"BOTAN! WAKE UP!!!"
"ARG!" Botan yelled, jumping up immediately, punching Hiei in the face. "Oh no! Hiei!" Yusuke started laughing. Botan shot him a glare and rushed over to Hiei.
"Are you okay?" Spirit asked. Hiei gave a nod. He had a dazed look.
"Oh I'm so sorry Hiei!" apologized Botan.
Tenshi was holding his side. He took a deep breath. "Took you a while to hear."
Botan yawned. "What do you mean?"
"Well, first off, it took us 20 minutes to wake you up." Yusuke said.
"You should have already started training!" Botan said.
"Oh we're not training." said Miko. Yusuke started grinning. Botan raised an eyebrow. She was really hating Yusuke's cocky grin right now.
"What is it?" Botan demanded.
"Now, Botan, you should really eat something." Mai said, but Botan was not going to budge.
"What is it?" She repeated.
"Were going to go swimming, then camp outside, then come back here and play video games." Miko said cheerfully. Botan looked appalled.
"Swimming and video game?!" Botan said.
"Don't forget camping." Mai joked. Mai became quiet once Botan shot her a glare.
"Shouldn't we be training?!" Botan asked.
"Come on! We have three months!" Yusuke said. Hiei hated to admit it, but he actually liked Yusuke's plan. Sure, he loves to train but getting beat down by a girl every time is a killjoy. Botan frowned.
"Come on, Botan!" exclaimed Spirit, she was holding a piece of toast. She sat down in front of Botan and handed it to her. Botan took it. "Once and a while you gotta learn that always train may get you stronger, but sometimes won't let you win. You gotta be relaxed!"
Botan bit into her toast. "Alright." She finally agreed. "But tomorrow we got right back to training."
Kuwabara cheered. Spirit pumped her fist in the air. "Score!"
Botan stood up with Hiei and exited down the stair and into the sunny lawn. "God, don't we have an elevator?" Yusuke complained.
"If we had everything to our comfort, then it wouldn't be a training ground." said Kurama.
"I know that." Yusuke said. "But maybe he could just install one...."
Botan rolled her eyes. Spirit, however, agreed with Yusuke. "I hope he will, climbing up these stairs is gonna kill me."
They finally reached the bottom and Botan walked outside and stopped at the lake. Kurama and Mai dropped the Trunk they where holding and Samara flipped it open. A variety of bathing suits, goggles, lotion, and towels were inside. Samara reached inside and pulled out a green one-piece.
Following Samara's lead, everyone poked there hand in and pulled out what they wanted. "Now where do we change?" Kuwabara asked.
"Inside. Unless you wanna change in the forest." Yusuke said. Everyone begin to pile back into the house again, using every bathroom they could find, and then going back outside.
"Are you sure this water is safe?" asked Kurama. Yusuke nodded.
"I check it out yesterday and its all cleared."
"Good." Botan said, she was wearing a blue two-piece. Spirit took a deep breath and winked.
"Well, here we go." She took a few steps back, and then broke into a run. Before she got on the edge, she jumped, high in the air. She did a flip and dived into the water. The water calmed down and the rest of the team waited quietly for Spirit to rise up.
"AHHH!" Hiei could see splashing in the water. It stopped and Miko covered her mouth.
"OH nooo...." Mai whispered. A head emerged from the water, everyone held their breath. Kurama made a move to enter, but stopped once Spirit head popped out of the water.
Spirit gave a laugh. "Nothings wrong!" Her black swimsuit was easy to see under the clear water. Kurama smiled. Botan gave a sigh of relief. Yusuke grinned.
"See? What did I tell you?" Yusuke dived head first into the water. Kuwabara created a big splash after him and Tenshi did a great twist before plunging into the water. Botan turned to Hiei to find him already looking at her. Botan gave him her signature smile and begin to walk backwards until she was at the edge of the water. She blew him a kiss, winked, and dived into the water backwards. The cold, refreshing water sent a tingle through her skin. She submerged and blinked a few times. Spirit laughed.
"Great dive!" Mai called from the sidelines. Samara and she had taken towels and prepared to catch some sunlight. Botan watched as Hiei's spiky black hair submerged from the water. Spirit poked it with a finger. Hiei's face appeared, looking blank. Botan gave him a hug from behind.
"I'll leave you two lovebirds alone." said Spirit, she gave Botan a wink and swam off. Hiei placed a hand on top of Botan's.
"You know, this isn't so bad." Botan's voice said in his ear. Hiei nodded.
"It would be nice if we got rid of all our problems and just stay here."
"What problems?" Hiei asked.
"Oh no problems yet. But I know we'll soon have some with the Makai Tournament. And then there is the team and us." She gave a sigh.
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked, alarmed.
"Nothing bad, Hiei. But, in the tournament were going to have to look out for each other and that might be bad for us, losing concentration and all." Hiei turned around and put his arms around Botan firmly, as if to never let go.
"Listen to me, got it?" Botan nodded. "Nothings going to happen to me, I know. And nothing will happen to you. And if anything did, the person how hurt you won't be alive for long."
Botan look down at the water. "How can you be so sure?" She said quietly. "You can't tell the future." She looked up at Hiei. "And if you can, and you never told me-" Hiei interrupted her with a kiss. Botan was in heaven, once she parted, she closed her eyes and opened them slowly.
"If you die, and I have to transport you, be ready to die all over again. Boom." Botan poked his nose. Hiei gave a smirk.
"Same goes for you." He replied coolly. Botan and Hiei looked up as they heard a sigh. Mai was perched on a broom just like Miko, who was up in the sky also. Samara was holding on to an oar, like Botan, and Spirit was sitting on a cloud.
"Opps." Miko said. "Where we not suppose to listen?"
Botan frowned and put her hands on her hips, but no one could see. Samara gave a chuckle and pointed to the water. Kuwabara's carrot top head was sticking out from the blue water. Hiei, frowning just like Botan, gave it a sharp tug.
"OWWWWWWW!" Kuwabara howled, splashing everyone. Yusuke, Kurama, and Tenshi head appeared in the water, laughing. Botan towered on them.
"Have any of you heard of staying out of people's way?" Botan said dryly. Spirit crossed her arms.
"I and Kurama didn't want to come, but they dragged us, right cloud?" Spirit started patting the cloud affectionately. Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"She talks to it?" He whispered. Yusuke suddenly slapped a hand on Hiei's mouth.
"Shhh, don't piss her off, I already did when I tried to drown her." Yusuke said urgently. Kurama and Tenshi suppressed a laugh as Kuwabara silently pointed to one side of Yusuke's head. Botan turned his head and there was a dark red hand mark on his cheek.
Botan and Hiei started laughing. Yusuke sunk into the water until they couldn't see him anymore. Spirit tilted her head sideways and smiled. "So now that we've gone swimming, we go camping!"
"Have you made sure that was safe?" Samara asked. Yusuke's head appeared from the water again.
"Why should I? If the waters safe, and the video is safe, then the camping is safe!" Yusuke answered.
"Then let's go then!" Miko declared. Spirit punched the air.
"YEAH!" Samara and Mai yelled. Botan lifted herself out of the water and soon, everyone was clean and dried. Botan whipped out her oar and climbed on it, Hiei got on after her. Yusuke suddenly pulled on her jeans, making her fall off.
"HEY!" Botan stood up. "What was that for?"
"You said you rather train, so here we are! We're taking the hard way!" Yusuke pulled Hiei off and turned to the other girls with a dangerous look. Mumbling and muttering, they got off their oar, broom, or fluffy cloud.
"Kill joy." Botan muttered. She, like everyone else, begin to climb up the steep hill, bumping into trees, tripping over roots, slipping on loose rocks, and every once and a while, a big rock would either fall from the sky or roll down after them. 10 minutes after Mai got knocked out by a rock, Yusuke called them to a halt. Everyone fell into a sitting position with a sigh.
"I think my feet are dead." Miko said in amazement.
"That's because you're dead." Tenshi snapped.
"No I'm not; Koenma gave us all the chance to be human." Miko shot back. Tenshi laid flat on his back. Spirit set down her basket and pulled out sandwiches.
"No I didn't make them. Eat up!" Spirit started biting her own. Hiei took it all in one bite, a plain sandwich felt like two courses of food. Botan bit into her own, taking big bites. Spirit passed around more and once everyone was full, Yusuke beckoned them up again and the aggravating hike started again.
"Where is the top exactly?" Samara complained. Hiei took a step and said nothing; he was right behind Botan, helping her up when ever she needed it. Yusuke shrugged.
"I don't know." Mai, who had recovered, stopped. Botan bumped into her, making Hiei bump into Botan, which made Spirit bump into Hiei, which made Kurama fall on Spirit.
"SO YOUR TELLING ME THAT THE TOP COULD BE DAYS AWAY?!!?" Mai yelled. The ground begun to shake.
"Oh no." Botan whispered. Groups of large boulders rolled down the hill, some falling from the sky.
"CHARGE!" Samara yelled happily. "THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!"
So instead of running like hell was chasing after them like what the boys where doing, Mai, Samara, Spirit, Miko, and Botan stood up. Each of them raised there hands and held them a foot apart. Botan held her own hands apart, not using her mind at all. Not thinking about what happens if a boulder rolls on her.
"LET'S GO!" Miko yelled. Botan took a deep breath; she could hear Hiei screaming at her.
"SPIRIT BALL!!!!!!!!!!" They screamed. A mixture of different colors shot out, destroying anything that got into there way.
"IDIOTS!" Yusuke yelled. Spirit's head turned to him.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" She replied back.
"YOU'RE GONNA GET KILLED!!" Kurama butted in.
"NO WE'RE NOT! DON'T YOU SEE? THIS IS THE KIND OF TRAINING WE NEED!" Botan said.
"TRAINING? YOU CALL GETTING YOU KILLED TRAINING!?!?" Hiei screamed. Botan gave him a wink.
"YEAH!" She laughed with the rest of her team. "WE ALL UNDERSTAND IF THE URAMESHI TEAM IS TO CHICKEN FOR THIS!"
The girls stopped and started dodging them while running forward. The rocks came tumbling at the boys.
"Chicken! Let's show them!" Yusuke said furiously. Hiei pulled off the white cloth covering his Jagan eye. He could feel Botan's eyes on him; he wasn't going to make a fool out of himself. Before he knew it, his right hand was burning off his black energy.
"NOW!" Hiei heard Yusuke scream. He went for it.
So many words were spoken; it was hard to tell what anyone said. Botan shielded herself from the blast, The Owari team members all managed to find there selves behind the boys, watching what they would do.
"You see that one, Spirit gun." Mai explained. "And then carrot boy is using a spirit sword, Tenshi using a spirit gun too, and Kurama using a rose whip, and last Hiei using a-"
"Dragon of the darkness flames." Botan finished, she knows it by heart already. Samara winked.
"Someone's been doing their homework." She teased. Botan pushed her playfully.
"This is so boring! Let's bring out the big boys." said Miko, a fire burning in each eye. Spirit nodded, smiling.
"One..." Samara counted. "Two...three! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Botan laughed and covered her ears as her team started screaming. Hiei had just finished destroying the last boulder until the ground started to shake again "Oh god." He groaned.
"Charge!" Botan yelled and they started to run for the rocks.
"Pair up!" Yusuke called out to them. Spirit paired up with Yusuke, Hiei with Botan, Mai with Kurama, Tenshi with Miko, and Kuwabara with Samara.
"Don't fight! Just dodge them!" Samara ordered. Everyone started to run up the "hill" and begin to dodge boulders, fighting off them if they needed too and helping their partners.
Botan just dodged a rather large one and followed Hiei up the hill. They both can hear everyone give a scream for more boulders. Hiei turned to Botan and gave her a grin. She returned it, but suddenly stopped and gasped. Hiei looked forward. What he saw made him gasp too.
The largest piece of rock was hurtling straight towards them, breaking trees and anything else in its path. "I think we found the top!" Mai said, the rest of them had caught up.
"Who wants to take it? Alone?" Samara dared. Botan took a breath; Hiei turned his head sharply to her. He knew what that meant like the back of his hand.
She was going to go for it.
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"ARG!" Botan yelled, jumping up immediately, punching Hiei in the face. "Oh no! Hiei!" Yusuke started laughing. Botan shot him a glare and rushed over to Hiei.
"Are you okay?" Spirit asked. Hiei gave a nod. He had a dazed look.
"Oh I'm so sorry Hiei!" apologized Botan.
Tenshi was holding his side. He took a deep breath. "Took you a while to hear."
Botan yawned. "What do you mean?"
"Well, first off, it took us 20 minutes to wake you up." Yusuke said.
"You should have already started training!" Botan said.
"Oh we're not training." said Miko. Yusuke started grinning. Botan raised an eyebrow. She was really hating Yusuke's cocky grin right now.
"What is it?" Botan demanded.
"Now, Botan, you should really eat something." Mai said, but Botan was not going to budge.
"What is it?" She repeated.
"Were going to go swimming, then camp outside, then come back here and play video games." Miko said cheerfully. Botan looked appalled.
"Swimming and video game?!" Botan said.
"Don't forget camping." Mai joked. Mai became quiet once Botan shot her a glare.
"Shouldn't we be training?!" Botan asked.
"Come on! We have three months!" Yusuke said. Hiei hated to admit it, but he actually liked Yusuke's plan. Sure, he loves to train but getting beat down by a girl every time is a killjoy. Botan frowned.
"Come on, Botan!" exclaimed Spirit, she was holding a piece of toast. She sat down in front of Botan and handed it to her. Botan took it. "Once and a while you gotta learn that always train may get you stronger, but sometimes won't let you win. You gotta be relaxed!"
Botan bit into her toast. "Alright." She finally agreed. "But tomorrow we got right back to training."
Kuwabara cheered. Spirit pumped her fist in the air. "Score!"
Botan stood up with Hiei and exited down the stair and into the sunny lawn. "God, don't we have an elevator?" Yusuke complained.
"If we had everything to our comfort, then it wouldn't be a training ground." said Kurama.
"I know that." Yusuke said. "But maybe he could just install one...."
Botan rolled her eyes. Spirit, however, agreed with Yusuke. "I hope he will, climbing up these stairs is gonna kill me."
They finally reached the bottom and Botan walked outside and stopped at the lake. Kurama and Mai dropped the Trunk they where holding and Samara flipped it open. A variety of bathing suits, goggles, lotion, and towels were inside. Samara reached inside and pulled out a green one-piece.
Following Samara's lead, everyone poked there hand in and pulled out what they wanted. "Now where do we change?" Kuwabara asked.
"Inside. Unless you wanna change in the forest." Yusuke said. Everyone begin to pile back into the house again, using every bathroom they could find, and then going back outside.
"Are you sure this water is safe?" asked Kurama. Yusuke nodded.
"I check it out yesterday and its all cleared."
"Good." Botan said, she was wearing a blue two-piece. Spirit took a deep breath and winked.
"Well, here we go." She took a few steps back, and then broke into a run. Before she got on the edge, she jumped, high in the air. She did a flip and dived into the water. The water calmed down and the rest of the team waited quietly for Spirit to rise up.
"AHHH!" Hiei could see splashing in the water. It stopped and Miko covered her mouth.
"OH nooo...." Mai whispered. A head emerged from the water, everyone held their breath. Kurama made a move to enter, but stopped once Spirit head popped out of the water.
Spirit gave a laugh. "Nothings wrong!" Her black swimsuit was easy to see under the clear water. Kurama smiled. Botan gave a sigh of relief. Yusuke grinned.
"See? What did I tell you?" Yusuke dived head first into the water. Kuwabara created a big splash after him and Tenshi did a great twist before plunging into the water. Botan turned to Hiei to find him already looking at her. Botan gave him her signature smile and begin to walk backwards until she was at the edge of the water. She blew him a kiss, winked, and dived into the water backwards. The cold, refreshing water sent a tingle through her skin. She submerged and blinked a few times. Spirit laughed.
"Great dive!" Mai called from the sidelines. Samara and she had taken towels and prepared to catch some sunlight. Botan watched as Hiei's spiky black hair submerged from the water. Spirit poked it with a finger. Hiei's face appeared, looking blank. Botan gave him a hug from behind.
"I'll leave you two lovebirds alone." said Spirit, she gave Botan a wink and swam off. Hiei placed a hand on top of Botan's.
"You know, this isn't so bad." Botan's voice said in his ear. Hiei nodded.
"It would be nice if we got rid of all our problems and just stay here."
"What problems?" Hiei asked.
"Oh no problems yet. But I know we'll soon have some with the Makai Tournament. And then there is the team and us." She gave a sigh.
"What do you mean?" Hiei asked, alarmed.
"Nothing bad, Hiei. But, in the tournament were going to have to look out for each other and that might be bad for us, losing concentration and all." Hiei turned around and put his arms around Botan firmly, as if to never let go.
"Listen to me, got it?" Botan nodded. "Nothings going to happen to me, I know. And nothing will happen to you. And if anything did, the person how hurt you won't be alive for long."
Botan look down at the water. "How can you be so sure?" She said quietly. "You can't tell the future." She looked up at Hiei. "And if you can, and you never told me-" Hiei interrupted her with a kiss. Botan was in heaven, once she parted, she closed her eyes and opened them slowly.
"If you die, and I have to transport you, be ready to die all over again. Boom." Botan poked his nose. Hiei gave a smirk.
"Same goes for you." He replied coolly. Botan and Hiei looked up as they heard a sigh. Mai was perched on a broom just like Miko, who was up in the sky also. Samara was holding on to an oar, like Botan, and Spirit was sitting on a cloud.
"Opps." Miko said. "Where we not suppose to listen?"
Botan frowned and put her hands on her hips, but no one could see. Samara gave a chuckle and pointed to the water. Kuwabara's carrot top head was sticking out from the blue water. Hiei, frowning just like Botan, gave it a sharp tug.
"OWWWWWWW!" Kuwabara howled, splashing everyone. Yusuke, Kurama, and Tenshi head appeared in the water, laughing. Botan towered on them.
"Have any of you heard of staying out of people's way?" Botan said dryly. Spirit crossed her arms.
"I and Kurama didn't want to come, but they dragged us, right cloud?" Spirit started patting the cloud affectionately. Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"She talks to it?" He whispered. Yusuke suddenly slapped a hand on Hiei's mouth.
"Shhh, don't piss her off, I already did when I tried to drown her." Yusuke said urgently. Kurama and Tenshi suppressed a laugh as Kuwabara silently pointed to one side of Yusuke's head. Botan turned his head and there was a dark red hand mark on his cheek.
Botan and Hiei started laughing. Yusuke sunk into the water until they couldn't see him anymore. Spirit tilted her head sideways and smiled. "So now that we've gone swimming, we go camping!"
"Have you made sure that was safe?" Samara asked. Yusuke's head appeared from the water again.
"Why should I? If the waters safe, and the video is safe, then the camping is safe!" Yusuke answered.
"Then let's go then!" Miko declared. Spirit punched the air.
"YEAH!" Samara and Mai yelled. Botan lifted herself out of the water and soon, everyone was clean and dried. Botan whipped out her oar and climbed on it, Hiei got on after her. Yusuke suddenly pulled on her jeans, making her fall off.
"HEY!" Botan stood up. "What was that for?"
"You said you rather train, so here we are! We're taking the hard way!" Yusuke pulled Hiei off and turned to the other girls with a dangerous look. Mumbling and muttering, they got off their oar, broom, or fluffy cloud.
"Kill joy." Botan muttered. She, like everyone else, begin to climb up the steep hill, bumping into trees, tripping over roots, slipping on loose rocks, and every once and a while, a big rock would either fall from the sky or roll down after them. 10 minutes after Mai got knocked out by a rock, Yusuke called them to a halt. Everyone fell into a sitting position with a sigh.
"I think my feet are dead." Miko said in amazement.
"That's because you're dead." Tenshi snapped.
"No I'm not; Koenma gave us all the chance to be human." Miko shot back. Tenshi laid flat on his back. Spirit set down her basket and pulled out sandwiches.
"No I didn't make them. Eat up!" Spirit started biting her own. Hiei took it all in one bite, a plain sandwich felt like two courses of food. Botan bit into her own, taking big bites. Spirit passed around more and once everyone was full, Yusuke beckoned them up again and the aggravating hike started again.
"Where is the top exactly?" Samara complained. Hiei took a step and said nothing; he was right behind Botan, helping her up when ever she needed it. Yusuke shrugged.
"I don't know." Mai, who had recovered, stopped. Botan bumped into her, making Hiei bump into Botan, which made Spirit bump into Hiei, which made Kurama fall on Spirit.
"SO YOUR TELLING ME THAT THE TOP COULD BE DAYS AWAY?!!?" Mai yelled. The ground begun to shake.
"Oh no." Botan whispered. Groups of large boulders rolled down the hill, some falling from the sky.
"CHARGE!" Samara yelled happily. "THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!"
So instead of running like hell was chasing after them like what the boys where doing, Mai, Samara, Spirit, Miko, and Botan stood up. Each of them raised there hands and held them a foot apart. Botan held her own hands apart, not using her mind at all. Not thinking about what happens if a boulder rolls on her.
"LET'S GO!" Miko yelled. Botan took a deep breath; she could hear Hiei screaming at her.
"SPIRIT BALL!!!!!!!!!!" They screamed. A mixture of different colors shot out, destroying anything that got into there way.
"IDIOTS!" Yusuke yelled. Spirit's head turned to him.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" She replied back.
"YOU'RE GONNA GET KILLED!!" Kurama butted in.
"NO WE'RE NOT! DON'T YOU SEE? THIS IS THE KIND OF TRAINING WE NEED!" Botan said.
"TRAINING? YOU CALL GETTING YOU KILLED TRAINING!?!?" Hiei screamed. Botan gave him a wink.
"YEAH!" She laughed with the rest of her team. "WE ALL UNDERSTAND IF THE URAMESHI TEAM IS TO CHICKEN FOR THIS!"
The girls stopped and started dodging them while running forward. The rocks came tumbling at the boys.
"Chicken! Let's show them!" Yusuke said furiously. Hiei pulled off the white cloth covering his Jagan eye. He could feel Botan's eyes on him; he wasn't going to make a fool out of himself. Before he knew it, his right hand was burning off his black energy.
"NOW!" Hiei heard Yusuke scream. He went for it.
So many words were spoken; it was hard to tell what anyone said. Botan shielded herself from the blast, The Owari team members all managed to find there selves behind the boys, watching what they would do.
"You see that one, Spirit gun." Mai explained. "And then carrot boy is using a spirit sword, Tenshi using a spirit gun too, and Kurama using a rose whip, and last Hiei using a-"
"Dragon of the darkness flames." Botan finished, she knows it by heart already. Samara winked.
"Someone's been doing their homework." She teased. Botan pushed her playfully.
"This is so boring! Let's bring out the big boys." said Miko, a fire burning in each eye. Spirit nodded, smiling.
"One..." Samara counted. "Two...three! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Botan laughed and covered her ears as her team started screaming. Hiei had just finished destroying the last boulder until the ground started to shake again "Oh god." He groaned.
"Charge!" Botan yelled and they started to run for the rocks.
"Pair up!" Yusuke called out to them. Spirit paired up with Yusuke, Hiei with Botan, Mai with Kurama, Tenshi with Miko, and Kuwabara with Samara.
"Don't fight! Just dodge them!" Samara ordered. Everyone started to run up the "hill" and begin to dodge boulders, fighting off them if they needed too and helping their partners.
Botan just dodged a rather large one and followed Hiei up the hill. They both can hear everyone give a scream for more boulders. Hiei turned to Botan and gave her a grin. She returned it, but suddenly stopped and gasped. Hiei looked forward. What he saw made him gasp too.
The largest piece of rock was hurtling straight towards them, breaking trees and anything else in its path. "I think we found the top!" Mai said, the rest of them had caught up.
"Who wants to take it? Alone?" Samara dared. Botan took a breath; Hiei turned his head sharply to her. He knew what that meant like the back of his hand.
She was going to go for it.
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WEEEE! Muhahaha Go Botan Go! Whoot whoot! ^_^ Cheer Botan on everyone! All together now! One, two, three! *silence* O.o Aww some of you don't believe! Anyways, R&R please and root on Botan!