Hmmmm! I'm trying to update and write ASAP but with my finger all funky, I
can't type very fast. I really hope someone is readin' my fic and enjoys
it, 'cause I sure like it. Make sure to review and let me know if you like
it at all.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yuyu or it's characters
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It was a bright and early morning as two young men arrived at the airport. Hiei stood wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt; the only thing Kurama could convince him to wear before they reached the Bahamas. The fiery haired teen was wearing jeans, a white button-up shirt and a brown jacket with a small carry-on bag slung over his shoulder, "Now where do you suppose Yusuke and Kuwabara could be?" He asked his companion.
"Hn, how would I know. Those two are probably lost." He murmured lowly.
Kurama smirked faintly, "Now Hiei, give them some credit." They stood in silence as they watched numerous people flood into the airport when Kurama noticed two haggard looking boys, "There they are."
Yusuke and Kuwabara dragged their feet over to Kurama and Hiei. Kuwabara in jeans, a gray long sleeved shirt, and an orange vest. Yusuke was wearing jeans, a green T-shirt and his trusty blue jacket, "God, it's too early for this." Yusuke yawned.
"I didn't think I'd make it to the airport without falling asleep first." Kuwabara added, scratching his head.
Kurama laughed softly, "Come now, if we don't find our gate, we'll miss the flight." They turned and began walking over to the gate.
"Yeah but can we get something to eat first, I'm really hungry." Yusuke's voice drifted off as they disappeared into the crowd.
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The mighty roar of a jet whirled through the sky as a large plane flew through the air smoothly. Through two of the many windows, the four Spirit Detectives could be seen. Yusuke and Kuwabara, who sat next to each other, were fast asleep and snoring extremely loud. Behind them, Hiei and Kurama were silent. Kurama was turning the pages of a large book and Hiei was meditating. They had been in the air for several hours by then.
The red haired young man flipped his pages irritably, unable to stay focused on the story in front of him. Hiei, who had kept his eyes closed, spoke in murmured tones, "I can't concentrate with you creating all that noise. You're almost as bad as the orange-haired baka."
Kurama marked his page and closed the book, "Sorry Hiei, I didn't mean to trouble you."
There was a brief moment of silence before the fire demon spoke up again, "You're thinking of the blue haired bubble head again." It wasn't a question but a statement.
Kurama frowned, "Not that I appreciate your name for her, but yes I am."
Hiei smirked and shrugged his shoulders, "Why waste your time?"
"If the same thing happened with Yukina, wouldn't you like to know her whereabouts?" He shot back with a thin smile, referring back to an incident that occurred less than a year ago.
FLASHBACK
Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke and Kuwabara burst into Koenma's office after receiving an urgent letter from him, "So what's up this time?" Yusuke asked, already bored.
"Botan's missing." The small statement was enough to send them all into alarm, except Hiei.
"What?" Kurama growled, eyes narrowing dangerously.
Under the youko's scrutinizing gaze, Koenma fidgeted nervously, "Two days ago, I sent Botan to Makai to recover a lost soul. She hasn't come back."
Within a fraction of a second, Kurama crossed the room and held Koenma up by the from of his shirt, "And you only told us this now, why??"
The toddler looked around the room for any assistance, but found none. George was huddled in the corner, Hiei just smirked from his position against the wall and the two humans glared hatefully at him, "I..err..uhh." He fumbled with his words, but Kurama spared him the worry.
"Where did you send her?" Was his horrifyingly calm question.
"She was on her way t-to the Ferral Hills." He stuttered. Kurama narrowed his eyes one last time at the Rekai Prince before dropping him back in his chair and turning on his heel. As he neared the door, he called over his shoulder, "For future references, if you ever send Botan alone to Makai again, I won't hesitate to inflict some serious pain." With that, the four boys left his office and began their trip the Makai.
Back with the toddler, George ran up to him, "Are you alright, Koenma sir?" He asked, dusting his tiny shoulder off.
Koenma swatted his hand away, "I'm fine ogre, just back off."
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When they reached the center point between Ferral Hills and Rekai, they split up in different direction. So far, none of them had any luck in finding a faint clue to her location. After four hours, Kurama finally decided to rest for a moment. He leaned against the nearest tree and sighed, looking up to the sky, 'Botan, where are you?' He wondered. Suddenly, a jolt went through his system and he watched a scene play before his eyes.
*Botan was flying above the trees when an arrow shot from within the foliage, cracking her oar. She fell to the ground, crashing through trees in the process. She landed on the ground with a heavy thud and immediately attempted to stand. By the time she had made it to her feet, she was surrounded by snake Youkai who had the body of a snake and the torso and head of a man. Botan looked around nervously, before breaking into a run from the snakes and faded from sight, youkai following her.*
Kurama stood upright and stared at the tree he was leaning against. He had just witnessed its memories. With a smiled, he set a hand against its trunk, "Thank you." He murmured and took off running in the direction Botan had gone in the vision. In the distance, he heard the tree groan in response.
As Kurama ran, he could smell blood; belonging to both Botan and the snake youkai. With a grim smile, he thought to himself, 'At least she injured them.'. When he came to a clearing, he was surprised by what he saw. There were six snake youkai strewn about the area, all dead. He would have laughed, but within the blood he smelt much of Botan's blood. Another thing bothered him, in the vision, there were seven snakes.
One was missing.
He took off in the direction where he smelt more of Botan's blood as fast as his feet would carry him, 'Please be alright, Botan.'. He ran for what seemed to be miles when the blood was strongest. He finally came to another clearing and another surprise, but not a pleasant one.
Kurama found what he was searching for, but not in the condition he wanted. Botan was kneeling in the center clearing, clutching her left arm, which was covered in blood. Her hair was ratted up and caked in dirt and blood. Her beautiful pink kimono was ripped, torn and no longer light pink, but a light brown color. The deity was facing away from him and seemed to be in a trance. Cautiously, he moved to her, careful not the startle her.
When he reached her side, he placed a hand on her shoulder lightly. Apparently, it had the opposite effects from what he wanted. She jumped, spun around and crawled backwards, "Get away!" She cried. When she realized whatever it was, wasn't attacking, she looked up to find Kurama's worried gaze pinned on her. Botan felt tears swell up in her eyes, "Oh Kurama! Thank goodness you're here." She whispered.
Her face was covered in dirt, blood and scratched, along with the rest of her body. Kurama walked over and knelt down next to her, "You're going to be just fine now, so don't worry." He slipped one hand under her knees and the other behind her back, before standing up. He winced when her heard her cry in pain from the movement.
"I'm so relieved that you're here..I was so scared." Botan murmured, drifting in and out of consciousness.
He smiled gentle at her, "Just rest now, I'll take you to Genkai and you'll be good as new." With his comforting words, Botan drifted into a much needed sleep.
Kurama stared at her softly and began to walk back towards their meeting place. Suddenly, from behind, he heard the bushes rustle and a dark figure leapt from within, "Freshhhh meat!" A voice hissed baring its fangs.
He whirled around in horror, unable to use any attack with Botan in his arms. He held her tightly in his arms and shielded her from the blow of the snake youkai. After a moment, he realized there was no attack and he looked up to see Hiei standing over the carcass of the now decapitated youkai, "Not even a worthwhile fight." He grunted and turned to Kurama. The fire demon stared at Botan, "She doesn't look all that great."
"Let's meet up with the others and head over to Genkai's." Kurama stated and began walking again.
"Whatever." Hiei shrugged and followed him.
Kurama gazed down at Botan once more before speaking in a low tone, "Thank you, Hiei."
"Hn." Was his response of recognition.
END FLASHBACK
That incident left Botan with a broken left arm and bedridden for a week to regain all the blood she had lost. Kurama had stopped to visit her every day to see how she was recovering. She had also thanked Kurama every day for coming for her, as if her were a night in shining armor.
"I suppose." Hiei admitted after a moment, "But that's no reason to worry the entire time. It's not like you can't contact her with Yusuke's communicator." Kurama gave Hiei a bemused smile.
"I've never seen this side of you before, what's with the change?" He asked with a wide grin.
Hiei glared at his taller friend before returning to his meditation, "Stupid kitsune." He murmured, loud enough for his chuckling friend to hear.
As the plane ride droned on, Yusuke and Kuwabara awoke and seemed regenerated. They sat impatiently, awaiting the plane's landing. Along the way, Hiei took up the act of randomly kicking Kuwabara's seat, shaking the carrot-toped boy all around. He would turn around and begin to banter the fire demon who would respond with, "Don't look at me, we are on a plane." Kuwabara would turn around and grumble, not noticing Yusuke attempting to stifle his laughter. Kurama noticed the darkening sky as they flew onwards, stars becoming evident in the sky.
After seven hours on the plane ride with Kuwabara's annoying jokes, the loudspeaker came on, "Attention passenger, we will be landing in the Bahamas airport shortly. Please fasten your seat belts and raise your tray tables. We hope you have enjoyed our flight and enjoy your stay in the Bahamas."
When the plane came to a final stop, and had docked up to the gate, passengers rose from their seats to claim their bags and leave the plane as soon as possible. Everyone seemed to have jet lag except for the four Spirit Detectives who seemed good as new. They were the last four to exit the plane and pass through the doors. Surprised, the airport was almost barren with the exception of a few people scattered about.
To Kuwabara's disappointment, there were no hula girls to greet them, "Aw man, I thought we would have gotten this great greeting with flower leighs and stuff." He whined.
"Well what did you expect at three in the morning?" A new voice asked. They turned around to see Botan standing there with her arms crossed. She was wearing a light purple tank top with gray sweatpants and a thin, white bathrobe over that. Her hair was done up in a messy ponytail and her purple sandals were slide-on.
"Botan?!" Yuske exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
She sighed, exasperated, "What do you think? I'm your fifth member."
Kuwabara laughed, "You..you can play the piano?" He asked, humorously.
"Yes, if you must know. I'd really love to argue with you but I'd rather get back to the hotel and sleep for a few more hours." She tapped her foot impatiently, exhaustion clearly written over her face.
"But why would you want to sleep at three?" Yusuke asked, not realizing the darkened skies.
"Three in the morning, Yusuke. There's a twelve hour time difference." Botan pointed to a clock on the wall, which read three o'clock.
"Oh, well, I guess we should head back." He laughed nervously.
Botan looked at their things, "Is that all you have?" She asked.
They nodded, "Koenma said only to pack necessary things." Yusuke said, holding it up higher.
"Good, now let's go get a taxi and head back to the hotel." She turned and began leading the way back to the main doors of the airport.
As she walked, Kurama stepped up beside her, "It's good to see you again, Botan." He stated with a smile.
She returned a big, but weak one, "You too, Kurama! It was lonely here." They reached the doors and found a few yellow cars waiting for them. They randomly chose the nearest one and piled in. Hiei automatically took the front seat, which left Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan and Kurama to squeeze into the back. They managed to fit but Botan was forced to sit on Kurama's lap, "The Blue Hotel please." Botan murmured.
"Sure thing." The man started the engine and sped off down the highway. After a few minutes of silence, the man spoke, "So you kids here for the band competition?" He asked.
"Mhmm." Botan mumbled.
"Competing or watching?" He asked curiously.
But Botan didn't answer, she had drifted into a calming sleep so Kurama answered, "Competing, sir." There were no questions after that. Kurama looked down at Botan who was nestled up against his chest with a faint smile evident on her lips.
When they arrived at the hotel, Yusuke paid the man as they got out of the car. Kurama lifted Botan into his arms, not wanting to wake her. The man leaned out of his window and grinned at them, "Good luck kids." With that, he took off into the night.
They turned and stared at the hotel. It was at least 45 stories tall with tropical trees and forests outlining it. The place seemed to be even more fancy than the Dark Tournament hotel. Glass statues were stationed at the front of the doors with a lit fountain in front. They entered through the sliding glass doors into an even more decked up lobby, which held glass chandeliers, red velvet furniture and detailed carpets. There was main desk on the far side of the lobby with four elevators on each side. They walked over to the front desk where a young woman sat. When she noticed the group in front of her, she looked up and smiled brightly, despite the time.
"Hello, how can I help you?" She asked before noticing Botan in Kurama's arms. As she did, she clapped her hands in delight, "Oh! You must be with Miss Botan, which makes you..the Poltergeist Crew!"
"That would be us." Yusuke leaned against the desk.
The woman fished out four cards, "These are for your rooms, one for each of you and two rooms all-together. You are on the 40th level, giving you a great view of everything!"
They turned to the elevators when the woman called after them, "You should thank your friend for getting here so early. You've got the best rooms in the hotel!"
Yusuke waved back to her as the elevator doors closed and began moving up to the desired floor. He looked at the four cards in his hands. Two were black and two were green, "Here, you can share a room." He handed the two black ones to Kurama and Hiei, while he and Kuwabara kept the green ones. When the elevator doors opened, a wide and long hallway met them with rooms on either side. Walking down, they finally found their two rooms and opened the doors. Yusuke and Kuwabara went in immediately, "Sleep well guys, see ya in a few hours!" Yusuke called before slamming the door.
Hiei entered their room and turned to Kurama, "Aren't you coming?" He asked, not really caring.
Kurama was fishing in Botan's pocket when he found a silver key card, "In a minute." He replied. Hiei shrugged and closed the door behind him. Looking down at the number on the card, he found it was the room next to theirs. Somehow, he managed to hold Botan, open and door and get in with ease. Flipping on the light switch, he was met by a soft pink room with pink everything, but it was a large room with a single king-sized bed and a balcony.
He moved to the bed and drew back the sheets, laying Botan down before covering her up again. Immediately, she turned to try and find her warmth she lost. Finally, the sheets warmed up to her and Botan's facial expressions softened. Kurama's eyes softened and he bent over, kissing her forehead, 'Sleep well Botan.' He thought before switching the lights off again and closing the door.
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YAY!! That was a long chappie for me. Oh well. Hey, don't you just hate it when you crawl into bed and the sheets are all cold. Then you make a nice warm spot but then you want to move, but you can't 'cause the sheets are still cold!!! I hate that! Anyway, please review! I love the ones I'm getting now.
Next time:
Now that the entire team is in the Bahamas a week earlier than expected, it's time for a bit of exploring mixed in with practice and fun!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yuyu or it's characters
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It was a bright and early morning as two young men arrived at the airport. Hiei stood wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt; the only thing Kurama could convince him to wear before they reached the Bahamas. The fiery haired teen was wearing jeans, a white button-up shirt and a brown jacket with a small carry-on bag slung over his shoulder, "Now where do you suppose Yusuke and Kuwabara could be?" He asked his companion.
"Hn, how would I know. Those two are probably lost." He murmured lowly.
Kurama smirked faintly, "Now Hiei, give them some credit." They stood in silence as they watched numerous people flood into the airport when Kurama noticed two haggard looking boys, "There they are."
Yusuke and Kuwabara dragged their feet over to Kurama and Hiei. Kuwabara in jeans, a gray long sleeved shirt, and an orange vest. Yusuke was wearing jeans, a green T-shirt and his trusty blue jacket, "God, it's too early for this." Yusuke yawned.
"I didn't think I'd make it to the airport without falling asleep first." Kuwabara added, scratching his head.
Kurama laughed softly, "Come now, if we don't find our gate, we'll miss the flight." They turned and began walking over to the gate.
"Yeah but can we get something to eat first, I'm really hungry." Yusuke's voice drifted off as they disappeared into the crowd.
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The mighty roar of a jet whirled through the sky as a large plane flew through the air smoothly. Through two of the many windows, the four Spirit Detectives could be seen. Yusuke and Kuwabara, who sat next to each other, were fast asleep and snoring extremely loud. Behind them, Hiei and Kurama were silent. Kurama was turning the pages of a large book and Hiei was meditating. They had been in the air for several hours by then.
The red haired young man flipped his pages irritably, unable to stay focused on the story in front of him. Hiei, who had kept his eyes closed, spoke in murmured tones, "I can't concentrate with you creating all that noise. You're almost as bad as the orange-haired baka."
Kurama marked his page and closed the book, "Sorry Hiei, I didn't mean to trouble you."
There was a brief moment of silence before the fire demon spoke up again, "You're thinking of the blue haired bubble head again." It wasn't a question but a statement.
Kurama frowned, "Not that I appreciate your name for her, but yes I am."
Hiei smirked and shrugged his shoulders, "Why waste your time?"
"If the same thing happened with Yukina, wouldn't you like to know her whereabouts?" He shot back with a thin smile, referring back to an incident that occurred less than a year ago.
FLASHBACK
Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke and Kuwabara burst into Koenma's office after receiving an urgent letter from him, "So what's up this time?" Yusuke asked, already bored.
"Botan's missing." The small statement was enough to send them all into alarm, except Hiei.
"What?" Kurama growled, eyes narrowing dangerously.
Under the youko's scrutinizing gaze, Koenma fidgeted nervously, "Two days ago, I sent Botan to Makai to recover a lost soul. She hasn't come back."
Within a fraction of a second, Kurama crossed the room and held Koenma up by the from of his shirt, "And you only told us this now, why??"
The toddler looked around the room for any assistance, but found none. George was huddled in the corner, Hiei just smirked from his position against the wall and the two humans glared hatefully at him, "I..err..uhh." He fumbled with his words, but Kurama spared him the worry.
"Where did you send her?" Was his horrifyingly calm question.
"She was on her way t-to the Ferral Hills." He stuttered. Kurama narrowed his eyes one last time at the Rekai Prince before dropping him back in his chair and turning on his heel. As he neared the door, he called over his shoulder, "For future references, if you ever send Botan alone to Makai again, I won't hesitate to inflict some serious pain." With that, the four boys left his office and began their trip the Makai.
Back with the toddler, George ran up to him, "Are you alright, Koenma sir?" He asked, dusting his tiny shoulder off.
Koenma swatted his hand away, "I'm fine ogre, just back off."
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When they reached the center point between Ferral Hills and Rekai, they split up in different direction. So far, none of them had any luck in finding a faint clue to her location. After four hours, Kurama finally decided to rest for a moment. He leaned against the nearest tree and sighed, looking up to the sky, 'Botan, where are you?' He wondered. Suddenly, a jolt went through his system and he watched a scene play before his eyes.
*Botan was flying above the trees when an arrow shot from within the foliage, cracking her oar. She fell to the ground, crashing through trees in the process. She landed on the ground with a heavy thud and immediately attempted to stand. By the time she had made it to her feet, she was surrounded by snake Youkai who had the body of a snake and the torso and head of a man. Botan looked around nervously, before breaking into a run from the snakes and faded from sight, youkai following her.*
Kurama stood upright and stared at the tree he was leaning against. He had just witnessed its memories. With a smiled, he set a hand against its trunk, "Thank you." He murmured and took off running in the direction Botan had gone in the vision. In the distance, he heard the tree groan in response.
As Kurama ran, he could smell blood; belonging to both Botan and the snake youkai. With a grim smile, he thought to himself, 'At least she injured them.'. When he came to a clearing, he was surprised by what he saw. There were six snake youkai strewn about the area, all dead. He would have laughed, but within the blood he smelt much of Botan's blood. Another thing bothered him, in the vision, there were seven snakes.
One was missing.
He took off in the direction where he smelt more of Botan's blood as fast as his feet would carry him, 'Please be alright, Botan.'. He ran for what seemed to be miles when the blood was strongest. He finally came to another clearing and another surprise, but not a pleasant one.
Kurama found what he was searching for, but not in the condition he wanted. Botan was kneeling in the center clearing, clutching her left arm, which was covered in blood. Her hair was ratted up and caked in dirt and blood. Her beautiful pink kimono was ripped, torn and no longer light pink, but a light brown color. The deity was facing away from him and seemed to be in a trance. Cautiously, he moved to her, careful not the startle her.
When he reached her side, he placed a hand on her shoulder lightly. Apparently, it had the opposite effects from what he wanted. She jumped, spun around and crawled backwards, "Get away!" She cried. When she realized whatever it was, wasn't attacking, she looked up to find Kurama's worried gaze pinned on her. Botan felt tears swell up in her eyes, "Oh Kurama! Thank goodness you're here." She whispered.
Her face was covered in dirt, blood and scratched, along with the rest of her body. Kurama walked over and knelt down next to her, "You're going to be just fine now, so don't worry." He slipped one hand under her knees and the other behind her back, before standing up. He winced when her heard her cry in pain from the movement.
"I'm so relieved that you're here..I was so scared." Botan murmured, drifting in and out of consciousness.
He smiled gentle at her, "Just rest now, I'll take you to Genkai and you'll be good as new." With his comforting words, Botan drifted into a much needed sleep.
Kurama stared at her softly and began to walk back towards their meeting place. Suddenly, from behind, he heard the bushes rustle and a dark figure leapt from within, "Freshhhh meat!" A voice hissed baring its fangs.
He whirled around in horror, unable to use any attack with Botan in his arms. He held her tightly in his arms and shielded her from the blow of the snake youkai. After a moment, he realized there was no attack and he looked up to see Hiei standing over the carcass of the now decapitated youkai, "Not even a worthwhile fight." He grunted and turned to Kurama. The fire demon stared at Botan, "She doesn't look all that great."
"Let's meet up with the others and head over to Genkai's." Kurama stated and began walking again.
"Whatever." Hiei shrugged and followed him.
Kurama gazed down at Botan once more before speaking in a low tone, "Thank you, Hiei."
"Hn." Was his response of recognition.
END FLASHBACK
That incident left Botan with a broken left arm and bedridden for a week to regain all the blood she had lost. Kurama had stopped to visit her every day to see how she was recovering. She had also thanked Kurama every day for coming for her, as if her were a night in shining armor.
"I suppose." Hiei admitted after a moment, "But that's no reason to worry the entire time. It's not like you can't contact her with Yusuke's communicator." Kurama gave Hiei a bemused smile.
"I've never seen this side of you before, what's with the change?" He asked with a wide grin.
Hiei glared at his taller friend before returning to his meditation, "Stupid kitsune." He murmured, loud enough for his chuckling friend to hear.
As the plane ride droned on, Yusuke and Kuwabara awoke and seemed regenerated. They sat impatiently, awaiting the plane's landing. Along the way, Hiei took up the act of randomly kicking Kuwabara's seat, shaking the carrot-toped boy all around. He would turn around and begin to banter the fire demon who would respond with, "Don't look at me, we are on a plane." Kuwabara would turn around and grumble, not noticing Yusuke attempting to stifle his laughter. Kurama noticed the darkening sky as they flew onwards, stars becoming evident in the sky.
After seven hours on the plane ride with Kuwabara's annoying jokes, the loudspeaker came on, "Attention passenger, we will be landing in the Bahamas airport shortly. Please fasten your seat belts and raise your tray tables. We hope you have enjoyed our flight and enjoy your stay in the Bahamas."
When the plane came to a final stop, and had docked up to the gate, passengers rose from their seats to claim their bags and leave the plane as soon as possible. Everyone seemed to have jet lag except for the four Spirit Detectives who seemed good as new. They were the last four to exit the plane and pass through the doors. Surprised, the airport was almost barren with the exception of a few people scattered about.
To Kuwabara's disappointment, there were no hula girls to greet them, "Aw man, I thought we would have gotten this great greeting with flower leighs and stuff." He whined.
"Well what did you expect at three in the morning?" A new voice asked. They turned around to see Botan standing there with her arms crossed. She was wearing a light purple tank top with gray sweatpants and a thin, white bathrobe over that. Her hair was done up in a messy ponytail and her purple sandals were slide-on.
"Botan?!" Yuske exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
She sighed, exasperated, "What do you think? I'm your fifth member."
Kuwabara laughed, "You..you can play the piano?" He asked, humorously.
"Yes, if you must know. I'd really love to argue with you but I'd rather get back to the hotel and sleep for a few more hours." She tapped her foot impatiently, exhaustion clearly written over her face.
"But why would you want to sleep at three?" Yusuke asked, not realizing the darkened skies.
"Three in the morning, Yusuke. There's a twelve hour time difference." Botan pointed to a clock on the wall, which read three o'clock.
"Oh, well, I guess we should head back." He laughed nervously.
Botan looked at their things, "Is that all you have?" She asked.
They nodded, "Koenma said only to pack necessary things." Yusuke said, holding it up higher.
"Good, now let's go get a taxi and head back to the hotel." She turned and began leading the way back to the main doors of the airport.
As she walked, Kurama stepped up beside her, "It's good to see you again, Botan." He stated with a smile.
She returned a big, but weak one, "You too, Kurama! It was lonely here." They reached the doors and found a few yellow cars waiting for them. They randomly chose the nearest one and piled in. Hiei automatically took the front seat, which left Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan and Kurama to squeeze into the back. They managed to fit but Botan was forced to sit on Kurama's lap, "The Blue Hotel please." Botan murmured.
"Sure thing." The man started the engine and sped off down the highway. After a few minutes of silence, the man spoke, "So you kids here for the band competition?" He asked.
"Mhmm." Botan mumbled.
"Competing or watching?" He asked curiously.
But Botan didn't answer, she had drifted into a calming sleep so Kurama answered, "Competing, sir." There were no questions after that. Kurama looked down at Botan who was nestled up against his chest with a faint smile evident on her lips.
When they arrived at the hotel, Yusuke paid the man as they got out of the car. Kurama lifted Botan into his arms, not wanting to wake her. The man leaned out of his window and grinned at them, "Good luck kids." With that, he took off into the night.
They turned and stared at the hotel. It was at least 45 stories tall with tropical trees and forests outlining it. The place seemed to be even more fancy than the Dark Tournament hotel. Glass statues were stationed at the front of the doors with a lit fountain in front. They entered through the sliding glass doors into an even more decked up lobby, which held glass chandeliers, red velvet furniture and detailed carpets. There was main desk on the far side of the lobby with four elevators on each side. They walked over to the front desk where a young woman sat. When she noticed the group in front of her, she looked up and smiled brightly, despite the time.
"Hello, how can I help you?" She asked before noticing Botan in Kurama's arms. As she did, she clapped her hands in delight, "Oh! You must be with Miss Botan, which makes you..the Poltergeist Crew!"
"That would be us." Yusuke leaned against the desk.
The woman fished out four cards, "These are for your rooms, one for each of you and two rooms all-together. You are on the 40th level, giving you a great view of everything!"
They turned to the elevators when the woman called after them, "You should thank your friend for getting here so early. You've got the best rooms in the hotel!"
Yusuke waved back to her as the elevator doors closed and began moving up to the desired floor. He looked at the four cards in his hands. Two were black and two were green, "Here, you can share a room." He handed the two black ones to Kurama and Hiei, while he and Kuwabara kept the green ones. When the elevator doors opened, a wide and long hallway met them with rooms on either side. Walking down, they finally found their two rooms and opened the doors. Yusuke and Kuwabara went in immediately, "Sleep well guys, see ya in a few hours!" Yusuke called before slamming the door.
Hiei entered their room and turned to Kurama, "Aren't you coming?" He asked, not really caring.
Kurama was fishing in Botan's pocket when he found a silver key card, "In a minute." He replied. Hiei shrugged and closed the door behind him. Looking down at the number on the card, he found it was the room next to theirs. Somehow, he managed to hold Botan, open and door and get in with ease. Flipping on the light switch, he was met by a soft pink room with pink everything, but it was a large room with a single king-sized bed and a balcony.
He moved to the bed and drew back the sheets, laying Botan down before covering her up again. Immediately, she turned to try and find her warmth she lost. Finally, the sheets warmed up to her and Botan's facial expressions softened. Kurama's eyes softened and he bent over, kissing her forehead, 'Sleep well Botan.' He thought before switching the lights off again and closing the door.
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YAY!! That was a long chappie for me. Oh well. Hey, don't you just hate it when you crawl into bed and the sheets are all cold. Then you make a nice warm spot but then you want to move, but you can't 'cause the sheets are still cold!!! I hate that! Anyway, please review! I love the ones I'm getting now.
Next time:
Now that the entire team is in the Bahamas a week earlier than expected, it's time for a bit of exploring mixed in with practice and fun!
