Silent Pleas ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
I'm incredibly sorry to all of the fans of this story! (If there are any) I am guilty of not updating for a long time. Please forgive me. My Internet was down, and I was sick, and the list goes on and on. I shall try to update more often.

I believe that I should put some Hiei/Botan fluff into the next few chapters. Not until, of course, Botan gets the truth out of Hiei. I do have a good idea about how that's going to work out. Don't worry.

bDisclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, Hiei and Botan would be a couple./b

Onto the story!

PS: This will be in Hiei's point of view in this chapter.

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"HIEI! TELL ME NOW!" Botan screams, still trying to get me to co-operate. No matter how hard she tries, though, I won't. The memories are still too fresh, the wounds I will not allow to be re-opened.

I shook my head to clear these thoughts. No. I will not allow myself to think like that. Soon, she will let me out of this pit of hell... once she thinks that I have given up.

Two days we've been like this. I believe that her patience is wearing thin. I don't want to do this, but... it is for the best. I suppose that I could always kill her if she says that I did this.

"Botan." I say weakly, putting my hands on the ground, "I give up. I'll tell you everything, just as soon as you let me out of this place."

She said nothing, but I can tell that she is suspicious. After all, this is me that she is thinking about. I am, after all, a famous murderer and thief. I smile bitterly, remembering that those days are behind me.

"Ok." She says, and takes the wards off of the door.

I wait until she opens the door. With my nature speed, I pull out my sword, run behind her, and put my sword to her neck.

I hear her gulp and stiffen. I smirk, plotting my revenge. NEVER mess with me.

"Well, Botan," I whisper, my breath tickling her ear. "How shall I get my revenge for tricking me? Shall I kill you now, bath in your blood, and then say a demon got you? Or shall I wait until your least expecting it, then kill you slowly?"

She shivers, and I smirk. I know that these are empty threats. I couldn't kill Botan if I wanted to. To do so would earn me a life in the worst spot Koemna could find in all of the demon and human realm.

"Now, if you ever speak of this again, I will kill you before you even have time to scream. You will encounter the wrong end of my sword, and no one ever lives to tell the tale after they meet my sword. Understand, woman?"

She quickly nods, her blue hair bouncing up and down with the energy of her nodding. I smirk once more, and then use my speed to get away before she can spot me.

As I lie in my tree, I have a feeling nagging at me. My instincts tell me that Botan hasn't given up yet. She is stubborn. My instincts are not usually wrong.

I ignore it and fall asleep. She will never hear the story of my past. I have never told anyone, and never plan to. She says that it is wrong to bottle up my emotions, but I have lived this way for all of my life, and I do not plan to change now.

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Aiii! Short chapter... I'm sorry, for all of those who did not accept my apology before. I do hope that you do not flame me, as I will answer those back with nothing but hate. ^-^

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