Kurama and Hiei were about to get out of there rooms to sneak into the cellar. There were a lot of guards there, so they had to be careful. Of course Hiei can speed up to the cellar with his super fast speed. Kurama could as well, but he is not as fast as Hiei.
"Alright Hiei. Let's first walk out of the room minding our own business. Then, once the coast is clear, we will get to the cellars in a blink of an eye," said Kurama cautiously.
"Hn. Do you KNOW where the cellars are?"
Kurama paused. "No.."
Hiei gave a growl.
"But!" the fox said continuing. "I can smell the woman. I picked up a trace of her."
"Impressive."
"Yes," said Kurama. "Very."
"Hn. So should we get out now?"
"Let me first pick up a trace of Sonia," Kurama said while closing his eyes.
He was concentrating very hard to find the scent. Hiei looked at him curiously, not knowing how Kurama does it.
"Got it!" the Youko said while perking up his head and opening his eyes. "Now let's get out."
Hiei nodded.
Kurama opened the door. Hiei went out behind him. The two were in the hall way pretending to look around while they were following the scent. They saw a lot of paintings on the wall.
'Wow Hiei,' said Kurama telepathically. 'These paintings are remarkable. I heard that the Koji clan were good artists. As well as the Mera.'
'I admit these paintings are OK,' said Hiei with no tone in his thought.
As they approached the next room, they saw some guards that were as still as statues.
'These demons don't fool me,' thought Hiei. 'They are real. We may as well pass them.'
'Agreed.' replied Kurama. 'On the count of three.'
'Hn.'
'One...'
Kurama got into running position.
'Two...'
Then Hiei did.
'THREE!'
They both dashed at great speed passed the guards, keeping there presence and spirit energy low enough, so the guards wouldn't see Hiei and Kurama passing by. Luckily none of the guards have seen them yet. Kurama noticed that one of them was sleeping.
Kurama warned Hiei to stop when they reached the front of a room. Hiei commanded.
"So is this where she is?" asked Hiei.
"Of course. Don't you remember us getting out this way?"
"Hn," the three eyed demon said while looking down.
"Let's open the door," said Kurama.
He turned the knob, but nothing happened.
"Locked!"he shouted.
"Hn. What now?"
"This is where my thief skills come in," said Kurama with a gleam in his eye.
"So this is why your famous," said Hiei.
"Watch and see," the Youko said as he looked at the knob. He took out a bendable needle from his pocket. He put it through the lock hole and played with it for a minute. Kurama managed to open the door.
"A bendable needle," said Hiei dully. "Hn. I thought you were more creative then that."
Kurama shrugged. "At least I got us in."
"True."
The two walked into the cellar.
"Wait!" whispered Kurama sharply.
"For what?"
"There might be a guard here. Let me check."
Hiei said nothing. Kurama was smelling the room.
"No," he said. "No guards here."
The duo walked around the cellar. They saw demons of all shapes and sizes.
"Sonia?" said Kurama.
"Yes..." she said quietly.
"Good she's here. Let's keep on going."
"Hn."
They went deeper into the cellar. Eventually, Hiei spotted her. She wasn't looking too well.
Kurama and Hiei were standing next to her cell. Sonia was sitting down.
"How are you feeling?" asked Kurama.
"What do you think!?" said Hiei.
"Hmm," he said, agreeing it was a dumb question to ask.
"As you can see I'm not doing well. How did it go for you two?"
"When?" asked Kurama.
"When you talked to the king..or queen. Whatever it is."
"Oh," said Kurama. "It was hard at first, but then we got some agreement going on." Kurama blushed at the thought of the queen wanting to sleep with them.
Hiei rolled his eyes thinking the same thing.
"So are you helping the two clans now?" she asked.
"We are trying to. Tonight we're going to try to get her trust, so we can negociate things out with your clan."
"I hope things work out. Do you know where my husband is!?" she asked worriedly.
"We don't know," interrupted Hiei.
Kurama looked at him.
Hiei continued. "But we have another group trying to work some things out with your clan."
"I see. So I'm assuming you don't know where my baby is."
"No," said Hiei. "But we'll find out."
"Thank you two so much for doing this for me." she said having tears in her eyes.
"It's no problem" said Kurama. "Here," he said while taking out a tissue cloth. "You'll need this." He gave it to her.
"Can you two do me a favor?" she asked.
"Hm?" asked Kurama. "What is it?"
"Can you two try to update me on what's going on when you can?"
"We'll try," said Kurama.
"Hn," said Hiei. "It was hard enough coming in here."
"It's ok. I don't want you two getting caught. It was too much for me to ask"
"We'll come when it's safe," said Kurama.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
Kurama nodded.
"Thank you two so much."
They both nodded.
"So what's your husband's name?" asked Kurama.
"Chune. His name is Chune."
"Chune," Kurama paused. "And the baby's name?"
"Her name is Rasha."
Hiei heard footsteps coming from a mile away.
"Kurama!" said Hiei. "We better go. Someone's coming."
"Yes, we should." Kurama paused then resumed. "Sonia. We'll talk to the queen tonight. We'll give you the update as soon as possible."
"Thank you two."
Hiei and Kurama nodded and left in a dash.
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The two demons rushed through the end of the cellar and left. They stopped at the next room, and resumed walking as if nothing happened. They got to there room and Kurama sat down on the bed. Hiei sat at the window still.
"She's awfully nice," said Kurama breaking the silence.
"Hn."
They were in silence again.
"So what are we going to be saying to the queen tonight?" asked Hiei, being the first to speak.
"She'll ask us where we're from of course."
"Well?" asked Hiei.
"We'll say we're from Koenma's line of work. We have ALWAYS been working for him. You think that will work?"
"Hn."
"Yes. We'll make it up as we go along, I guess," the Youko said carelessly.
It has been a couple of hours since Hiei and Kurama have been seen last. The fire demon was still staring outside of the window, while Kurama was reading one of the books from the rooms bookshelf.
The door opened and Hiei and Kurama did not look up.
"Ahem," said the guard to get there attention. "Uh..the king will be in the dinner room. She requested you join her."
"Yes," said Kurama closing the book.
Hiei said nothing as they walked right out the door.
They all walked silently to the dinner room. They got in the room and the guards sat them down.
"Where's the king?" asked Kurama. "...or queen.."
"The KING," said the guard sharply, irritated at Kurama's mistake. "Is coming soon."
Kurama talked to Hiei in telepathy.
'Is it a queen or king?'
'Hn. I have no idea. They call her king, yet she's a woman, so she should be queen.'
'Yes, I know.'
They heard music in the background.
"All rise for the entrance of the King!"
Hiei and Kurama both looked up to see the queen..or king walking by. Kurama stood up for the queen entrance.
'Hiei!' he shouted through his mind. 'Stand up!'
Hiei stood up.
The king went to her seat to sit down.
"Why hello boys," she said seductively.
This gave Hiei and Kurama chills. The king laughed.
"Your majesty?" asked Kurama.
"Yes?"
"Are you a queen or a king? We seem to be very confused."
She laughed. "Well, I guess you can say I'm both."
"How so?" asked a curious Hiei.
She looked into his eyes. "Why not come into my room to see...?"
Hiei did his "hn" and looked the other way.
"Fine," she sighed. "Since you two are not giving in to my GORGEOUS looks," Hiei and Kurama rolled there eyes at that. " I'll tell you."
The two looked up at her. Kurama took a sip of his drink.
"Just so you know, I am a hermaphrodite."
Kurama spit out his drink on Hiei, who was sitting across from him. Hiei glared at Kurama and took a napkin.
"You're a WHAT?!" exclaimed Kurama.
"Hermaphrodite," she said shrugging.
Hiei was surprised but he was hiding it. The three eyed demon was hiding it quite well, as a matter of fact. He did not make a face or anything, unlike Kurama.
"So you prefer to be called a King rather than queen?" asked the Youko.
"Pretty much," she said. "Plus, with me being a hermaphrodite, I can have TWICE the fun." She winked.
'Eeewwww,' Hiei and Kurama both telepathically said to each other.
The food was being served to them. The food consisted of combinations of rare treats from the demon world. Of course, Hiei and Kurama sniffed the food before eating it. They weren't sure if they could have full trust upon the Koji clan. Kurama was unappetized because of the unpleasant news that the King had for them.
"Let's just get to the point because I have an 'appointment' tonight," said the King.
"We won't ask," Hiei said dully.
"How are you two going to be helping us?"
"Well," started Kurama. "I've been thinking. We should plan some negotiation between the Mera clan about the baby and the parents."
"Go on," said the curious king.
"Before I do," said Kurama. "Where's the man from your clan?"
"Oh him?"
"Yes him," said Hiei.
"I don't know where he is."
Hiei and Kurama cocked there eyebrows. The king said it in a tone like she doesn't even care.
"What?" she asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Hn. Do you even care about one of your people? Do you even care that there is a mix of your kingdom, and your rivals kingdom?"
"Yes I do care!" she shouted.
"You don't seem show it," said Kurama in a calm voice.
The king glared at him. "Well, do I even need to?"
"Yes! You have someone from the Koji clan locked up here! She is suffering." Kurama realized his mistake.
"How do YOU know about the prisoner?" she asked.
"We..." Kurama said stalling upon what he should say.
"While YOU locked us up in your prison, we saw her in there," said Hiei.
"I see," she said, taking a bite of her food.
"Why can't you even set an agreement with the Mera clan?" asked Kurama. "We can do it for you."
"How about you two take care of it?" said the King. "I don't care what happens to that bitch in our prison. You two just settle this." She paused to put her fork down on her plate. "Excuse me boys, I am in a horny mood. You two go do something with yourselves, since you don't care to join me."
Hiei and Kurama exchanged looks while the queen left the room.
The two demons left there untouched food on the table and left the dining room. They have some words to discuss with Koenma and the others.
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Botan and Yusuke were looking out at the patio. There were many exotic plants and mountains ahead of them. They saw a small pond of water that the demon frogs were at. The sky was a mixture of different colors such as blue, orange, and purple.
"Hey Botan," started Yusuke.
"Hm?"
"Who do you like?" He asked with a grin on his face.
Botan blushed. "There's no one I like," she said in a normal tone.
"You blushed. That means there IS someone!" Yusuke paused then resumed talking. "Is it Hito?"
"NO!" she shouted and wacked him on the head.
"Oww..." the black haired boy said rubbing his head. "What about Kurama?"
Botan gave a brow. "Me and Kurama. Seriously Yusuke, you THINK that's possible?"
"..Speaking of Kurama," he said ignoring her comment. "He would love this garden. Wouldn't he."
"Hmm, yeah. It is beautiful. Hey Yusuke."
"Hm?" he asked.
"Wouldn't you rather be seeing this with Keiko then with me?"
"I dunno," he said. "I'm not into those cliche romances. It would be nice though, I guess. But seeing this with you is just fine." Then he added. "Plus this looks more like I'm married to you."
Botan gave a flat face.
"Now give me a kiss!" Yusuke shouted while smooching his lips together.
"Hey!" she shouted pushing Yusuke away.
The boy obeyed.
"Is it Hiei?" he asked.
"Hiei what?" she said, then figured out what Yusuke was talking about. "Ew!! No!!!! NO WAY YUSUKE!!"
The boy covered his ears. "Ouch, not so loud Botan, I get it!"
"I'm practically scared of that guy.."
Yusuke started laughing.
"Kuwabara?"
Botan glared.
"Chu?"
Botan didn't bother saying anything.
"Jin?"
She laughed.
"Koenma?"
Botan blushed then said "No!"
"Yes!" said Yusuke. "I knew it! You like HIM?!"
Botan was as red as Kurama's hair. "It's not that I LIKE him..."
"Then what is it? Why don't you tell him that you like him?"
"I can't," she said shrugging.
Yusuke gave her a questioning look.
Botan sighed. "We have no room for love up in spirit world. All we do is work, work, work. Nothing else. No relationships involved. All of the other ferry girls." She paused to take a breath. "They all like Koenma too."
Yusuke widened his eyes.
"We can't tell him though. I can't tell him. It's Enma's rule. Romance gets in the way of work..."
Yusuke thought for a while. "But can't you keep your relationship a secret?"
"I don't even know if Koenma likes me!"
"Ok, ok!" said Yusuke, who noticed that Botan's face was extremely red. He put his hand on her shoulder. "I won't tell anyone Botan, I promise."
"Thank you..."
Hito walked in on them and put on a sad face.
"Ahem."
Yusuke and Botan looked back.
"Dinna is ready," he said in a dull voice.
"Thanks Hito. We'll be right there," Yusuke said.
Hito nodded and left with a sad look in his eyes.
"Botan," said Yusuke in a monotone voice.
"I know, but I don't like him in that way. He's too perverted!"
Yusuke laughed. "Come on, let's eat. Hopefully the king won't be as sex craved as he was last time!"
Botan nodded as they walked to the dining room.
Hito and Joshio walked them around the palace, until they got to the Dining room. The room was filled with a lot of paintings as well. Botan and Yusuke gawked at the room. It's size and the fanciness was bound to drive anyone to amazement. The spirit detective and his assistant sat at the main table. They were served various foods that Yusuke couldn't help but pig out at. Botan kicked his leg for being so impolite. Yusuke looked at her and cleaned himself off.
"It's alright," said the king who was eating the same way Yusuke was. "No need to be all tidy cause of me!"
Yusuke thought about the kings messiness, which disturbed him.
He whispered to Botan. "I am never going eat like a pig again!"
Botan nodded.
"So let's get to business," said the King.
"Yes," said Botan. "Where is the man of the Koji clan located?"
"Oh him? He's being tortured out in the town right now by our locals. It's a hoot! You otta watch!"
"WHAT!?" Yusuke and Botan exclaimed.
"You can't do that!" shouted Botan.
"Screw this dinner! I'm going into town. Where in town is this guy located?!" Yusuke asked in an angry matter.
"He's somewhere in the center," the King said, focusing on his meal.
"C'mon Botan. Let's get to him."
"Yeah," she said while getting up.
The two ran out of the room. They saw Hito and Joshio out in the hall.
"Joshio! Hito!" Yusuke shouted.
"Oh, hiya Yusuke! Botan!" Joshio said.
"Where in town is the man of the Koji clan?!" Asked Yusuke.
"We'll show 'im to ya...why do ya wanna know?" asked Joshio
"He's being tortured for no reason! We gotta help him!" exclaimed Botan.
"No way are we helpin' THAT GUY!" shouted Joshio.
"Fine!" shouted Yusuke. "If you don't care for someone, even though he's not from your part of the neighborhood, then you two aren't very good demons." Yusuke paused. "Come on Botan, let's go."
Botan looked sadly at the both of them then nodded.
They started walking out on them to rescue the demon from the Koji clan.
"Wait!" shouted Hito. "C'mon Joshio. We gotta help em'! No one from our clan likes us anyway."
"But!" hesitated Joshio. "But our job is to protect our clan."
"Yeh', but c'mon! Can't we help the others jus' for once?"
"The things I do for you Hito," Joshio said defeated. "Les' go help em'."
"Thankya' Joshio!"
Joshio nodded then ran out of the room to go to the man of the Koji clan. Yusuke and the others followed.
"Alright Hiei. Let's first walk out of the room minding our own business. Then, once the coast is clear, we will get to the cellars in a blink of an eye," said Kurama cautiously.
"Hn. Do you KNOW where the cellars are?"
Kurama paused. "No.."
Hiei gave a growl.
"But!" the fox said continuing. "I can smell the woman. I picked up a trace of her."
"Impressive."
"Yes," said Kurama. "Very."
"Hn. So should we get out now?"
"Let me first pick up a trace of Sonia," Kurama said while closing his eyes.
He was concentrating very hard to find the scent. Hiei looked at him curiously, not knowing how Kurama does it.
"Got it!" the Youko said while perking up his head and opening his eyes. "Now let's get out."
Hiei nodded.
Kurama opened the door. Hiei went out behind him. The two were in the hall way pretending to look around while they were following the scent. They saw a lot of paintings on the wall.
'Wow Hiei,' said Kurama telepathically. 'These paintings are remarkable. I heard that the Koji clan were good artists. As well as the Mera.'
'I admit these paintings are OK,' said Hiei with no tone in his thought.
As they approached the next room, they saw some guards that were as still as statues.
'These demons don't fool me,' thought Hiei. 'They are real. We may as well pass them.'
'Agreed.' replied Kurama. 'On the count of three.'
'Hn.'
'One...'
Kurama got into running position.
'Two...'
Then Hiei did.
'THREE!'
They both dashed at great speed passed the guards, keeping there presence and spirit energy low enough, so the guards wouldn't see Hiei and Kurama passing by. Luckily none of the guards have seen them yet. Kurama noticed that one of them was sleeping.
Kurama warned Hiei to stop when they reached the front of a room. Hiei commanded.
"So is this where she is?" asked Hiei.
"Of course. Don't you remember us getting out this way?"
"Hn," the three eyed demon said while looking down.
"Let's open the door," said Kurama.
He turned the knob, but nothing happened.
"Locked!"he shouted.
"Hn. What now?"
"This is where my thief skills come in," said Kurama with a gleam in his eye.
"So this is why your famous," said Hiei.
"Watch and see," the Youko said as he looked at the knob. He took out a bendable needle from his pocket. He put it through the lock hole and played with it for a minute. Kurama managed to open the door.
"A bendable needle," said Hiei dully. "Hn. I thought you were more creative then that."
Kurama shrugged. "At least I got us in."
"True."
The two walked into the cellar.
"Wait!" whispered Kurama sharply.
"For what?"
"There might be a guard here. Let me check."
Hiei said nothing. Kurama was smelling the room.
"No," he said. "No guards here."
The duo walked around the cellar. They saw demons of all shapes and sizes.
"Sonia?" said Kurama.
"Yes..." she said quietly.
"Good she's here. Let's keep on going."
"Hn."
They went deeper into the cellar. Eventually, Hiei spotted her. She wasn't looking too well.
Kurama and Hiei were standing next to her cell. Sonia was sitting down.
"How are you feeling?" asked Kurama.
"What do you think!?" said Hiei.
"Hmm," he said, agreeing it was a dumb question to ask.
"As you can see I'm not doing well. How did it go for you two?"
"When?" asked Kurama.
"When you talked to the king..or queen. Whatever it is."
"Oh," said Kurama. "It was hard at first, but then we got some agreement going on." Kurama blushed at the thought of the queen wanting to sleep with them.
Hiei rolled his eyes thinking the same thing.
"So are you helping the two clans now?" she asked.
"We are trying to. Tonight we're going to try to get her trust, so we can negociate things out with your clan."
"I hope things work out. Do you know where my husband is!?" she asked worriedly.
"We don't know," interrupted Hiei.
Kurama looked at him.
Hiei continued. "But we have another group trying to work some things out with your clan."
"I see. So I'm assuming you don't know where my baby is."
"No," said Hiei. "But we'll find out."
"Thank you two so much for doing this for me." she said having tears in her eyes.
"It's no problem" said Kurama. "Here," he said while taking out a tissue cloth. "You'll need this." He gave it to her.
"Can you two do me a favor?" she asked.
"Hm?" asked Kurama. "What is it?"
"Can you two try to update me on what's going on when you can?"
"We'll try," said Kurama.
"Hn," said Hiei. "It was hard enough coming in here."
"It's ok. I don't want you two getting caught. It was too much for me to ask"
"We'll come when it's safe," said Kurama.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
Kurama nodded.
"Thank you two so much."
They both nodded.
"So what's your husband's name?" asked Kurama.
"Chune. His name is Chune."
"Chune," Kurama paused. "And the baby's name?"
"Her name is Rasha."
Hiei heard footsteps coming from a mile away.
"Kurama!" said Hiei. "We better go. Someone's coming."
"Yes, we should." Kurama paused then resumed. "Sonia. We'll talk to the queen tonight. We'll give you the update as soon as possible."
"Thank you two."
Hiei and Kurama nodded and left in a dash.
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The two demons rushed through the end of the cellar and left. They stopped at the next room, and resumed walking as if nothing happened. They got to there room and Kurama sat down on the bed. Hiei sat at the window still.
"She's awfully nice," said Kurama breaking the silence.
"Hn."
They were in silence again.
"So what are we going to be saying to the queen tonight?" asked Hiei, being the first to speak.
"She'll ask us where we're from of course."
"Well?" asked Hiei.
"We'll say we're from Koenma's line of work. We have ALWAYS been working for him. You think that will work?"
"Hn."
"Yes. We'll make it up as we go along, I guess," the Youko said carelessly.
It has been a couple of hours since Hiei and Kurama have been seen last. The fire demon was still staring outside of the window, while Kurama was reading one of the books from the rooms bookshelf.
The door opened and Hiei and Kurama did not look up.
"Ahem," said the guard to get there attention. "Uh..the king will be in the dinner room. She requested you join her."
"Yes," said Kurama closing the book.
Hiei said nothing as they walked right out the door.
They all walked silently to the dinner room. They got in the room and the guards sat them down.
"Where's the king?" asked Kurama. "...or queen.."
"The KING," said the guard sharply, irritated at Kurama's mistake. "Is coming soon."
Kurama talked to Hiei in telepathy.
'Is it a queen or king?'
'Hn. I have no idea. They call her king, yet she's a woman, so she should be queen.'
'Yes, I know.'
They heard music in the background.
"All rise for the entrance of the King!"
Hiei and Kurama both looked up to see the queen..or king walking by. Kurama stood up for the queen entrance.
'Hiei!' he shouted through his mind. 'Stand up!'
Hiei stood up.
The king went to her seat to sit down.
"Why hello boys," she said seductively.
This gave Hiei and Kurama chills. The king laughed.
"Your majesty?" asked Kurama.
"Yes?"
"Are you a queen or a king? We seem to be very confused."
She laughed. "Well, I guess you can say I'm both."
"How so?" asked a curious Hiei.
She looked into his eyes. "Why not come into my room to see...?"
Hiei did his "hn" and looked the other way.
"Fine," she sighed. "Since you two are not giving in to my GORGEOUS looks," Hiei and Kurama rolled there eyes at that. " I'll tell you."
The two looked up at her. Kurama took a sip of his drink.
"Just so you know, I am a hermaphrodite."
Kurama spit out his drink on Hiei, who was sitting across from him. Hiei glared at Kurama and took a napkin.
"You're a WHAT?!" exclaimed Kurama.
"Hermaphrodite," she said shrugging.
Hiei was surprised but he was hiding it. The three eyed demon was hiding it quite well, as a matter of fact. He did not make a face or anything, unlike Kurama.
"So you prefer to be called a King rather than queen?" asked the Youko.
"Pretty much," she said. "Plus, with me being a hermaphrodite, I can have TWICE the fun." She winked.
'Eeewwww,' Hiei and Kurama both telepathically said to each other.
The food was being served to them. The food consisted of combinations of rare treats from the demon world. Of course, Hiei and Kurama sniffed the food before eating it. They weren't sure if they could have full trust upon the Koji clan. Kurama was unappetized because of the unpleasant news that the King had for them.
"Let's just get to the point because I have an 'appointment' tonight," said the King.
"We won't ask," Hiei said dully.
"How are you two going to be helping us?"
"Well," started Kurama. "I've been thinking. We should plan some negotiation between the Mera clan about the baby and the parents."
"Go on," said the curious king.
"Before I do," said Kurama. "Where's the man from your clan?"
"Oh him?"
"Yes him," said Hiei.
"I don't know where he is."
Hiei and Kurama cocked there eyebrows. The king said it in a tone like she doesn't even care.
"What?" she asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Hn. Do you even care about one of your people? Do you even care that there is a mix of your kingdom, and your rivals kingdom?"
"Yes I do care!" she shouted.
"You don't seem show it," said Kurama in a calm voice.
The king glared at him. "Well, do I even need to?"
"Yes! You have someone from the Koji clan locked up here! She is suffering." Kurama realized his mistake.
"How do YOU know about the prisoner?" she asked.
"We..." Kurama said stalling upon what he should say.
"While YOU locked us up in your prison, we saw her in there," said Hiei.
"I see," she said, taking a bite of her food.
"Why can't you even set an agreement with the Mera clan?" asked Kurama. "We can do it for you."
"How about you two take care of it?" said the King. "I don't care what happens to that bitch in our prison. You two just settle this." She paused to put her fork down on her plate. "Excuse me boys, I am in a horny mood. You two go do something with yourselves, since you don't care to join me."
Hiei and Kurama exchanged looks while the queen left the room.
The two demons left there untouched food on the table and left the dining room. They have some words to discuss with Koenma and the others.
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Botan and Yusuke were looking out at the patio. There were many exotic plants and mountains ahead of them. They saw a small pond of water that the demon frogs were at. The sky was a mixture of different colors such as blue, orange, and purple.
"Hey Botan," started Yusuke.
"Hm?"
"Who do you like?" He asked with a grin on his face.
Botan blushed. "There's no one I like," she said in a normal tone.
"You blushed. That means there IS someone!" Yusuke paused then resumed talking. "Is it Hito?"
"NO!" she shouted and wacked him on the head.
"Oww..." the black haired boy said rubbing his head. "What about Kurama?"
Botan gave a brow. "Me and Kurama. Seriously Yusuke, you THINK that's possible?"
"..Speaking of Kurama," he said ignoring her comment. "He would love this garden. Wouldn't he."
"Hmm, yeah. It is beautiful. Hey Yusuke."
"Hm?" he asked.
"Wouldn't you rather be seeing this with Keiko then with me?"
"I dunno," he said. "I'm not into those cliche romances. It would be nice though, I guess. But seeing this with you is just fine." Then he added. "Plus this looks more like I'm married to you."
Botan gave a flat face.
"Now give me a kiss!" Yusuke shouted while smooching his lips together.
"Hey!" she shouted pushing Yusuke away.
The boy obeyed.
"Is it Hiei?" he asked.
"Hiei what?" she said, then figured out what Yusuke was talking about. "Ew!! No!!!! NO WAY YUSUKE!!"
The boy covered his ears. "Ouch, not so loud Botan, I get it!"
"I'm practically scared of that guy.."
Yusuke started laughing.
"Kuwabara?"
Botan glared.
"Chu?"
Botan didn't bother saying anything.
"Jin?"
She laughed.
"Koenma?"
Botan blushed then said "No!"
"Yes!" said Yusuke. "I knew it! You like HIM?!"
Botan was as red as Kurama's hair. "It's not that I LIKE him..."
"Then what is it? Why don't you tell him that you like him?"
"I can't," she said shrugging.
Yusuke gave her a questioning look.
Botan sighed. "We have no room for love up in spirit world. All we do is work, work, work. Nothing else. No relationships involved. All of the other ferry girls." She paused to take a breath. "They all like Koenma too."
Yusuke widened his eyes.
"We can't tell him though. I can't tell him. It's Enma's rule. Romance gets in the way of work..."
Yusuke thought for a while. "But can't you keep your relationship a secret?"
"I don't even know if Koenma likes me!"
"Ok, ok!" said Yusuke, who noticed that Botan's face was extremely red. He put his hand on her shoulder. "I won't tell anyone Botan, I promise."
"Thank you..."
Hito walked in on them and put on a sad face.
"Ahem."
Yusuke and Botan looked back.
"Dinna is ready," he said in a dull voice.
"Thanks Hito. We'll be right there," Yusuke said.
Hito nodded and left with a sad look in his eyes.
"Botan," said Yusuke in a monotone voice.
"I know, but I don't like him in that way. He's too perverted!"
Yusuke laughed. "Come on, let's eat. Hopefully the king won't be as sex craved as he was last time!"
Botan nodded as they walked to the dining room.
Hito and Joshio walked them around the palace, until they got to the Dining room. The room was filled with a lot of paintings as well. Botan and Yusuke gawked at the room. It's size and the fanciness was bound to drive anyone to amazement. The spirit detective and his assistant sat at the main table. They were served various foods that Yusuke couldn't help but pig out at. Botan kicked his leg for being so impolite. Yusuke looked at her and cleaned himself off.
"It's alright," said the king who was eating the same way Yusuke was. "No need to be all tidy cause of me!"
Yusuke thought about the kings messiness, which disturbed him.
He whispered to Botan. "I am never going eat like a pig again!"
Botan nodded.
"So let's get to business," said the King.
"Yes," said Botan. "Where is the man of the Koji clan located?"
"Oh him? He's being tortured out in the town right now by our locals. It's a hoot! You otta watch!"
"WHAT!?" Yusuke and Botan exclaimed.
"You can't do that!" shouted Botan.
"Screw this dinner! I'm going into town. Where in town is this guy located?!" Yusuke asked in an angry matter.
"He's somewhere in the center," the King said, focusing on his meal.
"C'mon Botan. Let's get to him."
"Yeah," she said while getting up.
The two ran out of the room. They saw Hito and Joshio out in the hall.
"Joshio! Hito!" Yusuke shouted.
"Oh, hiya Yusuke! Botan!" Joshio said.
"Where in town is the man of the Koji clan?!" Asked Yusuke.
"We'll show 'im to ya...why do ya wanna know?" asked Joshio
"He's being tortured for no reason! We gotta help him!" exclaimed Botan.
"No way are we helpin' THAT GUY!" shouted Joshio.
"Fine!" shouted Yusuke. "If you don't care for someone, even though he's not from your part of the neighborhood, then you two aren't very good demons." Yusuke paused. "Come on Botan, let's go."
Botan looked sadly at the both of them then nodded.
They started walking out on them to rescue the demon from the Koji clan.
"Wait!" shouted Hito. "C'mon Joshio. We gotta help em'! No one from our clan likes us anyway."
"But!" hesitated Joshio. "But our job is to protect our clan."
"Yeh', but c'mon! Can't we help the others jus' for once?"
"The things I do for you Hito," Joshio said defeated. "Les' go help em'."
"Thankya' Joshio!"
Joshio nodded then ran out of the room to go to the man of the Koji clan. Yusuke and the others followed.