Disclaimer-I have no dealings with YYH or the band SheDaisy. *Sob, sob*
Note- I've only seen YYH up till the episode when Yusuke won Genkai's tournament. I guess you can call this an AE (Alternate Ending).
Note #2-I've made an alteration. Botan is now the same age as everyone else. Let's just say that the old Grim Reaper retired or something, and Botan's the new, younger one.
Keep Me
This can't really be what life is all about
Learning how to live, just to live without
Botan couldn't believe it. She didn't want to believe it. But no matter how she tried to, she couldn't deny it. Yusuke and Keiko were dating.
Hot tears of anger and sorrow streamed down her face as she watched them walk together among the back alleys, talking about nothing in particular. At least, it seemed like nothing to her.
'How could he?' she thought, wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her robe. 'How could he? Doesn't he know I've protected him countless times? Doesn't he know I love him?'
The travesty's the irony
And the irony is you
I've traded in my sanctity
For a cheaper shade of blue
Botan, perched gracefully on her oar, soared overhead, keeping a close watch on them both. Her mind told her that if they started to do something serious, she would somehow put a stop to it. But in her heart, she knew she couldn't stop them if they truly were in love.
And as I surrender to this sunken bed
A soul afflicted by the tenant in my head
Yusuke walked with Keiko to her front door. Keiko didn't notice that Yusuke shrunk back just the slightest bit from the good-night kiss. Only Botan saw it.
Even now
I wonder how
You lay her down to sleep
Suddenly, a psychic message ran through his head from Koenma. (A/N: I'm not sure if Koenma can actually do this, but this is an AU, so if I say he can, he can) An emergency.
"Botan!" Yusuke yelled in the air.
"Right here!" Botan yelled with a forced voice, speeding down from the sky to float next to him.
When secretly I know
It's my soul
That you pray to keep
Botan only watched in amazement as Yusuke made short work of the spirit. He glanced over at her. "Well, that's that."
"Good night," Botan said, speeding off.
"'Night," he replied casually.
But will you really keep me?
Botan fancied she heard some affection in his tone. But then, it was probably her imagination. Deep in her heart, she hoped her mind wasn't playing tricks on her.
On your porch or on your tongue
Beating in your chest, or coming undone
Or folded neatly in the cover of your favorite book
'From now on,' she vowed in her head, 'I will be Keiko's unofficial competition.'
At a distance, in your maze
Fumbling through a contemplative haze
Or tucked away clandestinely where no one else will look
Where my broken sky reaches to your velvet sea
Will you keep me?
Will you keep me?
A few days passed, during which Botan didn't find the opportunity to talk to Yusuke.
She sat at a table with the illusion of drinking some water, but in reality, she was thinking about Yusuke and Keiko and the hoped-for short relationship between them.
Drowning in the bottom of this empty glass
I pray God is good, and that this too, shall pass
"Botan, emergency!" Koenma yelled as he ran by the door.
"On it!" she cried, picking up her oar and running out of the room, taking off for Earth
Then from the abyss
Maybe I'll find a sweet reprieve
The monster's powerful attack sent both Botan and Yusuke flying backwards. Botan hit the ground on her back, feeling like her lungs had collapsed. She was shocked back to her senses when Yusuke's body flipped in mid air and he landed on her, his lips grazing atop hers.
When the echo from your kiss
Reminds me to believe
That you'll always keep me
He rolled off her and quickly finished the monster off with the Spirit Gun technique, leaving her on the ground staring at him. 'That…" she thought. 'That didn't feel like an accident.' She shook her head savagely to erase any thoughts contradicting her desire. 'That was NOT an accident.'
Under God or on your wall
Behind closed doors forever after all
Or headed south on the blacktop ribbon we've designed
"Yusuke," she whispered. He paid her no heed. "Yusuke," she said a little louder. Nothing. "Yusuke!" she finally screamed.
"What?" he shouted back with more force than usual.
"You know very well 'what'," Botan said, almost angrily. "You kissed me!"
On the mantel of integrity
Investing in something I'll never see
At 30,000 feet or in the windows of your mind
"I did not!" Yusuke yelled. "Stop imagining things, Botan!" He turned to walk away.
"Yusuke!" she shouted, grabbing his arm and pulling him around to face her.
"Let go of me!" he shouted at her. "I swear to God, let go!"
"Yusuke, I love you!"
In the corner of your heart
Under lock and key
Will you keep me?
Will you keep me?
Undecided emotions flashed through Yusuke's eyes as he ripped his arm from her grip and ran away, leaving her alone on the ground, crying.
Traipsing on hallowed ground
Has brought a lifelong sentence
Now living without your breath to fill my lungs
Will be my penance
And even as I feel, I hope you feel it just as deeply
And even though
You've let me go
Say you'll always keep me
Say you'll always keep me
Botan stayed there for hours, before finally picking up her oar and flying off for home.
The melody you misconstrue
Or on the ocean crashing into you
She was heartbroken and full of sorrow that he hadn't answered to her heartfelt cry. Even if he had denounced her love, it would've been better than just not answering.
Or waiting for the man you'll never have the heart to be
Botan returned to HQ. Her eyes stayed straight ahead the whole time and she answered to nobody.
Entering her chambers, she collapsed on her bed and cried herself to sleep.
In the fervent strains of this tragic elegy
Will you keep me?
Will you keep me?
Oh, oh, will you keep me?
Will you keep me?
Well, that's chapter 2. Just remember that I haven't given up my Y/B tastes, and it will be Y/B at the end.
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