Chapter 3
Cast Away
Warning: nakedness in this chapter. Don't like it, don't read it.
Botan gingerly rubbed her eyes, getting over the sun shining upon her face. She glanced around, searching for her insufferable (as always) employer. Was she concerned? Or afraid of being left alone? She searched for him anyway. On her way out of the small cave, she stretched. The cave was not too small, but you had to bend yourself a little to go outside.
"You're up!" Koenma startled her from behind.
"What the hell did you do that for?" she snapped.
Koenma went into the cave and put down the twigs he'd collected. He sighed and went out again.
"Why are you looking at me that way?" She asked in irritation. Botan couldn't stand how Koenma looked at her... it seemed so... sincere... and serious.
"You have to take a bath." He replied in a serious tone.
Botan gritted her teeth. She felt angry about their situation... and about him.
"And your clothes... you have to wash them." He added, still serious.
She rolled her eyes and turned her back to him.
"Look who's talking!" she retorted, her patience wearing off.
Botan's kimono was really quite torn and dirty. Both of them looked dirty.
"What am I suppose to do, huh?" She added, glancing at him, then turning again.
"C'mon follow me..." He clasped his right hand onto her left.
Botan agreed and followed him, her mind full of confusion. What was he up to?
After some time, they both ended up in the heart of the island. The place was misty, and all they could see were shadows of trees... weren't they? Neither of them knew. Koenma stopped and let go of her hand. He signaled her to open the hanging plants in front of her.
"Wow." She exclaimed in amazement.
Before her stood a wide, lake-like hot spring. They smiled knowingly. Koenma walked away, stopped a few gaits away from her and started to undress. Botan blushed as she found herself looking at him while he was doing so. She felt like a... pervert or something.
Botan walked a few steps away from where she stood and began to undress. She released her tresses, and slowly stepped into the hot water.
"Hey! You okay there?" Koenma called
Botan searched for him and found his silhouette in the mist. Koenma was standing across from her on the other side of the spring. She managed to answer, then closed her eyes as she savored the peace the water gave her.
They started yelling out a conversation.
"When did you find this place?" Botan asked, resting her head on a hanging branch.
"Yesterday morning. As I was picking up twigs, I searched the place." Koenma replied. "And don't worry, the island's harmless."
"Do you think the others are looking for us now?" She wondered.
"I think so, it's been three days now." He replied.
Deep silence ensued and the both of them kept it that way.
Botan felt something biting at her back so she gently touched it. It felt slimy. She reached to the other side and touches another one. She stood up, and tried to pull one away from her shoulder. Her eyes widened in terror.
"Aaaaaaaah!!" Botan screeched, splashing through the water towards the peaceful Koenma on the other side.
"Take them off!! I hate leeches!!" she exclaimed, turning her back to him.
Koenma was startled and started to desperately remove the small leeches crawling up her slender back. It was hard, but he managed to take them all off.
"It's okay, it's all gone now." He said.
Botan sighed and faced him.
"Thanks!!" She replied, forgetting she was naked... That they were both naked. (aaaack!!)
Both of them stared at each other for a minute and abruptly turned away. They didn't say a word, too red and embarrassed to talk.
The mist started to come in, much thicker than before. They instinctively moved backwards and bumped into each other's backs. (aaaaack again, they're both naked!! ^ ^;)
Botan started to move closer to him.
"Look, it's okay right?" She asked, feeling his back behind her.
"Wha-t?" he replied, blushing more.
"Pervert!! I mean, the mist is thicker, so we cannot see each other." She replied as she turning to face him.
"Where are you anyway?" He asked, trying to tap her.
Unfortunately he tapped one of her ____ and all hell broke loose. A floating fist went straight to his face.
"Damn it!! Don't you do that!!" She cursed, slightly blushing.
"What did you expect me to do?! I'm, like, blind, for heaven's sake!!" He retorted, touching his now sore jaw.
Botan submerged her body into the water. Koenma did the same, and both of them lay beside each other, their backs relaxed on the smoothed rock wall behind them.
"Koenma, we've been friends since we were kids, right?"
"Yeah... so?"
"Well... you're..." She hesitated. "You're getting weird lately."
"Weird? I'm always weird to you, right?"
"No... I mean... You haven't been talking to me."
"Why? Is there anything to talk about?"
"Why can't you tell me why you got drunk?"
"I told you... it was a party!"
"I know... but still..."
"What?"
"Remember that girl you liked when we were little?"
"No."
"You liked her so much, but yet you couldn't just spit it out..."
"Yeah, so? What's that got to do with me being drunk?"
"And when you finally told her, she told you she didn't like you."
"Straight to the point, PLEASE."
"That's when you started to drink coffee."
"So what's that gotta do with now? There's a first time for everything, right?"
"... So, who's the girl?.."
"What?"
"Is she worth it? Is she worth getting drunk?"
"She's more than that, she's my..."
Botan stood up, not waiting to let him finish. She went for her clothes and left him. Koenma was bewildered, thinking: Is she jealous? Or afraid the leeches will come back?
"It's you... Botan..." he whispered as he gazed at her form which was slowly walking away.
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Cast Away
Warning: nakedness in this chapter. Don't like it, don't read it.
Botan gingerly rubbed her eyes, getting over the sun shining upon her face. She glanced around, searching for her insufferable (as always) employer. Was she concerned? Or afraid of being left alone? She searched for him anyway. On her way out of the small cave, she stretched. The cave was not too small, but you had to bend yourself a little to go outside.
"You're up!" Koenma startled her from behind.
"What the hell did you do that for?" she snapped.
Koenma went into the cave and put down the twigs he'd collected. He sighed and went out again.
"Why are you looking at me that way?" She asked in irritation. Botan couldn't stand how Koenma looked at her... it seemed so... sincere... and serious.
"You have to take a bath." He replied in a serious tone.
Botan gritted her teeth. She felt angry about their situation... and about him.
"And your clothes... you have to wash them." He added, still serious.
She rolled her eyes and turned her back to him.
"Look who's talking!" she retorted, her patience wearing off.
Botan's kimono was really quite torn and dirty. Both of them looked dirty.
"What am I suppose to do, huh?" She added, glancing at him, then turning again.
"C'mon follow me..." He clasped his right hand onto her left.
Botan agreed and followed him, her mind full of confusion. What was he up to?
After some time, they both ended up in the heart of the island. The place was misty, and all they could see were shadows of trees... weren't they? Neither of them knew. Koenma stopped and let go of her hand. He signaled her to open the hanging plants in front of her.
"Wow." She exclaimed in amazement.
Before her stood a wide, lake-like hot spring. They smiled knowingly. Koenma walked away, stopped a few gaits away from her and started to undress. Botan blushed as she found herself looking at him while he was doing so. She felt like a... pervert or something.
Botan walked a few steps away from where she stood and began to undress. She released her tresses, and slowly stepped into the hot water.
"Hey! You okay there?" Koenma called
Botan searched for him and found his silhouette in the mist. Koenma was standing across from her on the other side of the spring. She managed to answer, then closed her eyes as she savored the peace the water gave her.
They started yelling out a conversation.
"When did you find this place?" Botan asked, resting her head on a hanging branch.
"Yesterday morning. As I was picking up twigs, I searched the place." Koenma replied. "And don't worry, the island's harmless."
"Do you think the others are looking for us now?" She wondered.
"I think so, it's been three days now." He replied.
Deep silence ensued and the both of them kept it that way.
Botan felt something biting at her back so she gently touched it. It felt slimy. She reached to the other side and touches another one. She stood up, and tried to pull one away from her shoulder. Her eyes widened in terror.
"Aaaaaaaah!!" Botan screeched, splashing through the water towards the peaceful Koenma on the other side.
"Take them off!! I hate leeches!!" she exclaimed, turning her back to him.
Koenma was startled and started to desperately remove the small leeches crawling up her slender back. It was hard, but he managed to take them all off.
"It's okay, it's all gone now." He said.
Botan sighed and faced him.
"Thanks!!" She replied, forgetting she was naked... That they were both naked. (aaaack!!)
Both of them stared at each other for a minute and abruptly turned away. They didn't say a word, too red and embarrassed to talk.
The mist started to come in, much thicker than before. They instinctively moved backwards and bumped into each other's backs. (aaaaack again, they're both naked!! ^ ^;)
Botan started to move closer to him.
"Look, it's okay right?" She asked, feeling his back behind her.
"Wha-t?" he replied, blushing more.
"Pervert!! I mean, the mist is thicker, so we cannot see each other." She replied as she turning to face him.
"Where are you anyway?" He asked, trying to tap her.
Unfortunately he tapped one of her ____ and all hell broke loose. A floating fist went straight to his face.
"Damn it!! Don't you do that!!" She cursed, slightly blushing.
"What did you expect me to do?! I'm, like, blind, for heaven's sake!!" He retorted, touching his now sore jaw.
Botan submerged her body into the water. Koenma did the same, and both of them lay beside each other, their backs relaxed on the smoothed rock wall behind them.
"Koenma, we've been friends since we were kids, right?"
"Yeah... so?"
"Well... you're..." She hesitated. "You're getting weird lately."
"Weird? I'm always weird to you, right?"
"No... I mean... You haven't been talking to me."
"Why? Is there anything to talk about?"
"Why can't you tell me why you got drunk?"
"I told you... it was a party!"
"I know... but still..."
"What?"
"Remember that girl you liked when we were little?"
"No."
"You liked her so much, but yet you couldn't just spit it out..."
"Yeah, so? What's that got to do with me being drunk?"
"And when you finally told her, she told you she didn't like you."
"Straight to the point, PLEASE."
"That's when you started to drink coffee."
"So what's that gotta do with now? There's a first time for everything, right?"
"... So, who's the girl?.."
"What?"
"Is she worth it? Is she worth getting drunk?"
"She's more than that, she's my..."
Botan stood up, not waiting to let him finish. She went for her clothes and left him. Koenma was bewildered, thinking: Is she jealous? Or afraid the leeches will come back?
"It's you... Botan..." he whispered as he gazed at her form which was slowly walking away.
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