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A/N- Sorry for the lack of updating. I hope you like this chapter. ANd for some clarifications, this is most likely a Botan/Koenma fic...it is also a Yusuke/Keiko fic and maybe even a Kuwabara/Yukina fic. So enjoy!!!!!!!

Chapter 5

"Botan!" a voice yelled at the closed door. Botan blinked and sat up in her bed, she was tired...and she must have fallen asleep.

"Hello?" she called to the door while getting out of bed and taking her hair down and brushing it.

"May I come in?" the voice asked. Botan listened to who it was and she recognized older Koenma...when she did...she blushed slightly.

"Come in," Botan said absent-mindedly as she raked her brush through the knots in her hair. She heard the door open behind her and saw Koenma enter, with a little dificulty from his wounds, as she looked in her mirror that was in front of her. She placed the brush done on the small stand on which the mirror was propped up on. She gently took the ribbon that would hold up her hair in her hands, getting ready to put her hair up in it's normal pony-tail.

"Let me help," Koenma said and took the ribbon from her. Botan smiled at him and gathered her hair up in a ponytail, then holding it up so Koenma could tie it for her. He tied it with ease and after a second, it was tied in a neat bow.

"Thanks...so what do you need?" she asked him and turned around to face him.

"I-um..oh! The demons want all of us to meet them at the arena fighting stadium right now...so I came to wake you up," He told her..pausing a few times to think. Botan nodded her head and stood up next to him.

"Okay then, let us go. And Koenma-sir...please be careful with your injuries...we don't want them to reopen do we?" she asked him as she led him out of the room. They made their way down the hallway, passing a spot where blood had stained the tile...it was indeed Koenma's blood. They found the stairs and walked down to the arena bottom where they saw the rest of Team Urameshi and their friends waiting. About 6 demons where there already waiting also.

They got over the wall and joined their friends in waiting for what the demons wanted.

Once all ten demons had gathered, Tentu(their guide from before) stepped forward and cleared his demon throat.

"We wish to tell you that the first stage of fights will begin tomorrow once everyone present has eaten and waken up properly," he told them all. Yusuke saluted in a mocking manner while Keiko grabbed his arm to tell Yusuke that that was being rude. Yusuke turned his head around and winked at her, causing her to grin slightly in amusement.

"So get some rest, lights go off here in 1 hour..." Tentu concluded and nodded his head which went that the 'meeting' was over and everyone was dismissed.

Team Urameshi and their friends walked back to their rooms together. Keiko and Yusuke in the front together; Shizuru, Yukina, and Kuwabara talking together behind Yusuke and Keiko, Kurama and Hiei, who were talking battle strategies were behind the baka and his friends, and Koenma and Botan lagged behind them.

Botan walked slowly in time with Koenma's slow pace. His injuries, she knew, pained him deeply, though she also knew that he didn't want the others to know so Koenma was working harder while he covered up any injuries and wounds.

"Let's get to bed now," Yusuke said and help Keiko's hand as they were outside of the rooms. They all nodded in agreement. Yusuke kissed keiko on the cheek, much to her surprise and walked inside of his room. Keiko, Shizuru, and yukina walked into their rooms(much to Kuwabara's dismay at seeing Yukina going to bed for the night). He walked into his room and Kurama and Hiei into the room they shared with Koenma. Botan began walking to her room when Koenma grabbed her by the hand. SHe turned around to look at him, blushing, and he immediatly dropped her hand.

"I-uh...thanks. For earlier," he told her rather shyly. Suddenly, without any notice, Koenma had his arms wrapped around Botan's back in a tight hug.

"K-koenma...sir...?" she asked rather hesitantly, her hands hanging at her sides. She blushed deeply and she was glad that he wasn't looking at her face at that moment.

"Yes Botan...?" Koenma answered in a whispered, neither loosening his grip on her or tightening it. Botan's eyes widened that narrowed in a loving and understanding way.

"You're very welcome," she told him and he let go. He stroked her cheek quickly and hesitantly and walked into his room with a soft 'good night'.

"Good night," she whispered back and walked into her own room.

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"Okay ningens and demon traitors....are you ready for the first round of battles?" Tentu asked Team Urameshi and the gang in the morning as they all gathered around the fighting stadium.

"Of course we are you imbasil!" Hiei snorted annoyed.

"Then let us begin....to decide who will go, we will all draw numbers. Whoever has number one and whoever has number 2 will battle each other, who ever has number 3 and 4 will battle each other...and so on. My team will have the odd numbers and your team will have the even ones...to ensure that we don't fight against our own team mates," Tentu began to explain as he pulled out two bowls. One marked odd and one marked even. He handed the 'even' bowl to Yusuke and let them draw numbers.

The numbers for their team were as so :

Yusuke: 4,10,12

Kurama: 6,16

Hiei : 8, 18

Kuwabara: 2,14, 20

(since their were ten demons...assuming that ten matches would be needed.)

Then the demons each pulled:

Tentu : 11

Gogi: 3

Lu:9

La:17

Ga:19

Zimmer: 5

Ktama:7

Slammer:1

Hagt:13

Tyu: 15

"okay, so the first match will be....Kuwabara vs. Slammer!!!" Tentu roared and the two combatants walked onto the fighting ground.