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RRP: OMG! I'm soooo sorry! It was going to be Kurama that found Botan! bows apologetically I'm so so so triple double so sorry! GOMENASAI! Please forgive me, K/B fans! I'm sorry cbs! The chapter was originally dedicated to you T.T I screwed up so bad. It was suppose to be like this:

Botan left. Kurama realized that she was gone. He went out to search for her. He also noticed that Hiei was gone. He was walking down the halls. He found an empty and entered. He found the demon leaning over Botan. Using Rose Whip he cut the demon in half. He quickly grabbed Botan and fled. He met Hiei on the way back and rushed together back to the other two.

RRP: yea, I really screwed up. XP

Chapter 3

The room was quiet. Kuwabara sighed. It has been an hour since Hiei came in with a fainted Botan in his arms. While the others went out to patrol, Kuwabara was stuck watching over the ferry girl this time. She hadn't stirred an inch. He wondered if she was dead. Uncomfortable with the thought of being in a room with a dead girl, he poked her. She didn't move. He checked her pulse. He squawked in horror when he found none.

Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei had finished searching the whole kingdom in record time. There was nothing wrong, all hallways were filled with running workers and strange creatures. Hiei couldn't find the cursed demon anywhere even with his jagan. They were just about to enter the room when they heard Kuwabara. They ran in.

"Kuwabara-kun, what's wrong?" They were all in their defensive stance. Kurama's eyes darted around. He sweatdropped and straightened up when he found nothing out of order. He raised an eyebrow at his scared friend.

"Kurama! Help! There's no pulse!"

"BAKA!" Yusuke knocked him on the head. "She's a ferry girl! She died 100 years ago!"

".....Oh." His answer only made Yusuke angrier. Yusuke continued bashing him on the head, which of course led to a fight. While dust flew, Kurama and Hiei ignored them. Kurama sat on the edge of the bed. Hiei returned to "his spot." Kurama nudged Botan hoping she would wake up. "Botan," he called softly, "Botan, Botan." He called her louder. "Botan!" He smiled softly and helped her up. "Botan, are you alright?" "Yea, I'm fine." Insults reached her ears. She looked over Kurama's shoulder and sweatdropped at the two fighting detectives.

"WILL YOU TWO CUT IT OUT!" she yelled, towering over them. Damn, her headache wasn't helping. Kurama sported a big sweatdrop from his small form next to the angry Botan. He gave a nervous chuckle as he tried to calm Botan down.

His expression turned serious. "Botan, what happened back there?" Realization struck her. Her face twisted in pain. Kurama gasped and regretted asking her. He caught her when she lunged at him. He patted her as he allowed her to cry on his shoulder. The tears soaked through his shirt and ran down his chest, hindered by more pieces of clothes. He sighed and whispered soothing word into her ears. "Botan-kun, it's ok. Maa maa, the demon's gone-"

"But he'll be back! He came back before! It wasn't a suicidal ritual! Demons don't come back when they die!" Kurama frowned but his hands kept running up and down her back. Her body began to relax. She left his embrace and held her head. She groaned. "How did I get here?" Kurama forced a smile to ease her. "Hiei saved you."

"Hiei?" She looked at the said demon. He glared at her and looked away. "What, ningen? Stop looking at me like that." In a flash he disappeared. Kurama sighed. "Botan-chan, you should lie down and rest." He stood up to leave. "Yusuke, Kuwabara, let's go." The other two left. He was about to leave when something held him back. He looked at his arm at the hand stopping him. "Please," Botan looked at him pleadingly, "Don't leave, Kurama-kun." Kurama remained silent. Finally he smiled and sat down. "Alright, I'll stay until you fall asleep,.............Botan."

Out in the hall, Hiei glared at the door. He was angry. Angry at Kurama for dragging him here, angry at the damned demon, angry at himself for liking the deity, angry at being angry (A/N:......) and most importantly, angry at the two bakas arguing behind him.(A/N: -.-U)

"Urameshi!!" Kuwabara lunged at Yusuke. Yusuke ducked to the right and nonchalantly kicked Kuwabara in the stomach as the carrot-top flew by. Kuwabara smacked into the wall where he stayed imprinted. Not being able to stand them any longer, Hiei fled.

Once outside the building, he stopped on a bridge with a river running under it. Cherry blossoms sailed in the clear heavenly stream. Golden, red, white and black fishes dashed to and fro. Two lines of fishes ran from kami-knows-where, under the bridge, and disappeared a few yards away from the stone arch. The fishes zig zagged parallel from each other. One from each side darted to the center of the narrow river. An inch away from each other, they darted back and fell into place with the ever continuing line of fishes. The pattern changed. Instead of stopping an inch away, they approached each other and swam in several circles. Hiei watched their dance in a daze. The lines suddenly dissipated. Fishes accidently collided with one another before brushing by and moving quickly down the river. The cause of the evacuation appeared a few feet away. A whole school of superior fishes swam calmly. Among them were a group of a red, a white, and a black fish(es). They stood out like a sore thumb in the house of gold sea creatures.

Hiei watched and unconsciously leaned closer as the trio approached. The red fish swam by the white. The white seemingly a cheerful one, leaped out of the water. It flew gracefully in the air and landing back beside the red. The red would sometimes join it in its game. The white would occasionally bump playfully into the red. The red would in turn nudge it back. As the duo played, the black one swam closely by. It swam normally, sometimes swimming ahead, but always slowing down to let the other two catch up. The school were now a few inches from the bridge. The fire koorime remained still. Every muscle in his body refused to move. His mind screamed for him to look away, but his eyes stayed on the trio, especially on the black.

Out of all the fishes he'd seen so far, this one was the only black one. The others had either black spots or faded black mixed with white and red. This one was a shade of rich black like the threads of Hiei's cloak or a raven's body. What seemingly attracted Hiei was the fact that it kept near the white but not close enough to touch it. Hiei swore that if they were human, the black would be glaring at the red.

Like you were at Kurama.

Hiei frowned at the little voice. Like he glared at Kurama? The black liked the white as did the red, he figured. The fish had a reason for his behavior. But who did Kurama and Hiei both like?

Botan.

Hiei's frown deepened. The deity of death? He admit, he liked her, but that much as to hate his best friend? Even if so, Kurama doesn't like Botan that way,....does he? A strange feeling overtook him. Why does he feel this way? What is this feeling?

He was almost too engrossed in his thoughts to miss the last part. The red and his school had disappeared under the bridge. The white and the black stayed behind as if meeting secretly. They remained stationary until, which Hiei presumed, the group was out of sight. The white somewhat tackled the black. They rubbed against each other in a loving way(though the white was doing most of the rubbing[1]). They moved apart. Hiei watched fascinated as the two animals kissed. The feeling inside him eased a bit. The fishes resumed their position. After a moment, they finally disappeared under the three-eyed demon; still side by side. Hiei sighed as the show ended. The fog that had settled over his mind, lifted.

A wind blew past him. He stiffened. 'Since when did the wind in Reikai smell like blood?' In a flash he disappeared. He moved just in time to avoid the sharp blade of a small simple dagger. It imbedded itself into the carefully carved rail. A few pieces burst out at the impact. Hiei's eyes narrowed over his shoulder as he landed on the soft ground off the bridge. Another dagger whistled by his ear, just barely nicking it. Hiei went into a blocking stance. All went silent. Not even the river made a sound. Hiei's eyes darted at the water. The river had stopped.

More cautious now, Hiei's third eye scanned around but caught no sign of anyone or thing. The silence was shattered. Small daggers flew from every direction. Hiei managed to block most of them. The ones that got by only gave him a few scratches. The daggers stopped as if their controller wanted to see the damage done. A loud feral growl echoed. The daggers rained down at full force. Unable to dodge all of them, Hiei escaped with dozens of cuts, some were deep. He ran to another clearing in Reikai's large "garden". Closing his eyes, Hiei listened carefully. A rustle came behind him. Moving faster than usual, Hiei appeared behind his invisible opponent and knocked him/her/it out from the thicket of trees.

The enemy fell out onto the grass. Slowly, the black haired, small blue bodied person stood up. And in the same manner, he/she/it turned around. Hiei's red eyes narrowed into slits. The S.O.B. that had haunted Botan for the past few hours had grown. Besides the new mop of hair, Hiei noticed a few differences. It stood a bit taller and the nose had grown more refined. The beady little eyes had started to change. Now surrounding those bean-like eyes[2] was a forming human-like featured eyeliner. The claws were longer and now resembled a human hand but with blue rough textured skin. The white shirt was still there, still a clean color of white. (A/N: wow, what detergent does he use? Tide maybe? Or Cheer?? .)

Hiei glared at it. This caused the demon to grinned, showing his yellow teeth dripping with blood.[3] His teeth was less sharp. They looked almost like pentagons. Its improved appearance bother Hiei. The hair was wild and made it look as if the demon just woke up in hell. Both of the demons froze. Time remained still. The now familiar drone of flying knives alerted him. He jumped out of the way as the knives crashed to the floor, creating a small explosion. He landed only to jump again. The action repeated until finally Hiei hid in a tree. The demon, confused, stood still. It waited for any sign of movement. Hiei smirked. His movement was too silent. As fast as he could , he dropped out of the tree and approached the demon from behind. He raised his sword above his head. A speck of light glinted off the length of his katana. The demon sniffed.

Before he could bring his sword down, the demon spun around and knocked Hiei off his feet. Hiei grunted as he landed on the ground. Seeing the blood where the demon had swiftly kicked, he cursed. His eyes shot up angrily to the irritating attacker. They narrowed at the sword held to his neck, his katana. It grinned at him. The grinned turned angry as it snarled at him. It crouched, the tip of the blade driving into Hiei's neck. It leaned even closer. The sword just barely penetrated his pale skin(A/N: I dunno, is it pale? I never really looked . so sue me, I ain't that crazy 'bout him braces self for the pains to be delivered to her from Hiei-fans). "Remember my name," his voice was scratchy, harsh and almost animal-like, "Natakuhama." (A/N: um.....is that a real jap word? ;; I dunno, it just popped into my head. If it is, what does it mean?) Hiei glared at him. The demon smirked. Hiei looked for an escape. He noticed that the demon wasn't looking anywhere but at his face. Taking advantage, he kicked the demon's feet. His actions proved useful. The demon crashed to the ground. Hiei immediately got up. He grabbed his katana quickly and returned the favor the demon had given to him. In the most coldest voice Hiei has ever used, he splatted, "Go to hell." He thrust his katana into its throat, putting in that thrust all his anger and frustration.

The demon choked then went limp. Hiei twisted the katana still lodged in the blue neck to make sure. He pulled it out. A line had blood had rolled down his chin during the battle. He wiped it away and dragged his weapon with him as he walked away. Without warning, the prone form of the monster leaped at him and knocked him into the ground. Dirt smeared his cheeks. The stench of blood was now very strong. Growling, he shot up into a fighting stance. Alarms rang in Hiei's head when he caught no sight of the blue creature. His eyes darted around. His jagan glowed bright red. Silence ensured. Suddenly, a hand descended on his shoulder from behind. It stopped an inch above the black demon when Hiei swung his sword around.

Kurama jumped back in alarm, barely missing the blade. "Hiei!" Hiei blinked, surprised. He let out a small gasp. "Kurama....." His red-haired looked at him warily. Shocked green orbs stared at his red ones. Hiei looked away. Kurama frowned.

Back in the hallway outside Botan's room Yusuke and Kuwabara slumped down on the wall. They were finally tired from the fight and agreed to continue after. As they sat there quietly a thought crossed Yusuke's mind. "Eh?!?!? Where's Kurama and Hiei?"

"Uh..." Kuwabara looked around curiously. "I don't know. Wasn't shorty just here?" Yusuke scratched his head confused.[4]

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Notes:

[1] ewwww ok, ok, not that kinda rubbing, just plain rubbing like cuddling .

[2] er......you now the skin surrounding our eyes? It's like a ring, right? Well, the demon a.k.a Natakuhama has seriously bean-like eyes, there just black pupils

[3]oh darn, I was hoping not to put blood in this chapter sigh sorry Eternity's Angel(Eternity)

[4] confused 'bout this? I'll explain it in the next chapter

Extra Note: should I put the name Natakuhama or Nakuhama?

RRP: ;; so sorry to update so late, I had a lot of work and when I didn't......I was too lazy apologetic smile so sorry. I'm also in a writer's block for the other one. I deleted Return Home 'cause I don't like it. Oh yea, I'm also gonna write a Hiei/Kurama fic for ChibiNekoTenshi so check to see if I put it out yet if your interested. And also, since so many people are asking for H/B, I can only comply. So sorry K/B fans, you're welcome to give me suggestions on stories and I'll write it. I also have a fictionpress account but I haven't posted but in case you're interested you can go check under Tanali and if also you have suggestions for that I'll write it, but of course you'll get 90% credit.

ANSWERS FOR REVIEWS

MystiKoorime- Hey Hey!!
Wow this fic is very good, and descriptive. Can you make it and h/b ficcie please?!?! There aren't many h/b fics out there but I have some if ur interested...I like the idea of this fic, I hope u update soon!!
Great Job,
MystiKoorime

gee, thanks, but is it good being descriptive? LOL your bio is funny, nice quotes and your fics are great, I love the themes

Amy- Great so far...though...grins I love the comment about the blood...lol...that was funny..you are so funny...annie-san...snickers or..you-know-what-name-that-i-don't-want-to-embrass-you! ;;
yeah...

dankz, which comment? The one about the blood that keeps ya living? Good that you don't wanna embarrass me or else.............GLARE

ChibiNekoTenshi- can u put some yaoi in it? Kurama/ Hiei would be niice..annie-chan... ok its good so far..its bloody and gory.. angsty is good too... keep going..

nash! CNT-kun, another fic, ok? Just for you. And if ya want I guess I could put a it'll suck but it's a lemon XP

sunshine and rainbows-That was great. I have never read anything like it.
Now don't get me wrong, I do love Kurama and Botan pairings, but I love Hiei and Botan pairings as well, and there just aren't enough of them. So can you make this a Hiei and Botan one? Pretty please.

not enough? Really? No prob, it HAS to be Hiei/Botan now, I guess I started it that way so I'll have to cont.

hieiandbotan4ever-this story is so cool! can you make it a hiei/botan pleez!

lol, thanks, yea it'll be H/B

LiLgUrL-shudders wow tht was creepy but very very good writing. what i mean by "ther r zero of these fic out ther" i meant ther aren't tht many horror fics like this on on its very rare you come across such a good horror fic such as this...tht proley din make ne sense...o well update ASAP!
christina

lmao, I think so too, it's very creepy, so creepy yet gets my blood pumping(-) and someday it's gonna freak me out too o yosh!

Review if you'd like, but I'd love to hear your comments

TTFN! (Ta ta for now! -Tigger) ;;