"Is it true, then, Botan-chan?" When she turned away, brow-knit and somber-faced, Kurama placed a comforting hand on her bare shoulder, feeling her flesh tremble. Botan began to sob. "I... I can't..." Kurama watched as she stretched out her right arm into the air before them, slowly opening her palm. "I can't call my oar, and... I don't.. I don't know where he is and..." "Botan-chan..." Her body began to shake and she wailed loudly. To soothe her, Kurama took the girl into his strong, steady arms and held her close, hearing her human heart beat loud and fast from within her chest. "Kurama, they hurt him so bad... Koenma might be dead." ... Rowe 2002 Yu Yu Hakusho is copyright to Yoshihiro Togashi/Shueisha, Jump |
