You know what, I'm trying. So there.
And one more thing! This story is set after the Maze Castle incident, after Rescue Yukina, but before the Dark Tournament. Okay? Good. But it's really not much difference. It like - in between missions, doesn't matter where. But Puu does not exist yet. Ok?
Disclaimer: I didn't own anything last chapter, nor the first. I don't own it right now, and I won't next chapter either. So why do you keep asking me these things?!
~*~*~*~*~* The Dragon
Chapter Three: The Dragon Unveiled ~*~*~*~*~*
Yusuke nudged her with his foot, "Hello? Earth to . . . you!"
"I think she's dead, Urumeshi," Kuwabara said matter-of-factly.
Yusuke threw a glare at him, "If she was dead, then why did Botan make us come out here?"
Kuwabara shrugged, contemplating this. "I . . . don't know," he said.
"Right," Yusuke ended their little conversation and nudged the girl again with his foot.
"Eeh?" she sat up, completely drenched in blood. "What the hell?!" she leapt to her feet, only to shriek in pain and fall onto the ground again.
"Calm yourself! Come with us," Yusuke told her, obviously in a hurry.
"Y-Yusuke? Is that you?" she asked.
"You remembered me, I'm flattered. But we have to go," he told her, offering her a hand to help her up.
"Do you remember me?" Kuwabara wanted to know.
"Sure," she said, taking Yusuke's hand and standing.
"Let's go," Yusuke practically dragged her back through Makai, leaving the bloody scene behind them. Kuwabara stood back for a minute, gaping at the bloody mess, before turning and following them, quickly.
"Question!" BD shouted. They all stopped and stared at her.
"What?" Kuwabara ventured.
"Uh, where are we going?"
"To Reikai," Yusuke snapped impatiently. "So hurry up, already!"
"All right, I'm coming! Keep your pants on!" she said, pulling her hand away from him and following at her own pace.
"Please do!" Kuwabara added for good measure.
"Kuwabara . . ." Yusuke looked annoyed.
Kuwabara glanced at him, "huh?"
"Shut up."
~*~* (A/N: It was requested that I mark scene changes . . . so here I go THIS is a scene change, peoples!!! Thank you)
Botan was out momentarily, working on ferrying souls. Koenma sat at his desk, trying to stamp paperwork and watch his large TV at the same time. It wasn't working.
"Koenma, sir! More papers!!" George, Koenma's ever-faithful blue oni, tried to swamp Koenma's desk with more paperwork.
Having had quite enough, Koenma promptly threw a tantrum and George watched as papers - important ones, mind you - scattered all over the room. "Don't bother me, ogre!" Koenma yelled, finishing his tantrum to sit back in his chair and watch the two delinquents and one idiot on the TV screen.
"Koenma, sir! The paperwork!" George wailed in agony.
The scene on the TV was no more peaceful.
"Hurry up!!" Yusuke was yelling at the other two, who appeared to be taking their time.
"Shut up! I'm hurt, duh!" BD screeched at him, pointing at her shirt, which was dyed a dark blood red.
Kuwabara seemed to just be taking his time, because he could do that.
"I don't care!!! Hurry up!" Yusuke was not happy today, and seemed to be in a hurry.
"Man, Yusuke! Lighten up! She's hurt, stupid!!" Kuwabara pointed at BD, death glaring at Yusuke. "How many times to I have to explain this?!"
"Yes! Listen to Kuwabara!"
Yusuke found this funny.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you laughing . . .?" BD was slightly confused.
"Because," Yusuke told her, wiping a tear from his eye, "you don't listen to Kuwabara! He's the group idiot!"
"Hey! I can hear you, you know," Kuwabara glared.
Yusuke laughed again, "I know."
BD sighed deeply and walked faster, keeping up with Yusuke now. "You two are hopeless," she said, grinning at them.
"Thanks," Yusuke said sarcastically.
She laughed at him. "Just kidding, lighten up. I'm the one who's dying, remember?"
"You're dying?" Kuwabara piped up.
Yusuke and BD sweat dropped.
Koenma and George were both watching the argument safely from Reikai. Koenma was silently willing them to all hurry up and get their sorry butts back here so he could finish his paperwork. George was just watching, because he really didn't care.
Botan flew in on her oar, landing gracefully in front of Koenma's TV.
"You're in the way," he said.
"Well! Nice to see you too!" she turned around to see what he was watching. "Is Yusuke on his way?"
"Gee, I wonder," he said, pointing at his TV.
"Someone's grumpy today," she noted.
Koenma sighed and squeezed a handy little stress reliever ball on his desk. "You try running a world when you're very own ferry girl is trying to make you hunt down delinquents and rescue them." He glared at her.
"Well we couldn't just leave her . . ." Botan started
Koenma sighed, "okay, Botan. We wont."
She grinned happily at him as she put away her oar. "Oh, thank you sir!"
He sighed, "Why do I do these things?" he glanced over at the infinite stacks of papers and requests, letting his head fall to his desk in defeat. "Why me?"
~*~*~* (A/N: scene changing! Alert! Alert!)
Knocking on the door louder, hoping for an answer, Keiko began to call out in alarm, "Atsuko? Atsuko!! Are you home?"
She knew that Atsuko was at home, but probably not Yusuke. Yusuke would have answered the door by now. But she kept her hopes up and knocked harder.
"I'm coming! Keep your shirt on!" there was a pause, "or don't!" Atsuko opened up the door, a hopeful look on her face. She frowned a little when she saw that it was only Keiko.
"Hello, Atsuko. Do you know where I can find Yusuke?" she checked her watch, "he'll be late for school."
Atsuko murmured and leaned against the door, rubbing her temples and allowing her vision to become clear. "He's out, Keiko . . . will you bring him to school for me? That's a doll . . ." she shut the door and wandered back to her alcohol.
Keiko sighed. "Sure thing, Atsuko." Now, to find Yusuke . . . but there was no time for it. She'd be late for school as it was.
*~*~*~ (A/N: I'm sure you figured it out by now . . . this is a scene change)
"Botan! We're here!!" Yusuke yelled into the speaker, although they could probably hear him at Koenma's desk anyway.
"Must you scream?" BD wanted to know.
"Apparently," Kuwabara said.
Yusuke blinked and stared at Kuwabara, for he was not used to Kuwabara using big words.
Botan threw open the door to greet them. "Hi! C'mon in!" she cheerily led the way down the hall, her pink kimono flowing behind her gracefully. Several multicolored onis followed, cleaning up the drops of blood falling from BD's arm.
"Koenma-sama! They're back!" Botan called.
"Yes, I can see that," he works away at his paperwork, unable to slow himself.
"Ahem, Koenma, sir? She needs medical attention," Botan suggested.
"I'll get on that right away!" George ran off to some unknown place, returning with several other odd-colored onis. They form a circle around BD and dab her with alcohol.
"Uh, hi?" BD winced back, as being dabbed with alcohol is slightly unpleasant. The onis backed off and ran about their usual duties.
Yusuke seethed, "You mean to tell me that you brought us all the way back here to dab her with alcohol?!"
"I guess so," Botan smiled at him. "It was fun, wasn't it?"
He twitched, looking quite scary. "No Botan. It wasn't."
"Can I go now?" BD asked, slightly afraid of the onis.
"Sure," Koenma was only half paying attention, the other half focused on his papers.
"Awww, do you have to?" Botan pleaded.
She shrugged and replied, "I guess not, but . . ." she glanced at George nervously.
George stared back at her, wondering if he had something on his face or something.
Yusuke turned and left, without his two companions. "Hey!! Wait for me!" Kuwabara ran after him. Botan just stood there with a pleading look.
BD looked down at her bloodstained clothing and sighed, "Botan, do you know where I can get something to change into? I'm a little . . . bloody."
"Of course! Right this way," Botan led her down one of the many hallways, this one painted a light pink. BD glanced around her, seeing pictures of King Yamma (A/N: Please do not review me saying "but its Enma!" because I know that. In the dubbed version they use "Yamma" and so that is what will be used here. Thank you), looking quite scary indeed. She winced back. "Well come on! In here!" Botan dramatically threw open a pair of double- doors.
Inside was, apparently, Botan's own bedroom. The walls were painted a solid baby blue, with matching curtains lining the giant window opposite the door. Outside the window, Botan's room had a wonderful view of the River Styx. The carpet was a creamy white color, and very thick. There was a large mirror directly to their left, beauty products scattered along a shelf below it. Botan walked slowly into her room, inhaling the scent of body sprays and perfume deeply. She turned to BD and smiled, "This is my room, you like it?"
BD nodded absentmindedly, staring out the window and taking in the scene. Botan hopped across the room to a large walk-in closet and threw open the doors. Inside it were about a million kimonos of different color, ranging from pink, to blue, to purple. Botan rubbed her chin thoughtfully and said, "Hmmm, you're about . . . here." She walked towards the middle of the closet, close to the right.
"You keep them in order . . .?" this confused BD greatly.
"Yes, the newest ones are to the left," Botan smiled, proud of herself. "It's very organized."
"I can see that!"
Botan grinned and stepped back, pointing, "Choose one, any one! I've outgrown all of these, so I'm just glad they're being put to good use again."
BD sifted some of the fabric through her fingers, searching for a color other than pink to wear. One of them caught her eye and she pulled it out to look at it. It was tan in color, with black trimming around the sleeves. She turned back to Botan, "I like this one."
"That one?" Botan was slightly confused, unable to understand why someone would rather a tan kimono than a pink or blue one.
"Yes, this one. Thank you!" BD gave her a light hug and held the kimono up to her, peering into the mirror. "What do you think?"
"Perfect fit, BD! I like it!"
~*~*~*(A/N: duh!)
Keiko ran along the sidewalk, her blue skirt ruffling in the wind behind her. Yusuke ran up behind her and groped her bottom. She turned a bright red color, "Yusuke you pervert!" SLAP!
"Heh, I'm okay . . ." Yusuke rubbed his cheek gently, a red handprint "gracing" his features.
"Oh, Yusuke . . . sorry about that . . ." Keiko stammered. She smiled suddenly and threw her arms around his neck. "Where were you? You had me worried!"
"I was around, it's okay. I'm here now, aren't I?"
"Well yeah, but . . ."
"C'mon! We're going to be late!!" Yusuke grabbed her hand and ran towards the school. Keiko was stunned into silence . . . since when does Yusuke want to go to school?
"What's the matter with you, Keiko?" Yusuke asked, suddenly alarmed.
"You want to go to school?"
"Well I'd like not to be late for it . . ."
This caused Keiko to throw her arms around his neck again, planting a kiss on his cheek. This in turn causing him to blush hotly and become very confused, "Keiko? Are you okay?"
"Of course, Yusuke," she smiled at him. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You're scaring me . . ."
The school bell rang again.
"Damn!"
"Yusuke! Language!"
They ran the rest of the way to school hand-in-hand.
~*~*~*(A/N: * sigh * I give up. Figure it out yourself)
"BD? Can I ask you a serious question?" Botan cautiously sat down on her bed, watching as BD stood in front of the mirror, modeling her new kimono.
"Yea?"
"What's your real name?"
This struck BD with force, causing her to drop her jaw and plop into a heap on the floor. "W-why?"
"I'm curious," Botan stated simply. She grinned mentally, because this would be easy. She'd planned it all out.
"B-but why?"
Botan grinned for real this time, pleased with her own detective work. Jackpot! "Why, BD? Do you have something to hide?" she felt somewhat guilty to be prying into BD's background, but she'd promised Koenma.
"Of- of course not. But why?"
"It's all right, you don't have to tell me . . ." Botan trailed off, disappointed.
It's BD's turn to feel guilty now. Biting her lower lip, she released a heavy sigh and began, "Okay, you want to know about me? I'll tell you. My real name's not BD. Surprised?"
"Well not really . . ."
"That was a sarcastic question, Botan."
"Oh . . . I knew that!" Botan smiled, embarrassed.
"Okay, as I was saying, my real name's not BD. It's Kimiko Amori. I really prefer to be called BD; can you still call me that? Please?"
"Kimiko?" Botan blinked, trying to recall if she'd ever heard that name before. She didn't remember hearing it anywhere.
"Yes, Kimiko. I used to go by it . . . and sometimes people would call me Amori, but that was a long time ago. I go by BD now, okay?"
"Of course, BD. That's all I really wanted to know . . ." Botan trailed off again. She had been hoping for more information than simply a name. She was just as curious as Koenma, now that she'd become interested.
BD could read the disappointment on her face, and wanted to fix it. But where to start? She took a deep breath and jumped right into it, "You wanted more, didn't you?"
"W-well yes . . ."
"Okay, I'll tell you. But will you promise to keep it between us?"
"Uh . . . of course," Botan felt a strong twang of guilt, because she knew she'd tell Koenma about it.
"I trust you," BD smiled.
Botan could feel the pit of guilt in her stomach grow deeper.
~*~* (A/N: must I keep saying it?!)
"Urumeshi! Pay attention!" Kuwabara's shout came several seconds too late. Yusuke had been impaled with the volleyball, leaving a large red mark across his face.
"Gee, thanks for the warning, Kuwabara," Yusuke glared, holding a paper towel to his nosebleed.
"Well you should have been paying attention!" Kuwabara hollered back at him from where he was still playing.
"It's not my fault!" Yusuke shouted, as a reflex.
Kuwabara saw his opportunity and struck, "Oh? And I suppose it's Keiko's fault that you're stalking her!"
Only seconds later, both of them were in Mr. Takanaka's office for fighting, looking at a detention sentence.
"Good job, Urumeshi! You got us in trouble!"
"Shut up." Yusuke retorted.
~*~*~*~*~*~
END CHAPTER
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YOU LIKE?! I enjoyed that. A few Yusuke/Keiko moments and we FINALLY find out what BD's real name is. I told you people it was in the plan! Just wait - more to come.
Thanks to all you who are reviewing, I'll have the next chapter up A-sap!
Flames and Torches,
~Black Dragon~
PS: Note, I'm on spring break next week, so if I can't get it up before then I guarantee it to be up during my vacation. AND FURTHERMORE: it's almost my birthday! My happiness will spread through fics, I promise.
And one more thing! This story is set after the Maze Castle incident, after Rescue Yukina, but before the Dark Tournament. Okay? Good. But it's really not much difference. It like - in between missions, doesn't matter where. But Puu does not exist yet. Ok?
Disclaimer: I didn't own anything last chapter, nor the first. I don't own it right now, and I won't next chapter either. So why do you keep asking me these things?!
~*~*~*~*~* The Dragon
Chapter Three: The Dragon Unveiled ~*~*~*~*~*
Yusuke nudged her with his foot, "Hello? Earth to . . . you!"
"I think she's dead, Urumeshi," Kuwabara said matter-of-factly.
Yusuke threw a glare at him, "If she was dead, then why did Botan make us come out here?"
Kuwabara shrugged, contemplating this. "I . . . don't know," he said.
"Right," Yusuke ended their little conversation and nudged the girl again with his foot.
"Eeh?" she sat up, completely drenched in blood. "What the hell?!" she leapt to her feet, only to shriek in pain and fall onto the ground again.
"Calm yourself! Come with us," Yusuke told her, obviously in a hurry.
"Y-Yusuke? Is that you?" she asked.
"You remembered me, I'm flattered. But we have to go," he told her, offering her a hand to help her up.
"Do you remember me?" Kuwabara wanted to know.
"Sure," she said, taking Yusuke's hand and standing.
"Let's go," Yusuke practically dragged her back through Makai, leaving the bloody scene behind them. Kuwabara stood back for a minute, gaping at the bloody mess, before turning and following them, quickly.
"Question!" BD shouted. They all stopped and stared at her.
"What?" Kuwabara ventured.
"Uh, where are we going?"
"To Reikai," Yusuke snapped impatiently. "So hurry up, already!"
"All right, I'm coming! Keep your pants on!" she said, pulling her hand away from him and following at her own pace.
"Please do!" Kuwabara added for good measure.
"Kuwabara . . ." Yusuke looked annoyed.
Kuwabara glanced at him, "huh?"
"Shut up."
~*~* (A/N: It was requested that I mark scene changes . . . so here I go THIS is a scene change, peoples!!! Thank you)
Botan was out momentarily, working on ferrying souls. Koenma sat at his desk, trying to stamp paperwork and watch his large TV at the same time. It wasn't working.
"Koenma, sir! More papers!!" George, Koenma's ever-faithful blue oni, tried to swamp Koenma's desk with more paperwork.
Having had quite enough, Koenma promptly threw a tantrum and George watched as papers - important ones, mind you - scattered all over the room. "Don't bother me, ogre!" Koenma yelled, finishing his tantrum to sit back in his chair and watch the two delinquents and one idiot on the TV screen.
"Koenma, sir! The paperwork!" George wailed in agony.
The scene on the TV was no more peaceful.
"Hurry up!!" Yusuke was yelling at the other two, who appeared to be taking their time.
"Shut up! I'm hurt, duh!" BD screeched at him, pointing at her shirt, which was dyed a dark blood red.
Kuwabara seemed to just be taking his time, because he could do that.
"I don't care!!! Hurry up!" Yusuke was not happy today, and seemed to be in a hurry.
"Man, Yusuke! Lighten up! She's hurt, stupid!!" Kuwabara pointed at BD, death glaring at Yusuke. "How many times to I have to explain this?!"
"Yes! Listen to Kuwabara!"
Yusuke found this funny.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you laughing . . .?" BD was slightly confused.
"Because," Yusuke told her, wiping a tear from his eye, "you don't listen to Kuwabara! He's the group idiot!"
"Hey! I can hear you, you know," Kuwabara glared.
Yusuke laughed again, "I know."
BD sighed deeply and walked faster, keeping up with Yusuke now. "You two are hopeless," she said, grinning at them.
"Thanks," Yusuke said sarcastically.
She laughed at him. "Just kidding, lighten up. I'm the one who's dying, remember?"
"You're dying?" Kuwabara piped up.
Yusuke and BD sweat dropped.
Koenma and George were both watching the argument safely from Reikai. Koenma was silently willing them to all hurry up and get their sorry butts back here so he could finish his paperwork. George was just watching, because he really didn't care.
Botan flew in on her oar, landing gracefully in front of Koenma's TV.
"You're in the way," he said.
"Well! Nice to see you too!" she turned around to see what he was watching. "Is Yusuke on his way?"
"Gee, I wonder," he said, pointing at his TV.
"Someone's grumpy today," she noted.
Koenma sighed and squeezed a handy little stress reliever ball on his desk. "You try running a world when you're very own ferry girl is trying to make you hunt down delinquents and rescue them." He glared at her.
"Well we couldn't just leave her . . ." Botan started
Koenma sighed, "okay, Botan. We wont."
She grinned happily at him as she put away her oar. "Oh, thank you sir!"
He sighed, "Why do I do these things?" he glanced over at the infinite stacks of papers and requests, letting his head fall to his desk in defeat. "Why me?"
~*~*~* (A/N: scene changing! Alert! Alert!)
Knocking on the door louder, hoping for an answer, Keiko began to call out in alarm, "Atsuko? Atsuko!! Are you home?"
She knew that Atsuko was at home, but probably not Yusuke. Yusuke would have answered the door by now. But she kept her hopes up and knocked harder.
"I'm coming! Keep your shirt on!" there was a pause, "or don't!" Atsuko opened up the door, a hopeful look on her face. She frowned a little when she saw that it was only Keiko.
"Hello, Atsuko. Do you know where I can find Yusuke?" she checked her watch, "he'll be late for school."
Atsuko murmured and leaned against the door, rubbing her temples and allowing her vision to become clear. "He's out, Keiko . . . will you bring him to school for me? That's a doll . . ." she shut the door and wandered back to her alcohol.
Keiko sighed. "Sure thing, Atsuko." Now, to find Yusuke . . . but there was no time for it. She'd be late for school as it was.
*~*~*~ (A/N: I'm sure you figured it out by now . . . this is a scene change)
"Botan! We're here!!" Yusuke yelled into the speaker, although they could probably hear him at Koenma's desk anyway.
"Must you scream?" BD wanted to know.
"Apparently," Kuwabara said.
Yusuke blinked and stared at Kuwabara, for he was not used to Kuwabara using big words.
Botan threw open the door to greet them. "Hi! C'mon in!" she cheerily led the way down the hall, her pink kimono flowing behind her gracefully. Several multicolored onis followed, cleaning up the drops of blood falling from BD's arm.
"Koenma-sama! They're back!" Botan called.
"Yes, I can see that," he works away at his paperwork, unable to slow himself.
"Ahem, Koenma, sir? She needs medical attention," Botan suggested.
"I'll get on that right away!" George ran off to some unknown place, returning with several other odd-colored onis. They form a circle around BD and dab her with alcohol.
"Uh, hi?" BD winced back, as being dabbed with alcohol is slightly unpleasant. The onis backed off and ran about their usual duties.
Yusuke seethed, "You mean to tell me that you brought us all the way back here to dab her with alcohol?!"
"I guess so," Botan smiled at him. "It was fun, wasn't it?"
He twitched, looking quite scary. "No Botan. It wasn't."
"Can I go now?" BD asked, slightly afraid of the onis.
"Sure," Koenma was only half paying attention, the other half focused on his papers.
"Awww, do you have to?" Botan pleaded.
She shrugged and replied, "I guess not, but . . ." she glanced at George nervously.
George stared back at her, wondering if he had something on his face or something.
Yusuke turned and left, without his two companions. "Hey!! Wait for me!" Kuwabara ran after him. Botan just stood there with a pleading look.
BD looked down at her bloodstained clothing and sighed, "Botan, do you know where I can get something to change into? I'm a little . . . bloody."
"Of course! Right this way," Botan led her down one of the many hallways, this one painted a light pink. BD glanced around her, seeing pictures of King Yamma (A/N: Please do not review me saying "but its Enma!" because I know that. In the dubbed version they use "Yamma" and so that is what will be used here. Thank you), looking quite scary indeed. She winced back. "Well come on! In here!" Botan dramatically threw open a pair of double- doors.
Inside was, apparently, Botan's own bedroom. The walls were painted a solid baby blue, with matching curtains lining the giant window opposite the door. Outside the window, Botan's room had a wonderful view of the River Styx. The carpet was a creamy white color, and very thick. There was a large mirror directly to their left, beauty products scattered along a shelf below it. Botan walked slowly into her room, inhaling the scent of body sprays and perfume deeply. She turned to BD and smiled, "This is my room, you like it?"
BD nodded absentmindedly, staring out the window and taking in the scene. Botan hopped across the room to a large walk-in closet and threw open the doors. Inside it were about a million kimonos of different color, ranging from pink, to blue, to purple. Botan rubbed her chin thoughtfully and said, "Hmmm, you're about . . . here." She walked towards the middle of the closet, close to the right.
"You keep them in order . . .?" this confused BD greatly.
"Yes, the newest ones are to the left," Botan smiled, proud of herself. "It's very organized."
"I can see that!"
Botan grinned and stepped back, pointing, "Choose one, any one! I've outgrown all of these, so I'm just glad they're being put to good use again."
BD sifted some of the fabric through her fingers, searching for a color other than pink to wear. One of them caught her eye and she pulled it out to look at it. It was tan in color, with black trimming around the sleeves. She turned back to Botan, "I like this one."
"That one?" Botan was slightly confused, unable to understand why someone would rather a tan kimono than a pink or blue one.
"Yes, this one. Thank you!" BD gave her a light hug and held the kimono up to her, peering into the mirror. "What do you think?"
"Perfect fit, BD! I like it!"
~*~*~*(A/N: duh!)
Keiko ran along the sidewalk, her blue skirt ruffling in the wind behind her. Yusuke ran up behind her and groped her bottom. She turned a bright red color, "Yusuke you pervert!" SLAP!
"Heh, I'm okay . . ." Yusuke rubbed his cheek gently, a red handprint "gracing" his features.
"Oh, Yusuke . . . sorry about that . . ." Keiko stammered. She smiled suddenly and threw her arms around his neck. "Where were you? You had me worried!"
"I was around, it's okay. I'm here now, aren't I?"
"Well yeah, but . . ."
"C'mon! We're going to be late!!" Yusuke grabbed her hand and ran towards the school. Keiko was stunned into silence . . . since when does Yusuke want to go to school?
"What's the matter with you, Keiko?" Yusuke asked, suddenly alarmed.
"You want to go to school?"
"Well I'd like not to be late for it . . ."
This caused Keiko to throw her arms around his neck again, planting a kiss on his cheek. This in turn causing him to blush hotly and become very confused, "Keiko? Are you okay?"
"Of course, Yusuke," she smiled at him. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You're scaring me . . ."
The school bell rang again.
"Damn!"
"Yusuke! Language!"
They ran the rest of the way to school hand-in-hand.
~*~*~*(A/N: * sigh * I give up. Figure it out yourself)
"BD? Can I ask you a serious question?" Botan cautiously sat down on her bed, watching as BD stood in front of the mirror, modeling her new kimono.
"Yea?"
"What's your real name?"
This struck BD with force, causing her to drop her jaw and plop into a heap on the floor. "W-why?"
"I'm curious," Botan stated simply. She grinned mentally, because this would be easy. She'd planned it all out.
"B-but why?"
Botan grinned for real this time, pleased with her own detective work. Jackpot! "Why, BD? Do you have something to hide?" she felt somewhat guilty to be prying into BD's background, but she'd promised Koenma.
"Of- of course not. But why?"
"It's all right, you don't have to tell me . . ." Botan trailed off, disappointed.
It's BD's turn to feel guilty now. Biting her lower lip, she released a heavy sigh and began, "Okay, you want to know about me? I'll tell you. My real name's not BD. Surprised?"
"Well not really . . ."
"That was a sarcastic question, Botan."
"Oh . . . I knew that!" Botan smiled, embarrassed.
"Okay, as I was saying, my real name's not BD. It's Kimiko Amori. I really prefer to be called BD; can you still call me that? Please?"
"Kimiko?" Botan blinked, trying to recall if she'd ever heard that name before. She didn't remember hearing it anywhere.
"Yes, Kimiko. I used to go by it . . . and sometimes people would call me Amori, but that was a long time ago. I go by BD now, okay?"
"Of course, BD. That's all I really wanted to know . . ." Botan trailed off again. She had been hoping for more information than simply a name. She was just as curious as Koenma, now that she'd become interested.
BD could read the disappointment on her face, and wanted to fix it. But where to start? She took a deep breath and jumped right into it, "You wanted more, didn't you?"
"W-well yes . . ."
"Okay, I'll tell you. But will you promise to keep it between us?"
"Uh . . . of course," Botan felt a strong twang of guilt, because she knew she'd tell Koenma about it.
"I trust you," BD smiled.
Botan could feel the pit of guilt in her stomach grow deeper.
~*~* (A/N: must I keep saying it?!)
"Urumeshi! Pay attention!" Kuwabara's shout came several seconds too late. Yusuke had been impaled with the volleyball, leaving a large red mark across his face.
"Gee, thanks for the warning, Kuwabara," Yusuke glared, holding a paper towel to his nosebleed.
"Well you should have been paying attention!" Kuwabara hollered back at him from where he was still playing.
"It's not my fault!" Yusuke shouted, as a reflex.
Kuwabara saw his opportunity and struck, "Oh? And I suppose it's Keiko's fault that you're stalking her!"
Only seconds later, both of them were in Mr. Takanaka's office for fighting, looking at a detention sentence.
"Good job, Urumeshi! You got us in trouble!"
"Shut up." Yusuke retorted.
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END CHAPTER
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YOU LIKE?! I enjoyed that. A few Yusuke/Keiko moments and we FINALLY find out what BD's real name is. I told you people it was in the plan! Just wait - more to come.
Thanks to all you who are reviewing, I'll have the next chapter up A-sap!
Flames and Torches,
~Black Dragon~
PS: Note, I'm on spring break next week, so if I can't get it up before then I guarantee it to be up during my vacation. AND FURTHERMORE: it's almost my birthday! My happiness will spread through fics, I promise.