Creator. God is not a solid man, woman, or creature. It simply Is. It exists to create. It gave us life, and It will give us death. It created us. It gave us immortality and this little slice of Paradise."
Adam shook his leafy head.
"It created Enma... thinking he would be reasonable and fair."
Eve threw her hair back in anger.
"Enma quickly named himself a God, wiping the memory of his own Creator from his mind. He tried to find and destroy us... but was unable. He hid ourselves and watched as he brought chaos onto this beautiful planet."
My heart was beginning to sink.
"If It... if It hasn't stopped Enma... than who will?"
Adam gazed at his Eve, his beetle eyes shifting.
"It has helped us. It gave us the Queen of the North. We took her, told her to go to Ningenkai. We told her the truth. That she would die trying to acquire peace and love. That her death would open the doorway for the Three Worlds to truly unite as one to rise against Enma."
Eve looked me right in the eyes, and it felt like she was gazing through me. Looking right down into my very soul.
"We saw you, Botan, Daughter of Earth and Spirit. We knew that if we killed you... you would be reborn as spirit. It told us of your incarnation, and of you impending immortality." I was speechless. So was Hiei. "And It told us of Hiei, Son of Fire and Ice. It told us of a boy who would live in solitude and loathing. Of a boy who would be able to see what can not be seen."
Yusuke: That was the night before all Hell broke loose up at Rekai. But how could we have known? I just thought that Botan and Hiei were going somewhere private to have hot, hard-core sex and mate.
I guess... I was wrong.
Notes from Botan's Journal: Hiei stiffened at my side.
"You knew about me from the very start?"
Adam nodded.
"It was very clear. It told us... that we would be able to bring Enma down... and that it would be a test of will and love."
I sniffed.
"But we can't. Hiei's really powerful, don't get me wrong. Best fighter I've met. But... we can't bring Enma down. He's too strong."
Eve shook her head, the beetles shining with mirth.
"My child, you are mistaken." She touched my chest. Adam reached out and did the same to Hiei. "You have it the ability to be true Gods. To be fair Gods. The kind that Enma was meant to be."
Adam continued.
"You just have to unlock it."
Hiei spoke out first. Anxious. Light-headed.
"How?"
Eve reached into the water, and so did Adam. They each pulled out an... apple.
"With this."
VI
A/N: OMG REVIEW! Do you want to see Hiei and Botan take the apple from Adam and Eve? Do you want to know what happened Christmas Day? Or do you just want pancakes? Anyway, just review please! It would be lovely to know that you either do or don't want me to continue. Thanks! Review!
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