Kurama was sitting at his desk in his room trying to do his homework, but the only thing he could concentrate on was Botan. How he wanted to hold her, be with her… but he couldn't and he knew that. The rules of Reikai prohibited him from being with her. So he decided not to tell her of how he felt about her. But that was proving to be more and more difficult when all he could think of was her, and when she always came to get him first during missions. All the time alone with her was getting to his head. How he wanted her to be his, but she never would be.
"Kitsune, you're loosing concentration." "Oh hello Heie. How long have you been here?" "Long enough for you to be moping about that baka ferry onna" Kurama growled ferociously, and Heie could feel the thorns of a rose against his neck. "She is not a baka ferry onna!"
Botan had heard everything and was shocked, not only at Kurama defending her or moping about her, but also because neither one had sensed her. And then it hit her, she was in her spirit form, and not even Heie's jagan could sense her. She snickered to herself, and, despite her better judgment, stayed to hear more of their conversation.
"Kitsune why are you defending her? You know she's a baka!!" "She is not a baka. Heie if you don't stop calling her a baka I'll-" "You'll what? Have your plants eat me?" "Actually I was thinking more along the lines of locking you in a room with Kuwabara after telling him he's a good singer." "I'd just kill him!! You've lost all your brains since you started thinking about her Kitsune. Just forget her. You said it yourself, you can never be with her, no matter how much you want to." "You're right Heie about everything but you killing Kuwabara. You wouldn't kill him." Botan was shocked to hear that Kurama did feel something for her, maybe he felt as much for her as she felt for him. One could only hope. "I would kill him!" "No you wouldn't. You wouldn't want to make Yukina sad, would you?" "Kuwabara doesn't deserve her. She's too good for him!" Botan finally decided it was safe for her to join the conversation so she jumped in making sure she was in her ningen form. "Hello boys!!" Kurama's face paled and Botan could have sworn that Heie's face paled as well. "How are you two?" "Botan, how long have you been there?" "Umm…long enough to hear Heie say he was going to kill Kuwabara." "How come I didn't sense you? Not even you can hide from my jagan." "Well I was in my spirit form that way no one would see me. So what were you boys talking about?" "Nothing concerning you baka ferry onna" Kurama growled and Botan and Heie both looked at him. When he noticed that Botan had heard he immediately started blushing. "I'm going now. Kitsune, keep in mind what I said earlier though." "I will Heie." And with that, Heie took his leave.
"Umm.. Kurama?" "Yes Botan?" "I have to ask you who you're going with to the Christmas Ball. So…who are you going with?" "The Christmas Ball? I completely forgot about that. Well I don't know. Who are going with Botan?" "Who could I go with? Nobody wants to go with a ferry girl!! I take away happiness!! Now who in their right mind would want me to be their date to the Christmas Ball?!" "I wouldn't mind." Kurama smirked at Botan and she started blushing. "Botan, would you like to go with me?" "I'd love to Kurama!!! Oh thank you so much!!" Botan jumped at Kurama to give him a hug, but Kurama lost his balance and as they fell, they ended up kissing. Once they broke apart, they looked at each other, and before they knew it, they were locked in a deep passionate kiss that neither wanted to end.
While Kurama and Botan were upstairs making out, the doorbell rang. Shiori opened it to see Yuseke, Keiko, Shizuru, Yukina, Kuwabara, Heie, and Koenma. "Oh hello everyone!!" Keiko, Shizuru, and Yukina went to give Shiori a hug. Since nobody else was talking Koenma decided to ask the question, "Umm excuse me Shiori, but is Kurama here?" "Oh yes, he's upstairs in his bedroom. I have to tell him I'm leaving anyway, so come on everyone." When they neared Kurama's room they could all hear noises, but couldn't decipher what they were.
Shizuru whispered to Heie "Hey, what's going on there? You've got your jagan, use it" "I don't need to use my jagan, I already know what's going on. The kitsune and the baka ferry onna are, as you ningens call it, making out." He whispered back. Before Heie or Shizuru could tell everyone they should leave, Shiori had already opened the door, and everyone let out a gasp at what they saw.
Botan was underneath Kurama kissing him with as much passion as he was kissing her with. When the door opened, they both looked up and started blushing like crazy, and Kurama hurriedly got off of her.
Shiori, Yuseke, Keiko, Shizuru, Heie, and Kuwabara were all grinning madly, Yukina was smiling, and Koenma looked mad enough to kill. "Botan what are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Reikai right now taking care of Hinageshi, remember?" He was unable to hide the anger in his voice and everyone looked at him shocked. Botan looked pretty mad at Koenma, but she grinned at the rest of them and they grinned back. "Bye Yusuke, Keiko, Shizuru, Heie, Shiori, Kurama, Kuwabara, Yukina!! See you all later!!" "Kurama, I'm warning you…Stay away from her!" "Why should I?" "Because you know the rules. No one from Makai or Ningenkai is allowed to be with someone from Reikai. Plus she is one step away from being an angel. And you…you're the worst kind of demon there is. Not only that, but she's also my betrothed… you have one of two choices. Either I will relieve Botan of her duties as your assistant and assign Hinageshi or Ayame to be your assistant, or you can resign your position as one of the Reikai Tantei." Everyone heard a gasp and turned to see that Botan had not left yet. There were tears running down her face. "Koenma, how could you!! Kurama's made up for everything!! He's one of us now!! And what if I don't want to be with you!! You can't force me to!!! How could you do that? The team just isn't the same without Kurama. You know that once Kurama left, Heie would leave to. So then you would only have Yuseke and Kuwabara. Their not strong enough on their own!!" "Why do you care about what happens to Kurama?" "Because I love him!!" Everyone looked at Botan. She instantly paled and flew off.