The One I Was Looking For
Botan flew silently on her oar over the city. She was washed in the light from below. She would have found this mesmerizing, except she was lost in thought. And no matter what she did her mind always wandered back to a certain (and most likely the only) red headed fox spirit. 'I can't stop thinking about him! His eyes... His smile...' Botan couldn't help but giggle.
'His charm for sure...' "He would never like a girl like me though... He's got so many women chasing after him that are way better than me..." Botan thought out loud. "But I can still dream..." She smiled and disappeared through a portal to Reikai.
****In the morning at the Minamino household****
Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama stirred. Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama rolled over. Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama muttered in his sleep. ~WAKE UP BAKA KITSUNE!~ Kurama fell out of his bed.
"Don't do that Hiei!" he said groggily. Kurama walked shakily to his bedroom window and opened it. Hiei jumped through.
"What are you doing here so early???" Kurama asked while rubbing his eyes.
"It isn't early! You're late for that ningen thing... a job I think you called it." Hiei said.
Kurama's eyes widened. He just stood there staring. "Hello???" Hiei waved his hand in front of the fox spirit's face.
At that moment, Kurama disappeared. And before Hiei realized it, he got pelted in the head with Kurama's nightclothes. When he pulled them off of his head, Kurama was already dressed and downstairs. "I guess that was important." And with that he jumped out of the window.
****Downstairs with Kurama...****
Kurama frantically stuffed his face with food. He swallowed it without bothering to chew and before you knew it, he was in the bathroom in a mad rush trying to complete his morning tasks.
He suddenly appeared into the kitchen a few moments later. He ran out of the door, knocking over his mother.
"Mom... I'm sorry!" Kurama said with an immense amount of worry in his voice.
"Don't worry. I'm fine Shuuichi!" Shiori said.
"I'm late for work. I was in a hurrying. I should pay attention. I'm so sorry."
'He's hiding something.' Shiori thought. 'I'm worried about him...'
****In the Kitchen****
"Mmmmm... Sweet snow." Hiei said, while holding a bucket of strawberry ice cream. He pulled out a spoon and dug in. (Note: The freezer is still wide open!)
The door suddenly burst open and Shiori walked in. She set her purse on the counter. It was then she noticed the pint sized fire demon. She stared at him before screaming "AH! IT'S A THIEF!"
Hiei fell over smashing his head into the open freezer door. The door broke off and the bucket of ice cream fell on his head. He was covered in his favorite ningen food and lying on the kitchen floor with a hysterical woman screaming at him.
Kurama was outside about to put his key in his car when he heard his mother's scream. 'If mom is hurt I will kill the person who did it.' He thought, his eyes flashing gold. Kurama immediately jumped out of the car and ran through the open door.
Kurama could do nothing but stare. He watched Shiori smack Hiei with a broom while screaming things like "Get out of my house!" and "You're going to pay!" Kurama began to laugh uncontrollably.
He pulled out a camera and began snapping pictures. "Get this crazy onna away from me!" Hiei said. Kurama just kept laughing.
"Am I missing something???" Shiori asked.
"Mom, this is my friend Hiei." He said, resisting the urge to laugh while talking.
~You better not show those pictures to anyone, kitsune~
~I'm going to put them ALL over Makai, Ningenkai AND Reikai!~ Kurama grinned and then laughed.
"I'm sorry I hit you Hiei." Shiori held out her hand and gave him a warm smile.
'Damn. Nice people like her make me sick.' Hiei thought while she helped him up.
~Don't make me hurt you Hiei.~
Hiei decided against making Kurama angry. "Well I have to go to work! I'm already a half an hour late. My boss is going to kill me." And with that he was out of there.
'And on the way home I'll get those pictures developed.'
Hiei picked up his thoughts and Kurama heard a distant shout of "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BAKA KI... WHATEVER YOU ARE!"
The little fire demon ran out of the kitchen at Kurama, leaving a very confused Shiori behind him. He flung his katana through the windshield of his red Mustang. "NOOOOO! NOT MY BEAUTIFUL CAR!"
Hiei blinked. He blinked again. 'Okay... The kitsune's lost it.' He looked over at the weeping kitsune. Kurama turned slowly toward him, his hair showing hints of silver.
'Oh shit...' And with that, Hiei disappeared.
****10 minutes later at Kurama's work****
"I'M FIRED!!!???" Kurama shouted.
"NO YOU'RE ON FIRE! ARE YOU DEAF OR SOMETHING???" shouted a dark haired man.
"AHHHHH! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME TAKAHIRO!" Kurama yelled while wildly waving his arms around.
Takahiro dumped a bucket of water over Kurama's head. Takahiro was amused at the sight of him. His long red hair was pasted to his head and was dripping with gentle taps. His shirt and pants were thoroughly soaked. Kurama squeezed the water out of his shirt.
"I'm going to go change." Kurama said dully. He walked out of the back kitchen and into the bathroom, each step he took making a squish and splat noise.
Takahiro could do nothing but laugh.
****Kurama's POV****
I went to the back room and found an extra workshirt. There weren't any pants, but I could always dry the wet ones with the hand dryer in the bathroom. Squish. Splat. Squish. Splat. The damp feel of my clothes was driving me insane.
I stepped into the bathroom and began to peel off my wet shirt. It dropped to the ground and it hit with a loud splat. I slid out of my pants. I was about to put on the dry clothes when the door opened.
A girl backed slowly through the door.
"Don't touch me!" She shouted.
I immediately recognized the voice. "Botan???" I asked.
"Huh??? Shuuichi!" Botan said as she looked over at me. She was blushing madly.
I looked down and realized the state of dress I was in. I was only in a pair of red boxers. I felt my face heat up. 'AHHHHHH! I'm barely wearing anything!' My mind screamed.
****Botan's POV****
'Kami is he HOT!' I thought. 'Botan no baka! Don't think hentai thoughts!' I blushed even worse.
A noise made from someone unsheathing a blade woke me out of my daze.
One of the men grabbed me by the hair. Oh did it hurt. I felt like my hair was going to be pulled right out of my head.
He pressed the cold blade against my neck, sending a chill down my spine. I struggled to escape from his firm grasp on me, but I couldn't seem to move. I felt his hands move to the buttons on my shirt.
Before he could undo the first button he was slammed into the wall by Kurama. I fell to the ground and stared at the fox spirit. He moved swiftly, successfully knocking them all to the ground.
He turned slowly toward me. I couldn't breathe. He looked so handsome, even though he was soaking wet. He reached his hand out to me, still blushing at his state of dress.
I gripped his hand tightly as he pulled me up. When I had just regained my balance, his hand slipped at went sprawling into his wet clothes.
****Kurama's POV****
'Oh great job Kurama... She fell because of you.' Botan slowly raised her head out of the bundle, her hair dripping. She flipped her hair and burst out laughing.
I began to laugh too. I couldn't figure out why though. I mean, I'm standing in a men's bathroom, in boxers, soaking wet, in front of a girl I have a crush on, and I'm laughing??? I must be an idiot...
I went to help Botan up again, when her face split into a mischievous grin. She pulled me to the ground. I let out a small cry and fell next to her. I was laughing so hard I could barely breathe. I looked over to her and saw the smile on her face. I couldn't help but feel joy from her happiness.
****Normal POV****
After they could both catch their breath, Botan asked "So, how did you end up soaking wet???"
Kurama sighed "I wasn't paying attention and my sleeve caught on fire. Takahiro dumped a bucket of water over my head. I was just getting changed when you came in."
Botan smiled sadly. "Thank you so much. I owe you even more now."
Kurama responded "You don't owe me anything!" Even though he secretly thought, 'What would have happened if I wasn't there??? She could have gotten raped... I wouldn't have been able to live with myself.'
"I have to go back to Reikai... I just stopped here to tell you that we have to meet at Yusuke's house tonight. There's a new mission related to that fire demon, Keisuke, you fought." Botan slowly stood up, walking quickly to the door.
Before she could push the door open, Kurama called out, "Wait!"
Botan slowly turned around toward him. "You don't owe me anything..." He whispered with a soft smile. Her eyes brightened as the door slammed shut.
Kurama sighed. "I can't believe she saw me like this..." He whispered to himself.
****Outside Kurama's work with Botan****
'I can't believe that just happened...' It was then it hit Botan. "I could have been raped if Kurama wasn't there to save me..." She said.
'But for some reason...' She stopped. 'I didn't feel the need to be scared... I felt safe...'
TBC!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw all the reviews! I thought this was going to be one of my little side stories that I wrote out of boredom, but I got 30 reviews in one day! My inbox was gonna blow! I'm SO SORRY I couldn't finish the full chapter. I had to split it in half or else you all will NEVER be able to read it! I sooooo sorry! Since school started, I've had no time to finish anything! I'll get a chapter a month most likely. I apologize... The second half, Shiori will meet Botan and discover she's the one she's been looking for! Now for the review responses! (This'll take years...)
Demonprincess81- I wonder how it'll turn out too...
Jesscheaux Kuwabara- Of COURSE I'm going to continue!
Kaoru-dono Himura- I like adding humor in my romance stories. ^_^
Sailor Otaku- Yes, it was a bit slow wasn't it???
LilAznGurl- Thank ya!
Josh- Arigatou! I don't deserve that!
Demon-cat1- Y'know, I was thinking about doing that, but I didn't want Shiori to meet her yet for reasons only known to me.
B-chan- Really??? Arigatou!
Kuratata- I love hearing that from a K/B fan! I feel loved!
DemonPhage- Finally a polite person!
Jax- Gotcha!
Sarah- Thanks for the advice! I tried to keep from doing that.
Dr. Hannah- Uh... what???
Fire Phoenix- That makes me feel good! Thank you!
Jessica Balseca- I know... I'm still thinking of ways... I have a few though.
Jojo- That's good!
Tina- LOTSA humor!
TK Macintosh- I love K/B too!
Lady Ann Kenobi- ACK! I'm sorry! I didn't mention it in the first chapter, but in this story, Kurama and the rest of the gang are in college. Around 19. It'll show up next chapter. You'll see.
ValarSpawn- Ah yes, the wonderful dark side!
Icebolt140- Arigatou!
Botan and Kurama Lover- Okay okay!
Jasmine- I like that word... Potential! YAY!
AnEmOnE2- Keeping it up!
Fox_Demon_Girl- I will!
Yayo- I won't stop! Til I die, then I'll keep writing it!
Reikachan14- Yea! Your stories are good! Please update yours soon!
Mallory- I will when I finish my homework.
Lilfrozenfire- Well since you almost died saying please that much and I love this story, I'll keep going!
Colleen- *sniff* No one's ever said that to me before! HOW NICE! ^_^
Setine- Straight to the point huh???
Kelsey- Thanks for reading it!
Falkor- That one will be a bit... Sorry!
GAH! I'm done! Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Your reviews mean so much to me, and give me the will to write more. Here this might help
You+Review=More chapters!
Arigatou!
Botan flew silently on her oar over the city. She was washed in the light from below. She would have found this mesmerizing, except she was lost in thought. And no matter what she did her mind always wandered back to a certain (and most likely the only) red headed fox spirit. 'I can't stop thinking about him! His eyes... His smile...' Botan couldn't help but giggle.
'His charm for sure...' "He would never like a girl like me though... He's got so many women chasing after him that are way better than me..." Botan thought out loud. "But I can still dream..." She smiled and disappeared through a portal to Reikai.
****In the morning at the Minamino household****
Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama stirred. Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama rolled over. Tap. Tap. Tap. Kurama muttered in his sleep. ~WAKE UP BAKA KITSUNE!~ Kurama fell out of his bed.
"Don't do that Hiei!" he said groggily. Kurama walked shakily to his bedroom window and opened it. Hiei jumped through.
"What are you doing here so early???" Kurama asked while rubbing his eyes.
"It isn't early! You're late for that ningen thing... a job I think you called it." Hiei said.
Kurama's eyes widened. He just stood there staring. "Hello???" Hiei waved his hand in front of the fox spirit's face.
At that moment, Kurama disappeared. And before Hiei realized it, he got pelted in the head with Kurama's nightclothes. When he pulled them off of his head, Kurama was already dressed and downstairs. "I guess that was important." And with that he jumped out of the window.
****Downstairs with Kurama...****
Kurama frantically stuffed his face with food. He swallowed it without bothering to chew and before you knew it, he was in the bathroom in a mad rush trying to complete his morning tasks.
He suddenly appeared into the kitchen a few moments later. He ran out of the door, knocking over his mother.
"Mom... I'm sorry!" Kurama said with an immense amount of worry in his voice.
"Don't worry. I'm fine Shuuichi!" Shiori said.
"I'm late for work. I was in a hurrying. I should pay attention. I'm so sorry."
'He's hiding something.' Shiori thought. 'I'm worried about him...'
****In the Kitchen****
"Mmmmm... Sweet snow." Hiei said, while holding a bucket of strawberry ice cream. He pulled out a spoon and dug in. (Note: The freezer is still wide open!)
The door suddenly burst open and Shiori walked in. She set her purse on the counter. It was then she noticed the pint sized fire demon. She stared at him before screaming "AH! IT'S A THIEF!"
Hiei fell over smashing his head into the open freezer door. The door broke off and the bucket of ice cream fell on his head. He was covered in his favorite ningen food and lying on the kitchen floor with a hysterical woman screaming at him.
Kurama was outside about to put his key in his car when he heard his mother's scream. 'If mom is hurt I will kill the person who did it.' He thought, his eyes flashing gold. Kurama immediately jumped out of the car and ran through the open door.
Kurama could do nothing but stare. He watched Shiori smack Hiei with a broom while screaming things like "Get out of my house!" and "You're going to pay!" Kurama began to laugh uncontrollably.
He pulled out a camera and began snapping pictures. "Get this crazy onna away from me!" Hiei said. Kurama just kept laughing.
"Am I missing something???" Shiori asked.
"Mom, this is my friend Hiei." He said, resisting the urge to laugh while talking.
~You better not show those pictures to anyone, kitsune~
~I'm going to put them ALL over Makai, Ningenkai AND Reikai!~ Kurama grinned and then laughed.
"I'm sorry I hit you Hiei." Shiori held out her hand and gave him a warm smile.
'Damn. Nice people like her make me sick.' Hiei thought while she helped him up.
~Don't make me hurt you Hiei.~
Hiei decided against making Kurama angry. "Well I have to go to work! I'm already a half an hour late. My boss is going to kill me." And with that he was out of there.
'And on the way home I'll get those pictures developed.'
Hiei picked up his thoughts and Kurama heard a distant shout of "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BAKA KI... WHATEVER YOU ARE!"
The little fire demon ran out of the kitchen at Kurama, leaving a very confused Shiori behind him. He flung his katana through the windshield of his red Mustang. "NOOOOO! NOT MY BEAUTIFUL CAR!"
Hiei blinked. He blinked again. 'Okay... The kitsune's lost it.' He looked over at the weeping kitsune. Kurama turned slowly toward him, his hair showing hints of silver.
'Oh shit...' And with that, Hiei disappeared.
****10 minutes later at Kurama's work****
"I'M FIRED!!!???" Kurama shouted.
"NO YOU'RE ON FIRE! ARE YOU DEAF OR SOMETHING???" shouted a dark haired man.
"AHHHHH! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME TAKAHIRO!" Kurama yelled while wildly waving his arms around.
Takahiro dumped a bucket of water over Kurama's head. Takahiro was amused at the sight of him. His long red hair was pasted to his head and was dripping with gentle taps. His shirt and pants were thoroughly soaked. Kurama squeezed the water out of his shirt.
"I'm going to go change." Kurama said dully. He walked out of the back kitchen and into the bathroom, each step he took making a squish and splat noise.
Takahiro could do nothing but laugh.
****Kurama's POV****
I went to the back room and found an extra workshirt. There weren't any pants, but I could always dry the wet ones with the hand dryer in the bathroom. Squish. Splat. Squish. Splat. The damp feel of my clothes was driving me insane.
I stepped into the bathroom and began to peel off my wet shirt. It dropped to the ground and it hit with a loud splat. I slid out of my pants. I was about to put on the dry clothes when the door opened.
A girl backed slowly through the door.
"Don't touch me!" She shouted.
I immediately recognized the voice. "Botan???" I asked.
"Huh??? Shuuichi!" Botan said as she looked over at me. She was blushing madly.
I looked down and realized the state of dress I was in. I was only in a pair of red boxers. I felt my face heat up. 'AHHHHHH! I'm barely wearing anything!' My mind screamed.
****Botan's POV****
'Kami is he HOT!' I thought. 'Botan no baka! Don't think hentai thoughts!' I blushed even worse.
A noise made from someone unsheathing a blade woke me out of my daze.
One of the men grabbed me by the hair. Oh did it hurt. I felt like my hair was going to be pulled right out of my head.
He pressed the cold blade against my neck, sending a chill down my spine. I struggled to escape from his firm grasp on me, but I couldn't seem to move. I felt his hands move to the buttons on my shirt.
Before he could undo the first button he was slammed into the wall by Kurama. I fell to the ground and stared at the fox spirit. He moved swiftly, successfully knocking them all to the ground.
He turned slowly toward me. I couldn't breathe. He looked so handsome, even though he was soaking wet. He reached his hand out to me, still blushing at his state of dress.
I gripped his hand tightly as he pulled me up. When I had just regained my balance, his hand slipped at went sprawling into his wet clothes.
****Kurama's POV****
'Oh great job Kurama... She fell because of you.' Botan slowly raised her head out of the bundle, her hair dripping. She flipped her hair and burst out laughing.
I began to laugh too. I couldn't figure out why though. I mean, I'm standing in a men's bathroom, in boxers, soaking wet, in front of a girl I have a crush on, and I'm laughing??? I must be an idiot...
I went to help Botan up again, when her face split into a mischievous grin. She pulled me to the ground. I let out a small cry and fell next to her. I was laughing so hard I could barely breathe. I looked over to her and saw the smile on her face. I couldn't help but feel joy from her happiness.
****Normal POV****
After they could both catch their breath, Botan asked "So, how did you end up soaking wet???"
Kurama sighed "I wasn't paying attention and my sleeve caught on fire. Takahiro dumped a bucket of water over my head. I was just getting changed when you came in."
Botan smiled sadly. "Thank you so much. I owe you even more now."
Kurama responded "You don't owe me anything!" Even though he secretly thought, 'What would have happened if I wasn't there??? She could have gotten raped... I wouldn't have been able to live with myself.'
"I have to go back to Reikai... I just stopped here to tell you that we have to meet at Yusuke's house tonight. There's a new mission related to that fire demon, Keisuke, you fought." Botan slowly stood up, walking quickly to the door.
Before she could push the door open, Kurama called out, "Wait!"
Botan slowly turned around toward him. "You don't owe me anything..." He whispered with a soft smile. Her eyes brightened as the door slammed shut.
Kurama sighed. "I can't believe she saw me like this..." He whispered to himself.
****Outside Kurama's work with Botan****
'I can't believe that just happened...' It was then it hit Botan. "I could have been raped if Kurama wasn't there to save me..." She said.
'But for some reason...' She stopped. 'I didn't feel the need to be scared... I felt safe...'
TBC!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw all the reviews! I thought this was going to be one of my little side stories that I wrote out of boredom, but I got 30 reviews in one day! My inbox was gonna blow! I'm SO SORRY I couldn't finish the full chapter. I had to split it in half or else you all will NEVER be able to read it! I sooooo sorry! Since school started, I've had no time to finish anything! I'll get a chapter a month most likely. I apologize... The second half, Shiori will meet Botan and discover she's the one she's been looking for! Now for the review responses! (This'll take years...)
Demonprincess81- I wonder how it'll turn out too...
Jesscheaux Kuwabara- Of COURSE I'm going to continue!
Kaoru-dono Himura- I like adding humor in my romance stories. ^_^
Sailor Otaku- Yes, it was a bit slow wasn't it???
LilAznGurl- Thank ya!
Josh- Arigatou! I don't deserve that!
Demon-cat1- Y'know, I was thinking about doing that, but I didn't want Shiori to meet her yet for reasons only known to me.
B-chan- Really??? Arigatou!
Kuratata- I love hearing that from a K/B fan! I feel loved!
DemonPhage- Finally a polite person!
Jax- Gotcha!
Sarah- Thanks for the advice! I tried to keep from doing that.
Dr. Hannah- Uh... what???
Fire Phoenix- That makes me feel good! Thank you!
Jessica Balseca- I know... I'm still thinking of ways... I have a few though.
Jojo- That's good!
Tina- LOTSA humor!
TK Macintosh- I love K/B too!
Lady Ann Kenobi- ACK! I'm sorry! I didn't mention it in the first chapter, but in this story, Kurama and the rest of the gang are in college. Around 19. It'll show up next chapter. You'll see.
ValarSpawn- Ah yes, the wonderful dark side!
Icebolt140- Arigatou!
Botan and Kurama Lover- Okay okay!
Jasmine- I like that word... Potential! YAY!
AnEmOnE2- Keeping it up!
Fox_Demon_Girl- I will!
Yayo- I won't stop! Til I die, then I'll keep writing it!
Reikachan14- Yea! Your stories are good! Please update yours soon!
Mallory- I will when I finish my homework.
Lilfrozenfire- Well since you almost died saying please that much and I love this story, I'll keep going!
Colleen- *sniff* No one's ever said that to me before! HOW NICE! ^_^
Setine- Straight to the point huh???
Kelsey- Thanks for reading it!
Falkor- That one will be a bit... Sorry!
GAH! I'm done! Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Your reviews mean so much to me, and give me the will to write more. Here this might help
You+Review=More chapters!
Arigatou!