Chapter 1

Cast Away

by: sonyai_youri@yahoo.com

Botan woke up clutching her hair fiercely. Her head was aching and she was about to cry. Her kimono was soaked in water as she steadied herself enough to stand. Most of the sand around her was clinging to her kimono. She stood up and went over to her companion. Her employer was still asleep. She glanced around and found that they had just made it to this deserted island. Tears came to her lavender eyes as she decided to sit beside her employer. She eyed him carefully and she whispered: "Koenma-sama... why did you have to get drunk?"

THREE DAYS AGO....

"Again?!" the toddler employer exclaimed frantically as he fixed his hat.

"But, Kurama needs help... his mother was brought to the hospital this morning and..." Botan shrugged, she felt her heart beating fast like before... whenever it was about Kurama.

"Botan, you've been skipping chores almost everyday these past few weeks!!" the prince shouted.

"But... I just.. please.." Botan stuttered, her tears ready to fall.

"Botan! Almost everyone here knows that Shiori's condition is not critical! I told you what her fate was already, right?" he explained, still shouting.

"But... I just wanted to help..." Botan whispered, turning her gaze to the outside view.

"Wanted to help!? Damn it, Botan!! Why do you keep on hoping for that guy to love you?!" Koenma exclaimed, eyeing her carefully.

Botan's violet eyes bulged at the toddler's words... bereft... but then he wasn't finished yet...

"Besides all you do is flirt with him!" he explained matter-of-factly.

"FLIRTING!!! YOU THINK I'M FLIRTING!!! M----M---E--!!" Botan said slowly, trying not to let this conversation pass.

"Yeah... FLIRTING!!! You've always been, and forever will be flirting with him until he doesn't notice you, right?" he questioned, raising one brow.

"Why do you always have to ruin everything for me?! Of all the ferry girls here, I'm the only one you scold?! The only one you... laugh at!? Why are you doing this to me Koenma-sama... only me?" she questioned, her angry violet eyes meeting his.

"Why? I'll tell you why: for almost 500 years you've been with me... as my Fe-rry gi-rl... you're still the same old dimwitted, half-brained, dense ferry girl that you'll always be!!" he explained, keeping his brown eyes on her.

"DENSE? What am I dense about?! Are you hiding something from me!?" Botan asked, her eyes still on him.

"Just... just stop, okay? I'm not gonna let you go to Ningenkai this time!! Go and help the other ferry girls over there." He commanded, dismissing her with a wistful wave of his hand.

"Damn it! Why do you keep on making me feel so bad?!" she shouted, slamming both her fists onto his table.

"GET-OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!!!!" he shouted back.

Their gazes met and silence took place.

Botan sighed and walked out of his office.

Koenma paused from walking and took a deep breath that was interrupted by a fierce pat on the back.

/Cough...cough/

"You okay? Hey... where's Botan?" Koenma's jet black-haired detective asked, glancing around for the blue-head.

"She's grounded." Koenma explained, brushing his hair up.

"Really? Poor girl... it's really difficult when your boy friend is your boss, eh?" Yusuke replied, tugging at Koenma as an invitation to laugh with him.

"She was not being helpful in chores lately, so I decided to ground her." Koenma retorted, sneering at Yusuke's words.

"Poor girl... C'mon genki-baasan's probably waiting.

The Reikai tantei and the others, minus Hiei, had decided to visit genki- baasan to celebrate her birthday.

"Cheers!!!!!" Kuwabara exclaimed, raising his cup.

"Second to that, mwahahahaha!!" Yusuke shouted, half drunk.

"34 bottles of beer... 35 bottles of beer...36 bottles of beer!!! Mwahahahaha!!!!!!" Koenma cheered as he kept on drinking his sake and refilling his cup.

"Looks like you have a lot of problems lately Koenma..." Kurama asked laughingly, quite flushed from drinking.

"You said it, kitsune!! And one of them is you!!!! Mwahahaha!!" Koenma replied, still laughing heartily.

"Huh? Why is that?" Kurama asked, dumb-founded at the revelation.

"No, I mean it's not your fault really, but you have the blame for it! Taking - Bo--" Koenma was cut off.

Genkai had cut the conversation going on by letting a blue-haired lady in.

"Oi! Botan! Come in come in! Hiccup... um... c'mon sit here, let's drink!!" Shizuru called, patting the space beside her.

"Iie... I came to pick Koenma-sama... Enma-daioh is looking for you.." Botan explained, bowing before him.

"But... everyone decided to stay here for a couple of days! I want to stay! It's great here in the temple!!" Koenma replied, drinking another cup of sake.

"Please, he needs you now." Botan replied.

"Damn it!!! Okay C'mon." he consented as he tried futilely to stand up.

Botan hopped on her oar and Koenma jumped on beside her. As they went on their way, Koenma kept on tugging on the oar which caused her to get dizzy. When she looked down to get her bearing, she saw a mass of ocean water ready to catch them.

"Ne, Koenma-sama, it would be much better if you'd stop that tugging so we'll not fall, okay?" she asked, struggling to keep the oar steady.

"Oh, Botan, you worry too much! Daijobu!! It's not like we're going to fall or your trusty oar would just break, right?" He replied.

/snap/

The oar broke and they fell down into the ocean. They cried out as they splashed into the water.

"C'mon!! Koenma-sama!! There's an island over there!! C'mon!!" Botan shouted, pulling him as she swam towards the island.

Author's Notes:

Do tell me what you think about it.... y'know... R&R's!!!!! Oh, the title was inspired by the movie Cast Away... ^^ /sweats drop/ I dunno what will happen next it would be great to know what you think of this.
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