Different Ways Of Torture
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
*~Telepathy~*
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu HaKuShO!!!
Chapter 8: The Riot.
The events of the previous night has worn everyone out. Especially Hiei and Botan since they had the spirit energy drained out of them. They all slept in late, including Genkai and Yukina. They were all so tired, they deserved a nights rest after all of the hustle and bustle they went through from the very beginning of the day.Genkai and Yukina were the first ones up in the temple. As they passed Hiei's room Yukina stopped to take a look at her brother and Botan. 'They look so cute together..' Yukina thought as she stopped watching them and followed Genkai into the kitchen to make breakfast.
Botan was the first to wake out of the two. She felt something wrapped around her waist so she instantly got up. She opened her eyes and looked to see an arm on latched on to her waist. Botan eyes followed the persons arm to find it was Hiei. As the events all came flooding back to her she held a blush on her face. 'I haven't slept that good.... well in forever!....Is that because Hiei was sleeping with me, no no that couldn't be the reason....what's going on with me?' Botan thought as she looked at the peaceful form of Hiei sleeping.
Just then Genkai passed by and saw what situation Botan was in. 'I wonder how Botan will manage to get out of this situation.' Genkai thought as she watched Botan, not making a sound. Not wanting to wake Hiei up, Botan gently tried to get out of his grasp, but he was too strong. Attempt after attempt she couldn't get out of his reach. The more she tried to get free from Hiei, the closer he unconsciously pulled her nearer to him. Just then Yukina saw Genkai looking into Hiei's room so she went as well. "What are you doing Genkai?" Yukina asked quietly. "Shhh, be quiet and watch what happened." Genkai whispered as she pointed inside the room.
Once she saw Botan she immediately went to go help her, but Genkai stopped her. "Let's just see what she does." Genkai whispered to her. "Oh, ok." Yukina whispered back unsure if that was the right thing to do or not. They watched as Botan unaware of them there struggled to get Hiei off of her. Botan decided to try one last time before she tried to wake Hiei up and get away from his grasp. She managed to get her arms free and now she just needed him to let go of her waist.
Just then, without warning Hiei pulled Botan, and this time she landed right on top of him. Botan blushed as she realized what position she was in. "Hiei, Hiei! Wake up now!" Botan yelled as she tried to get up. Hiei felt someone, or something fall on top of him but he decided to shrug it off for now. Then, he heard someone yell his name so he woke up. His eyes opened to see Botan on top of him struggling to get off. He saw that he was holding on to Botan by her waist so he let go of her.
Botan quickly scrambled off of Hiei while Yukina and Genkai quickly moved away from the door. After that Hiei remembered what had happened yesterday, and it all became clear to him. "Uh, sorry about that..." Hiei said as he got off of the bed. "It's ok..." Botan said as she came out of the room and went into hers. She changed out of her party clothes and into normal clothes. She went into the kitchen and started eating with everyone else. "So, did you guys have fun last night?" Genkai asked.
"What, you mean in the bed?!" Botan asked. "No, no sorry I didn't mean it like that. I mean how was the party, well up until the part you guys got kidnapped." Genkai replied. "Oh, it was fun. The only part that wasn't fun was the kidnapping part, over all I had a great time!" Botan said as she smiled. "What about you Hiei?" Yukina asked sweetly as she watched him. "It was interesting." Hiei finally answered. "Good to hear you had fun!" Botan told him. "Hn, I said it was interesting not fun." Hiei told her. "Interesting, fun, same ways of saying you liked it!" Botan said as she smiled and ate her food. Just then, her communication mirror started beeping.
Everyone stopped eating and watched as Botan opened it and started talking to Koenma. "Hello, Botan here." Botan said in her cheery voice. "Botan, Spirit World is under attack! The riots started hurry and get everyone!" Koenma yelled as the screen turned blank. "Hiei hurry up Spirit World was just under attack the riots started and Koenma doesn't haven anyone there with him to help protect spirit world!" Botan said in one breath as she stood up and ran towards the door.
"Be carefull guys!" Yukina yelled as they left. "I'll get Kurama, while you get Yusuke, and Kuwabara. We'll meet up in Spirit World." Hiei said as Botan hopped on her oar and they went their separate ways. Hiei reached Kuramas school in a matter of seconds, literally. The school was huge and there was no sign of Kurama on the outside of the school. Hiei ran inside the school as he watched all the different doors that Kurama could be in. "Where could the kitsune be?" Hiei said as he got an idea.
He decided to search for Kurama's spirit energy and once he tracked it down he followed it. Kurama's energy led Hiei to a classroom on the third floor. The door was opened and Hiei could see Kurama listening to the teacher and taking a lot of notes. Hiei raised his spirit energy just a little so Kurama could sense him. Once Kurama sensed his energy he looked in the direction Hiei was in to find Hiei. *~Spirit World is under attack right now so you need to cut school and go now.~* Hiei told him through telepathy.
*~Oh my gosh that's awful, but I can't go now! You know how much trouble you could get into for cutting school!~* Kurama answered. *~Do you know how much trouble Spirit World would be in if you aren't there to help us fight all those demons?~* Hiei asked him annoyed. *~Even if I was going to cut school, I wouldn't be able to leave because this teacher doesn't let anyone leave his classroom!~* Kurama told Hiei.
*~So just disobey the teacher, he has no power over you.~* Hiei commanded. *~In school he does have power over us, and I still wouldn't be able to leave.~* Kurama said to Hiei. "Damn kitsune." Hiei muttered as he walked into the classroom with an evil gleam that Kurama could only see. 'Oh no what is Hiei going to do now!' Kurama thought in agony as he watched Hiei enter the classroom with a smirk on his face that quickly dissappeared when the teacher turned around to meet him.
"How can I help you." The teacher asked. "Well Kurama, eh Suichi has to leave school right now." Hiei said as Kurama got up. "Why does Suichi have to leave now if I may ask?" The teacher answered. "His mother is in the hospital, and Ku- Suichi needs to be there for her." Hiei answered. "Well yes of course, you may go now." The teacher replied as Kurama and Hiei rushed out of the room. "You had me scared for a second Hiei." Kurama said.
"Why was that?" Hiei asked with a puzzled look on his face. "I thought you were going to go kill the teacher or something." Kurama admitted. "Well, that was my first option..." Hiei said awaiting the reply of Kurama as he smirked. "What!" Kurama yelled in the empty halls as they raced to Spirit World. Botan on the other hand didn't have as much luck as Hiei did with Kurama. She also reached Yusuke's school in a matter of moments.
"Where could they be?" Botan thought as she looked down at the ground and noticed something in her pocket. "That's it!" Botan said as she opened up the communication mirror and tried to contact Yusuke and Kuwabara.
****************Yusuke and Kuwabara
Yusuke and Kuwabara were both in math class. The teacher was explaining to the class what the Pythagorean theorem was and how to solve it. Most of the class was either sleeping like Yusuke, and Kuwabara, daydreaming, passing notes, or doodling. Just then the whole classes attention was turned towards Yusuke as there was a beeping noise coming from his pocket. Yusuke woke up and took it out unaware that everyone was watching him.
"Hey, I'm here have a nice sleep with Hiei?" Yusuke knowing that it would be Botan. "Shut up this isn't the time. Yusuke, you and Kuwabara have to-" Botan said as she was disconnected with Yusuke. The teacher had shut the device and took it from Yusuke. "Hey what did you do that for!" Yusuke said as he stood up obviously frustrated. "You know the rules Yusuke, no cell phones in the school!" She answered harshly. "But, but that's not a cell phone!" Yusuke said angrily.
"Oh yeah?....Then what is it Mr. Urameshi?" The teacher said arrogantly. "It's a communication mirror dammit!" Yusuke said knowing that Botan was going to say something important. "That's it, go to the detention room Yusuke, now!" The teacher said as her face started turning red with anger. "Oh fine!" Yusuke said as he walked out of the classroom and slammed the door behind him. "Hey, you really didn't have to put him in the detention room, it wasn't really a cell phone you know." Kuwabara said to the teacher.
"Oh, you want to join him?...Go then!" The teacher said as she watched Kuwabara. "Fine, I will then.....better than being in this stupid math class." Kuwabara said as he whispered the last part, and all the class heard. Kuwabara walked down the hall and down the flight of stairs to find Yusuke sitting outside of the detention office. "What did Botan say?" Kuwabara asked. "The stupid teacher took the communication mirror away from me before she could even finish her sentence!" Yusuke said as he and Kuwabara sat with slumped shoulders.
****************Botan
"What happened to them?" Botan said outloud as an idea popped into her head. "Oh that's right! The communication device tracks down all other communication devices!" Botan said as she followed the direction the blue dot was in.
****************Yusuke and Kuwabara
"Hey, Uramehsi I'm sensing some spirit energy coming from somewhere around here." Kuwabara said. "Where is it?" Yusuke asked impatiently. "I don't know...." Kuwabara said as they looked at the detention office door. Just as they turned their heads Botan passed them as she went up the stairs not seeing Yusuke and Kuwabara right there. "There's nothing there!" Yusuke said as he watched the stairs because he felt as if he saw someone walk by. 'That was weird...' Yusuke thought to himself while he and Kuwabara waited.
****************Botan
The dot led Botan to a classroom. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply. "Come in." The math teacher said as Botan entered. "I'm looking for Yusuke, and Kuwabara." Botan said. "They should be near the detention office.... why do you need them?" She asked curiously. "Uh, the principal needed them...." Botan said as she left. Just then she opened the door again and popped her head into the door. "Um, where is the detention office?" Botan asked as she sweat dropped.
"Down the stairs and to the left, you can't miss it." The teacher said as Botan left. "I have to hurry before something bad happens in Spirit World!" Botan said as she walked down the steps. On her way down a teacher passed by. "Hey, miss do you have a pass?" He asked questioningly. "A pass?" Botan asked. "A hall pass, if you don't have one you're going to have to come with me." He said as he walked up to her.
"But...but I can't get in trouble! I have to go now!" Botan said urgently. "If you don't follow me you'll be in more trouble than what you are already in now." The teacher said sternly as he smirked. "Ok fine I'll go." Botan said as she followed the teacher with an irritated look on her face. He took Botan to an office through the back door. "This, little lady was walking around the school without a pass, trying to cut probably." The teacher said with a smirk on his face.
"What exactly were you doing?" Another teacher asked her. "I was just trying to find Yusuke and Kuwabara!" Botan said loudly. "Oh so are you a trouble maker too?..." He asked Botan as he gripped her arm very hard. "Would you just let go of my arm!" Botan said as she tried to grip free of him. "Trouble makers mustn't be allowed to get away. Especially when you are a ferry girl!" He said as his eyes glowed red.
"You, you're not human....... you're a demon... you both are!" Botan said as she got loose and tried to get out of the door. "There's a big fine for anyone who kills you, you know?" One teacher said as he closed in on her. "What, why..... why do you guys want me dead?" Botan said in a low voice. "We don't know, and don't care. We just want the reward." The other one said as horns appeared on both of their heads.
****************Spirit World
"What could be taking them so long!" Kurama yelled over the demons loud uproar. The demons were all outside trying to find a way to enter in. Koenma had opened up a secret passage way for Kurama and Hiei to slip through without being noticed by the other demons. Everyone was in panic as they heard the demons outside. There were a lot of them. "Botan should have gotten them already." Hiei said with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Let's just see what they are doing!" Koenma said as he clicked a button on the remote and on the screen appeared Yusuke, and Kuwabara sitting slouched on the two chairs outside of the detention room. "Detention, they've gotten detention! I can't believe this!... I wonder where Botan could be at a time like this!?" Koenma said as he clicked another button. The screen flashed and Botan appeared inside the detention room with two demons closing in on her.
They all gasped as they watched the screen. "We gotta go get her." Hiei said as he was about to go, but was cut off by Koenma. "I'll call Yusuke and tell him to help her. She's inside the detention room, and Yusuke and Kuwabara are right there. They'll reach her faster than you." Koenma said as he opened the device. "Pick up, Yusuke!" Koenma yelled into the device.
****************Math Class
The teacher was explaining a new subject to the class when a beeping noise came from the draw. She opened it and found the object Yusuke had earlier. She flipped it opened and on the screen Koenma appeared. "Yusuke hurry up Spirit World is-" Koenma said as he realized he was talking to a teacher. "Who are you?" She said sternly. "Um, wrong number!" Koenma said as they got disconnected. "That was weird..." The teacher said as she went back to teacher her class.
****************Spirit World
"Yusuke doesn't even have his communication mirror!" Hiei said in anger. "The teacher must have taken it mistaking it for a cell phone." Kurama replied. "What are we going to do now, I mean can't Yusuke or Kuwabara sense the demons?" Koenma asked. "Yeah, but the demons must be concealing their power or something." Kurama answered. "I'm going to get her." Hiei said as he was stopped once again by none other than Koenma. "I'm really touched by your concern for Botan's well being, believe me I am." Koenma said as he smirked at Kurama. "But I can't allow you to go." Koenma said.
"Why not." Hiei answered. "Well, the passageway you used could only be opened once. You guys used, it and now it's sealed forever. If you go now there won't be anyway to get you back in here." Koenma said as Hiei glared at him. "Guys, look at the screen Botan looks like she's going to do something." Kurama said as they all turned their attention to the screen.
****************School
"Well, I'm sorry but you boys aren't getting your reward.... not today atleast!" Botan muttered as she reached the door. Just then one of the demons punched her in the stomach, making her fall to her knees in pain. Despite getting the wind knocked out of her she swiftly got back up and kicked him twice as hard in his stomach. "That was good, but not good enough!" He said as he lunged towards her.
Just then out of the corner of her eye Botan saw an energy ball coming towards her from the other demon. She smirked and then ran to the side as the demon that lunged towards her got hit with the blast and got thrown back into the room. Botan clasped the door handle when she felt the demon pull her by her waist so she was face to face with her. He tried to punch her but she ducked and his hand made a hole in the door.
Yusuke and Kuwabara turned their heads to see an arm that was in the door and suddenly came out. "Won't you demons just leave me alone!" Botan said loudly. Yusuke and Kuwabara recognized this voice. "Botan!" They both said as they ran into the room. They found Botan in between two demons, she turned her head to find Yusuke and Kuwabara. "Finally!" Botan said as they ran up to her and protected her.
Kuwabara materialized his spirit sword and defeated the first demon, while Yusuke shot the other one with his shot gun. "Sorry about that Botan, we didn't even know you were in here...." Kuwabara said as he smiled. "Where were you guys?" Botan said aggravated. "Right..outside...." Yusuke said awaiting the angry outburst of Botan. "What you were right outside and you had me fighting for my life! I could have died in here and no one would even know about it, I-" Botan said as she remembered the reason she came to school.
"I can yell at you guys later, but there are more important matters. The riot has started and Spirit World is under attack!" Botan yelled as they heard muffled voices coming from the closet. "They opened the door to find the real teachers gagged inside the closet. They took them out and untied them. "It was you guys wasn't it?" One teacher said angrily. "It must've been them, they're the only other kids in this room! I'm reporting this to the principal immediatley. "We help them and they still blame us!" Botan said as she put her hand on her head and sighed.
"Us?..We didn't do it! They were demons couldn't you tell?!" Kuwabara stated as Yusuke cut in. "Well, I'd really love to wait and let you guys blame us for everything..... but we have a Spirit World to save!" Yusuke said as Botan and Kuwabara nodded, grinned, and ran out of the room. The teachers looked at each other confused as they stood up. "Who's a demon and what's a spirit world?" One of the teachers asked the other. "Shut up!" The other one said annoyed.
"So, where are Hiei and Kurama?" Yusuke asked as they ran out of the building. "They might be at Spirit World already. We better get there fast just in case they are in trouble." Botan said as she jumped on her oar and flew off followed by Yusuke and Kuwabara. When Spirit World was in sight Botan took a turn. "Hey where are you going Botan, spirit world is this way!" Kuwabara yelled as he pointed. Botan flew down to them. "Shhh, the demons are all crowded out there we have to go through the back." Botan said as they followed her quietly.
They got to the back of Spirit World and Botan came off of her oar. "Why didn't the demons come this way?" Yusuke asked. "There's an invisible shield that was made a long time ago to stop the demons from entering Spirit World. It's all around the perimeter. It's been here for quite a long time, but no one has known about it except for us. I'm sure they'll be able to find a way to break it soon, that's why we don't have much time." Botan said as she knocked on a brick with an x mark on it.
"What are you doing?" Kuwabara asked as he looked at her. "I'm knocking on the rock as you can plainly see." Botan answered. "He knows that....actually he probably can't even comprehend what you are doing now, anyway I know that, but the question is why?" Yusuke asked. "Hey I-" Kuwabara said as he was cut off by Botan. "This is a secret passage way... I'm not sure why it isn't working now though..." Botan said as she kept on knocking on the brick. When she finally gave up she called Koenma on her communication mirror. "Koenma, we're in the back of Spirit World." Botan said as a picture of Koenma appeared on the screen.
"Great, you guys are finally here." Koenma said. Just then Hiei grabbed the communication device. "Are you ok?" He asked. "Yeah, but we can't get in the passage way isn't working." Botan replied as she sighed. "Kurama, and Hiei used it and it can only be used once, you're going to have to fly Yusuke and Kuwabara up to the top window that Kurama just opened." Koenma instructed as he grabbed the communication mirror back from Hiei. "Alright we're going." Botan said as she closed the communication mirror and put it away.
"Ok, I'm going to fly you guys up there." Botan said cheerfully. "Oh no the last time you flew me to Spirit World I almost died!" Yusuke said as his face turned white. "Don't be silly!" Botan said as she smiled also remembering the first time she flew Yusuke to Spirit World. "Urameshi, you are such a coward. It's just Botan I mena how bad could her flying be?!" Kuwabara said as he grabbed on to the end of Botans oar. "Don't say I didn't warn you!" Yusuke yelled hands cupped around his mouth. Without warning Botan flew off faster than they eye could tell. She stopped suddenly because none of the windows were opened.
She pulled out the communication mirror and called Koenma. "Where is the window that's supposed to be opened?" Botan asked. "It's on the other side... where all the demons are." Koenma answered casually as they got disconnected. "It's on the other side where all the demons are...my foot!" Botan said mimicking Koenma. "What is it?" Kuwabara asked hanging on for dear life as he looked downwards to see the faces of the many demons in the crowd.
"We have to go on the other side where the demons are... no big deal.." Botan said as she flew higher and went towards the front of Spirit World. "No big deal for her." Kuwabara muttered as he went higher and higher, and faster, and faster. "Botan, would you go a little slower please!" Kuwabara pleaded as his face turned white. "We're almost there, you'll have to bear with me for just a few more moments." Botan said as they reached the front of Spirit World.
Kuwabara looked down to see hundreds of demons and they were all looking up towards him and Botan. "Better hold on tight!" Botan said as Kuwabara gripped the oar harder. Botan finally found the window and flew towards it. Kuwabara greatly jumped inside and ran towards the bathroom holding in his sickness. "What did you do to him?" Kurama asked as he watched Kuwabara run into the bathroom. "I don't know I just flew him up here with my oar." Botan answered.
"That pretty much explains it.." Kurama said as he watched Botan fly back out of the window to go get Yusuke. She landed on the ground right next to him. "Come on, it's your turn." Botan said to him as he shook his head. "No way am I getting on your oar with you driving it!" Yusuke said as he stepped back away from her. "Come on I'm not that bad of a driver Kuwabara got on it and he is fine now." Botan lied. "Nah ah, I saw that look on his face! He was practically about to scream like a girl, and his face was as pale as a cloud!" Yusuke said loudly.
"Ok fine! The demons will break through the barrier soon and when they do you will be left here all by yourself! You will have to fight them but eventually you will get way to tired to defeat them on your own. When we come out at the end of the riot to find your dead body I am NOT going to be the one to escort you to Rekai, you'll just be a lost soul! You need a ferry girl to escort you to Rekai and if they don't, you can't get in and I refuse to do it!" Botan said as she got back on her oar.
"Ok ok, fine. Since you put it that way, I'm coming!" Yusuke said as he heard the noise that all the demons were making. Yusuke held on to Botan's oar as they rose off the ground. Botan swiftly flew to the front of Spirit World they were about ten feet away from the window and everyone was watching them to make sure they got their safely. "We're almost there." Botan said as she felt the oar dragging down. "What's happening why are we going down!" Yusuke yelled as all the demons watched them with smiles on their faces.
While everyone at the window watched the scene with a horror stricken look on their faces Botan tried to direct the oar upwards and to the window but it wasn't working. "Botan what's wrong?" Yusuke said as he looked up towards her. "I...I don't know my oar it's just gone haywire!" Botan said as she panicked. "Well don't panic..." Yusuke said bravely. "Too late for that..." Botan told him as they started to plunge down from the sky, eyes closed. "Don't worry we'll get out of this somehow..." Yusuke said as they fell lower.
"What can we do?" Kuwabara asked as everyones eyes widened in horror. Hiei opened his mouth but no sound came out he was too worried right about now to speak, think, or do anything. 'No, it can't end like this, I won't let it end like this!" Botan said as she opened her eyes and held on to her oar tightly. She pulled it up and directed it to the window. "You're doing it Botan, yeah we're gonna make it!" Yusuke yelled as they sped toward the window. "You could stop it before we crash into the others.." Yusuke told her.
"I can't stop it!" Botan yelled as everyone backed up. Botan and Yusuke flew into the window as the oar went berserk all over the room. Yusuke flew right into the table breaking it, and Botan landed right in Hiei's arms. (Hm.. what a coincidence, I wonder why that happened?!) "Thanks." Botan said as she got off of Hiei. "Now that was some good oar handling!" Kuwabara said. "Huh?" Botan asked. "Well I thought you and Yusuke were goners, I mean I don't know anyone who could stop an oar and direct it to the window that fast." Kuwabara said stunned.
"Yeah, he's right. You should be proud of yourself." Kurama said as the oar went right past him. Everyone watched as the oar went all around the room and suddenly stopped and fell. They all went towards it and Botan picked it up. "Hey, what's that?" Kuwabara asked as he pointed to a little black thing on the oar. "I bet that's why my oar was going crazy!" Botan said as she pulled it off. "Botan, no!" Hiei said as he grabbed the black thing out of her hand and threw it out of the window.
"What was that for?" Botan asked as they all looked outside of the window. Suddenly a huge explosion erupted killing off about half of the demons outside. "That's why." Hiei said. "Whoa, thanks..." Botan said. "One of the demons must have been controlling your oar with that....then once you took it off it became a bomb and you had five seconds before it erupts." Kurama said. "Oh that reminds me.... the demons said that there was a fine for killing me, and whoever gets the job done will be rewarded." Botan said nervously.
"What?" They all said. "Do you know why they want to kill you?" Hiei asked. "No." Botan said. "Remember the not that we got a long time ago saying that they would kill the weakest one first?....Well I don't think the reason they are trying to kill her is because of her spirit energy. If they're going out of their way so much, it has to be something more." Kurama said. "I think you're right...." Botan said.
"Now that we have cut the competition down to half to what it's used to be the demons have a less chance of getting to you. So what should we do now?" Yusuke asked. "Well, I- uh..." Koenma said as he thought. "Hm...do we even have a plan to defeat them?" Kuwabara asked. "Well, I was making it up as I went along....now that we're all here I'm not sure what we should do...." Koenma admitted. "Oh great so now what do we do sit around and wait for the demons to kill us?!" Botan said as she sat down.
"No, we are going to think of a plan." Koenma said as they all thought. "Wait, if we are going to fight, why don't we just fight instead of making a plan?" Kuwabara asked. "Because, if by chance we can't defeat them we need a plan so we don't die oursleves." Hiei said. "Botan, you should go into a different room just incase the demons come and try to find you. Yusuke and the others will just fight and if you guys are too tired to fight anymore go down those flight of stairs." Koenma said as he pointed to some steps that went lower into the ground.
"Fine, but I say we fight our hardest and don't give up." Yusuke said. "Yeah, I mean we could beat all of these demons if we just put our minds to it." Kuwabara said. "Fine, it's agreed then. We'll only fight take teh escape route when we are certain that we can not defeat the demons, and we think we will die if we don't." Kurama replied. "Right." They all said in unison. "So for now, I guess we just wait." Koenma said. "I hope they don't get in. I don't feel like having to deal with anymore demons, er not you guys Kurama and Hiei, I mean just bad demons in general." Botan said.
Just as she she sat down the demons came bursting threw the door. Botan stood up instantly to see the gruesome site of the demons. They entered in Spirit World so fast that Botan and the others didn't have time to think of what they would do. The demons separated each one of them, leaving Botan alone. The first demon that came up to Botan had horns, fangs, claws, and was twice her size. She turned around to find him right behind her.
She ducked before he could hit her but then Hiei jumped inf ront of her and unsheathed his katana. He quickly killed the demon then turned his attention to Botan. "Quick, go in a different room or something!" Hiei told her as she hopped on her oar and flew towards the file room. Yusuke used his shot gun to quickly kill the demons that were surrounding him off. Kuwabara used his Spirit Sword, Kurama used his rose whip, and Hiei used his katana. Soon the demons realized that Botan wasn't in this room, and they came here to not only fight, but to kill Botan.
"I think I'll just go find that ferry girl..." One of the demons whispered as they passed by Yusuke. "Oh no you won't!" Yusuke said as he stopped the demon and used his shot gun. "They're trying to find Botan, we gotta kill them off first, or atleast distract them!" Yusuke told Kuwabara. Kuwabara told Kurama, and Kurama told Hiei. *~Botan went into the file room, whatever you do don't let them get to the file room~* Hiei told them all through telepathy.
"Find the ferry girl master said we were supposed to kill, then we can deal with these nuisances." The leader of the group said to the others. "Sorry, but we can't let you get to her." Yusuke said as all four of them lined up against the door that Botan was in. "There are way more of us then you. At some point in time you'll get tired and won't be able to keep up with us. You'll let your guard down, and that's how we'll get her." The leader said to them.
"Hn, don't be foolish, we won't let out guard down." Hiei said arrogantly. "Go!" The demon said as they all attacked Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei. They all fought and they had managed to keep the demons out for a long while. But they just kept on coming, and coming. Then the time came when they each had their fall. Large amounts of demons started attacking each one of them. Kuwabara was pushed to the other side of the room where the demons were beating him up.
They cornered him and he didn't have much room. He managed to punch them a few times, but they just kept on coming after him. Then Yusuke was surrounded by a mob of demons. They started to attack one after another giving Yusuke no time to block, or defend himself. The demons that surrounded Kurama threw energy blasts his way making it hard for him to hit them with his rose whip. Kurama had no choice but to defend himself from the blasts.
Hiei was defeating most of the demons that were surrounding him using his super speed. He turned to see everyone of his team members either getting beat up, or blocking the demons attacks. Hiei turned behind him to see the door to the file room opened and demons entering one by one. Hiei ran towards the file room and soon Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara found the door opened and ran inside as well.
Botan was holding her own against the demons also. The demons that were surrounding her all lunged towards her but luckily she ducked making them bump into each other. She ran out of the circle of demons she was trapped in but then a new group of them came towards her. "These guys just won't give up... but neither will I." Botan said to herself. Botan caught a glimpse of Hiei and the others who had just entered the room. She summoned her oar when they saw her and was about to fly towards them.
Just then a demon grabbed the oar from her hand and snapped it in half. "That, that was MY oar you, you baka!" Botan said as she kicked him in the stomach out of fury. He fell to the ground hands on his stomach. "Get, her." He managed to choke out before writhing in pain. Three demons lined up in front of Botan before she could reach Hiei and the others, but luckily for her she saw a familiar Rose Whip whirl right past her and hit the demons killing thenm.
"Are you ok?" Hiei asked Botan. "Yeah, I'm fine." Botan said. "I think it would be best if you just stayed right here with us." Yusuke said. "Alright." Botan answered. "There, look the girl is there! Get her and avoid the others!" The leader called out. The demons all turned there attention to Botan. "Why are you all set on getting Botan, what has she done to you?" Kurama called out. "We don't know, we were given orders to kill her and if we're successful, we get a reward." One of them answered.
"I don't think you guys should have come here. You aren't going to get her." Hiei told them as the demons came towards them. Hiei was the first to strike. He used his speed and agility to take down all the demons that were coming after them. Hiei moved so quickly that none of them even knew he had hit them. "It seems you were unsuccessful." The leader said. "I don't think so." Hiei replied as one by one many of the demons fell to the floor.
"Anyone that wants to take us on, is asking for trouble. Especially if you want to mess with our friends." Kuwabara told them. "Don't be intimidated by these buffoons, they're just bluffing. They can't beat all of you, now go!" The leader of the mob yelled as they all went towards them. "This just isn't our lucky day, one by one they keep coming." Yusuke whispered to the others. "There's only about twenty left, as long as we keep fighting....I'd say we can beat them." Kurama told them.
"Right." Yusuke and Kuwabara said in unison as they nodded their heads. So, they all started fighting just as they had been before. Kurama used his rose whip, Yusuke his Shot Gun, Kuwabara his Spirit Sword, and Hiei his sword. They managed to fight off the demons until the leader and three demons were left. Hiei quickly finished the three demons off and the leader was the only one left. The general saw this and realized that he was outnumbered.
He decided to slip away but they caught him. "Where do you think you're going?" Yusuke said as Kurama encircled the rose whip around him. The other demons took this chance to run away they saw them, but they decided to let them go. "Why are you guys so set on getting Botan, she hasn't done anything to you." Kuwabara asked. "I don't know anything ok?!?" The demons said enraged that he had been caught when he had the advantage.
"We know you know something, so why don't you just tell us?" Hiei commanded. "I'm not telling you bakas." He replied as he glared at them. "Fine." Kurama said as he tightened his grip on the demon. "Alright, alright...I'll tell you guys." The demon said unable to bare the pain. "The master-" The demon started as he got cut off by Botan. "Who is your master?" She asked. "I don't know." He replied.
"You don't know or you just refuse to tell us?" Yusuke asked. "Before he tightens the rope again, I'm telling the truth. We serve him because we know he is powerful, and we don't want to be on the weaker side of the group. We really don't know who he is, or why he is doing this. He gives the orders, and we follow them before something happens to us." He answered as he tried to get loose from the rope that encircled him.
"So you know nothing about why he wants Botan?" Hiei asked. "No, the only thing we know is the girl was supposed to die, and whoever killed her would get a huge reward. We don't know why though." He said as he grinned at Botan. "Fine, you can go." Kurama said as he let the rope loose. "What are you doing?" Hiei asked. "It wouldn't feel right to just go and kill him..." Yusuke said. "I suppose you're right." Hiei answered as the demon got free.
"Bakas." The demon muttered lowly as in a flash he was in front of Botan. He was so fast that no one had even seen him, they didn't know he even vanished. By the time he got in front of Botan, Hiei was also there. "This just isn't your lucky day." Hiei said as he killed him with his katana. "Thanks Hiei, I didn't even see him coming!" Botan said as she hugged him. "Don't. hug. me." Hiei said as he heard Yusuke and Kuwabara snicker at the site of Hiei being hugged by Botan.
"Right, sorry." Botan said as she let go of him. Just then Koenma showed up. "Where were you? I didn't even see you leave when the fight began!" Yusuke asked the teenage form of Koenma as he walked towards them. "When the demons came I left, we couldn't have Koenma the great son of Enma get hurt in this chaos now could we?!" Koenma stated proudly. "I think we would survive if that happened." Yusuke whispered to Kuwabara as he started to laugh. Koenma heard this and just glared at them.
"So, I see the fight went well...but it doesn't look to good inside here." Koenma said as he looked at the broken furniture, ripped paintings, and bloody walls.(sounds like a horror movie right?) "You guys don't look that good either." Botan said as she looked at them. They each had cuts and bruises, and their clothes were ripped and torn. "Here let me help you guys." Botan said as she walked over to each one of them and healed them a little so they could feel better and she wouldn't be drained of her spirit energy.
"There, all in a days work." Botan said as she looked around the room. "This fight was pretty bad wasn't it..?" Kurama said as he looked around the room. "Yeah, and we still didn't find out who was the master to all of the demons." Yusuke replied. "Or why they want Botan." Hiei added. "Hey, on the bright side we fought a lot of demons and narrowed the demons side of fighters down significantly!" Kuwabara said. "Yeah." They all replied.
"So, I guess we should get going then." Yusuke said as he yawned. He passed by Hiei and whispered something in his ear. "No." Hiei answered. "Come on please!" Yusuke pleaded. "No." Hiei answered again. "It's the least we can do for Botan, everyone already knows about it and they already have all the stuff!" Yusuke whispered to Hiei. "Ok, fine." Hiei answered. "Great! Well we'll just be going now, oh and Hiei don't forget!" Yusuke said as he, Kuwabara, and Kurama walked off.
"Bye Koenma." Botan said as she and Hiei walked off. "Oh, Botan!" Koenma said as he ran up to her. "Huh?" She asked. "Well, I saw when the demon broke your oar. Here you can have a new one." Koenma said as he handed it to her. "Thanks so much Koenma!" Botan said as she hopped on her oar and they both left. "Hey, this oar is a lot faster than my old one!" Botan said as she flew. "That's nothing compared to my speed." Hiei bragged.
"Oh yeah?" Botan asked. "Yeah." Hiei said confidently. "Beat this!" Botan said as she zoomed off knowing Hiei would beat her. She just felt like striking up converstation, or in this case competition with Hiei. Hiei reached Genkai's temple first, then a few seconds later Botan came. "You're oar was pretty fast." Hiei complemented her. "Thanks I-" Botan stated as she got cut off by Hiei. "But not fast enough." Hiei said as he smirked and went to his room to sleep.
"Um Hiei?..." Botan said as she followed him and entered his room. "What is it." Hiei answered back as he turned to face her. "Well, I just wanted to say thank you." Botan said. "Thank you...for what?" Hiei asked. "Well, I know I told you this thousands of times but thank you for saving my life. You didn't have to but you did anyway. You've done it on countless occasions, and I probably wouldn't be standing in this room if it weren't for you." Botan said as she smiled. "You're welcome." Hiei answered as if he wasn't used saying it. "It was nothing really." Hiei said.
"Well, it probably wasn't anything to you, but it was to me." Botan answered back. "Alright." Hiei answered. "Hiei?" Botan asked again. "What is it this time onna." Hiei asked as he watched her move closer to him. "I want to thank you for something else too." Botan said. "What is it that you want to thank me for this time?" Hiei asked as he smirked. "I wanted to thank you for, forgetting the whole torturing thing." Botan said quickly as she kissed him on the cheek and left the room. "Hey, I didn't forget, it just slipped my mind..." Hiei said quietly as he sat down on his bed.
'Did I really just kiss him on the cheek?...I can't believe I did that, and he didn't even do anything about it! It was a friendly kiss, heh, yeah that's it..Hiei, what have you done to me, my every thought is on you...I have gotten closer to you than I ever have with anyone else in my entire life! Could I possibly like you.....or even more love?...' Botan thought as she drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face.
'Did she just kiss me?....I wonder why she did that?..It was probably just a harmless kiss, yeah that's it....What is going on with me?...Before I never feel like this.... I can't get my mind off of you. It's crazy, could I possible like, or even love you...? No, it's crazy, and plus anyone that gets too close to me has died and I can't risk that happening.' Hiei thought as he drifted off to sleep with thoughts of Botan still clouding his mind.
****************SoMeWhErE eLsE
"Damn them!" A massive demon shrouded in darkness yelled through the empty halls. "It'll take me a day to round new recruits. I didn't think they would be so strong!...So many of my demons, down just like that inone day!" He said in frustration. "Master..you called for me?" A demon asked the other. "Yes, I want you to get more demons, a lot more." He commanded. "But, if I do ask myself, why? Didn't we have so many before?" He asked. "They are all gone. Hiei and teh others finished them off like they were nothing!" He said angrily.
"Sorry, of course I can get more demons, twice as much as there was before. Anything for my master." He said as he bowed down. "Good, I want them as soon as you can round them up, how long will that take you?" He asked. "Well, a day should just about do it. That will give me enough time to get as many demons as you would like, and they will be more powerful than the others that have perished are." The demons answered as he watched his master for his approval.
"Very well then, I want them by tomorrow, and if I don't have them someone is going to be punished." He answered rudely. "Don't worry I'll have them by then..." The demon said as he walked off. "Oh, and don't forget." The master called towards the other demon. "Yes master?" He asked. "I want those demons stronger than the others that have been here before, and I don't want any exceptions." He said sternly. "Very well then." He answered as he left. "Soon Hiei, you will suffer, just as you were supposed to do from the day you were born!" The demon said as he walked deeper into the halls darkness.
~~EnD oF cHaPpTeR~~ So how did you guys like it??? I hope it was good enough!! I hope to update soon but school projects and stuff!!*sighs* Don't worry I'll try and update as soon as possible...don't kill me! Please review and NO FLAMES!!! Well I gotta go now!! H/B for LiFe MystiK~~~~
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Chapter 8: The Riot.
The events of the previous night has worn everyone out. Especially Hiei and Botan since they had the spirit energy drained out of them. They all slept in late, including Genkai and Yukina. They were all so tired, they deserved a nights rest after all of the hustle and bustle they went through from the very beginning of the day.Genkai and Yukina were the first ones up in the temple. As they passed Hiei's room Yukina stopped to take a look at her brother and Botan. 'They look so cute together..' Yukina thought as she stopped watching them and followed Genkai into the kitchen to make breakfast.
Botan was the first to wake out of the two. She felt something wrapped around her waist so she instantly got up. She opened her eyes and looked to see an arm on latched on to her waist. Botan eyes followed the persons arm to find it was Hiei. As the events all came flooding back to her she held a blush on her face. 'I haven't slept that good.... well in forever!....Is that because Hiei was sleeping with me, no no that couldn't be the reason....what's going on with me?' Botan thought as she looked at the peaceful form of Hiei sleeping.
Just then Genkai passed by and saw what situation Botan was in. 'I wonder how Botan will manage to get out of this situation.' Genkai thought as she watched Botan, not making a sound. Not wanting to wake Hiei up, Botan gently tried to get out of his grasp, but he was too strong. Attempt after attempt she couldn't get out of his reach. The more she tried to get free from Hiei, the closer he unconsciously pulled her nearer to him. Just then Yukina saw Genkai looking into Hiei's room so she went as well. "What are you doing Genkai?" Yukina asked quietly. "Shhh, be quiet and watch what happened." Genkai whispered as she pointed inside the room.
Once she saw Botan she immediately went to go help her, but Genkai stopped her. "Let's just see what she does." Genkai whispered to her. "Oh, ok." Yukina whispered back unsure if that was the right thing to do or not. They watched as Botan unaware of them there struggled to get Hiei off of her. Botan decided to try one last time before she tried to wake Hiei up and get away from his grasp. She managed to get her arms free and now she just needed him to let go of her waist.
Just then, without warning Hiei pulled Botan, and this time she landed right on top of him. Botan blushed as she realized what position she was in. "Hiei, Hiei! Wake up now!" Botan yelled as she tried to get up. Hiei felt someone, or something fall on top of him but he decided to shrug it off for now. Then, he heard someone yell his name so he woke up. His eyes opened to see Botan on top of him struggling to get off. He saw that he was holding on to Botan by her waist so he let go of her.
Botan quickly scrambled off of Hiei while Yukina and Genkai quickly moved away from the door. After that Hiei remembered what had happened yesterday, and it all became clear to him. "Uh, sorry about that..." Hiei said as he got off of the bed. "It's ok..." Botan said as she came out of the room and went into hers. She changed out of her party clothes and into normal clothes. She went into the kitchen and started eating with everyone else. "So, did you guys have fun last night?" Genkai asked.
"What, you mean in the bed?!" Botan asked. "No, no sorry I didn't mean it like that. I mean how was the party, well up until the part you guys got kidnapped." Genkai replied. "Oh, it was fun. The only part that wasn't fun was the kidnapping part, over all I had a great time!" Botan said as she smiled. "What about you Hiei?" Yukina asked sweetly as she watched him. "It was interesting." Hiei finally answered. "Good to hear you had fun!" Botan told him. "Hn, I said it was interesting not fun." Hiei told her. "Interesting, fun, same ways of saying you liked it!" Botan said as she smiled and ate her food. Just then, her communication mirror started beeping.
Everyone stopped eating and watched as Botan opened it and started talking to Koenma. "Hello, Botan here." Botan said in her cheery voice. "Botan, Spirit World is under attack! The riots started hurry and get everyone!" Koenma yelled as the screen turned blank. "Hiei hurry up Spirit World was just under attack the riots started and Koenma doesn't haven anyone there with him to help protect spirit world!" Botan said in one breath as she stood up and ran towards the door.
"Be carefull guys!" Yukina yelled as they left. "I'll get Kurama, while you get Yusuke, and Kuwabara. We'll meet up in Spirit World." Hiei said as Botan hopped on her oar and they went their separate ways. Hiei reached Kuramas school in a matter of seconds, literally. The school was huge and there was no sign of Kurama on the outside of the school. Hiei ran inside the school as he watched all the different doors that Kurama could be in. "Where could the kitsune be?" Hiei said as he got an idea.
He decided to search for Kurama's spirit energy and once he tracked it down he followed it. Kurama's energy led Hiei to a classroom on the third floor. The door was opened and Hiei could see Kurama listening to the teacher and taking a lot of notes. Hiei raised his spirit energy just a little so Kurama could sense him. Once Kurama sensed his energy he looked in the direction Hiei was in to find Hiei. *~Spirit World is under attack right now so you need to cut school and go now.~* Hiei told him through telepathy.
*~Oh my gosh that's awful, but I can't go now! You know how much trouble you could get into for cutting school!~* Kurama answered. *~Do you know how much trouble Spirit World would be in if you aren't there to help us fight all those demons?~* Hiei asked him annoyed. *~Even if I was going to cut school, I wouldn't be able to leave because this teacher doesn't let anyone leave his classroom!~* Kurama told Hiei.
*~So just disobey the teacher, he has no power over you.~* Hiei commanded. *~In school he does have power over us, and I still wouldn't be able to leave.~* Kurama said to Hiei. "Damn kitsune." Hiei muttered as he walked into the classroom with an evil gleam that Kurama could only see. 'Oh no what is Hiei going to do now!' Kurama thought in agony as he watched Hiei enter the classroom with a smirk on his face that quickly dissappeared when the teacher turned around to meet him.
"How can I help you." The teacher asked. "Well Kurama, eh Suichi has to leave school right now." Hiei said as Kurama got up. "Why does Suichi have to leave now if I may ask?" The teacher answered. "His mother is in the hospital, and Ku- Suichi needs to be there for her." Hiei answered. "Well yes of course, you may go now." The teacher replied as Kurama and Hiei rushed out of the room. "You had me scared for a second Hiei." Kurama said.
"Why was that?" Hiei asked with a puzzled look on his face. "I thought you were going to go kill the teacher or something." Kurama admitted. "Well, that was my first option..." Hiei said awaiting the reply of Kurama as he smirked. "What!" Kurama yelled in the empty halls as they raced to Spirit World. Botan on the other hand didn't have as much luck as Hiei did with Kurama. She also reached Yusuke's school in a matter of moments.
"Where could they be?" Botan thought as she looked down at the ground and noticed something in her pocket. "That's it!" Botan said as she opened up the communication mirror and tried to contact Yusuke and Kuwabara.
****************Yusuke and Kuwabara
Yusuke and Kuwabara were both in math class. The teacher was explaining to the class what the Pythagorean theorem was and how to solve it. Most of the class was either sleeping like Yusuke, and Kuwabara, daydreaming, passing notes, or doodling. Just then the whole classes attention was turned towards Yusuke as there was a beeping noise coming from his pocket. Yusuke woke up and took it out unaware that everyone was watching him.
"Hey, I'm here have a nice sleep with Hiei?" Yusuke knowing that it would be Botan. "Shut up this isn't the time. Yusuke, you and Kuwabara have to-" Botan said as she was disconnected with Yusuke. The teacher had shut the device and took it from Yusuke. "Hey what did you do that for!" Yusuke said as he stood up obviously frustrated. "You know the rules Yusuke, no cell phones in the school!" She answered harshly. "But, but that's not a cell phone!" Yusuke said angrily.
"Oh yeah?....Then what is it Mr. Urameshi?" The teacher said arrogantly. "It's a communication mirror dammit!" Yusuke said knowing that Botan was going to say something important. "That's it, go to the detention room Yusuke, now!" The teacher said as her face started turning red with anger. "Oh fine!" Yusuke said as he walked out of the classroom and slammed the door behind him. "Hey, you really didn't have to put him in the detention room, it wasn't really a cell phone you know." Kuwabara said to the teacher.
"Oh, you want to join him?...Go then!" The teacher said as she watched Kuwabara. "Fine, I will then.....better than being in this stupid math class." Kuwabara said as he whispered the last part, and all the class heard. Kuwabara walked down the hall and down the flight of stairs to find Yusuke sitting outside of the detention office. "What did Botan say?" Kuwabara asked. "The stupid teacher took the communication mirror away from me before she could even finish her sentence!" Yusuke said as he and Kuwabara sat with slumped shoulders.
****************Botan
"What happened to them?" Botan said outloud as an idea popped into her head. "Oh that's right! The communication device tracks down all other communication devices!" Botan said as she followed the direction the blue dot was in.
****************Yusuke and Kuwabara
"Hey, Uramehsi I'm sensing some spirit energy coming from somewhere around here." Kuwabara said. "Where is it?" Yusuke asked impatiently. "I don't know...." Kuwabara said as they looked at the detention office door. Just as they turned their heads Botan passed them as she went up the stairs not seeing Yusuke and Kuwabara right there. "There's nothing there!" Yusuke said as he watched the stairs because he felt as if he saw someone walk by. 'That was weird...' Yusuke thought to himself while he and Kuwabara waited.
****************Botan
The dot led Botan to a classroom. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply. "Come in." The math teacher said as Botan entered. "I'm looking for Yusuke, and Kuwabara." Botan said. "They should be near the detention office.... why do you need them?" She asked curiously. "Uh, the principal needed them...." Botan said as she left. Just then she opened the door again and popped her head into the door. "Um, where is the detention office?" Botan asked as she sweat dropped.
"Down the stairs and to the left, you can't miss it." The teacher said as Botan left. "I have to hurry before something bad happens in Spirit World!" Botan said as she walked down the steps. On her way down a teacher passed by. "Hey, miss do you have a pass?" He asked questioningly. "A pass?" Botan asked. "A hall pass, if you don't have one you're going to have to come with me." He said as he walked up to her.
"But...but I can't get in trouble! I have to go now!" Botan said urgently. "If you don't follow me you'll be in more trouble than what you are already in now." The teacher said sternly as he smirked. "Ok fine I'll go." Botan said as she followed the teacher with an irritated look on her face. He took Botan to an office through the back door. "This, little lady was walking around the school without a pass, trying to cut probably." The teacher said with a smirk on his face.
"What exactly were you doing?" Another teacher asked her. "I was just trying to find Yusuke and Kuwabara!" Botan said loudly. "Oh so are you a trouble maker too?..." He asked Botan as he gripped her arm very hard. "Would you just let go of my arm!" Botan said as she tried to grip free of him. "Trouble makers mustn't be allowed to get away. Especially when you are a ferry girl!" He said as his eyes glowed red.
"You, you're not human....... you're a demon... you both are!" Botan said as she got loose and tried to get out of the door. "There's a big fine for anyone who kills you, you know?" One teacher said as he closed in on her. "What, why..... why do you guys want me dead?" Botan said in a low voice. "We don't know, and don't care. We just want the reward." The other one said as horns appeared on both of their heads.
****************Spirit World
"What could be taking them so long!" Kurama yelled over the demons loud uproar. The demons were all outside trying to find a way to enter in. Koenma had opened up a secret passage way for Kurama and Hiei to slip through without being noticed by the other demons. Everyone was in panic as they heard the demons outside. There were a lot of them. "Botan should have gotten them already." Hiei said with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Let's just see what they are doing!" Koenma said as he clicked a button on the remote and on the screen appeared Yusuke, and Kuwabara sitting slouched on the two chairs outside of the detention room. "Detention, they've gotten detention! I can't believe this!... I wonder where Botan could be at a time like this!?" Koenma said as he clicked another button. The screen flashed and Botan appeared inside the detention room with two demons closing in on her.
They all gasped as they watched the screen. "We gotta go get her." Hiei said as he was about to go, but was cut off by Koenma. "I'll call Yusuke and tell him to help her. She's inside the detention room, and Yusuke and Kuwabara are right there. They'll reach her faster than you." Koenma said as he opened the device. "Pick up, Yusuke!" Koenma yelled into the device.
****************Math Class
The teacher was explaining a new subject to the class when a beeping noise came from the draw. She opened it and found the object Yusuke had earlier. She flipped it opened and on the screen Koenma appeared. "Yusuke hurry up Spirit World is-" Koenma said as he realized he was talking to a teacher. "Who are you?" She said sternly. "Um, wrong number!" Koenma said as they got disconnected. "That was weird..." The teacher said as she went back to teacher her class.
****************Spirit World
"Yusuke doesn't even have his communication mirror!" Hiei said in anger. "The teacher must have taken it mistaking it for a cell phone." Kurama replied. "What are we going to do now, I mean can't Yusuke or Kuwabara sense the demons?" Koenma asked. "Yeah, but the demons must be concealing their power or something." Kurama answered. "I'm going to get her." Hiei said as he was stopped once again by none other than Koenma. "I'm really touched by your concern for Botan's well being, believe me I am." Koenma said as he smirked at Kurama. "But I can't allow you to go." Koenma said.
"Why not." Hiei answered. "Well, the passageway you used could only be opened once. You guys used, it and now it's sealed forever. If you go now there won't be anyway to get you back in here." Koenma said as Hiei glared at him. "Guys, look at the screen Botan looks like she's going to do something." Kurama said as they all turned their attention to the screen.
****************School
"Well, I'm sorry but you boys aren't getting your reward.... not today atleast!" Botan muttered as she reached the door. Just then one of the demons punched her in the stomach, making her fall to her knees in pain. Despite getting the wind knocked out of her she swiftly got back up and kicked him twice as hard in his stomach. "That was good, but not good enough!" He said as he lunged towards her.
Just then out of the corner of her eye Botan saw an energy ball coming towards her from the other demon. She smirked and then ran to the side as the demon that lunged towards her got hit with the blast and got thrown back into the room. Botan clasped the door handle when she felt the demon pull her by her waist so she was face to face with her. He tried to punch her but she ducked and his hand made a hole in the door.
Yusuke and Kuwabara turned their heads to see an arm that was in the door and suddenly came out. "Won't you demons just leave me alone!" Botan said loudly. Yusuke and Kuwabara recognized this voice. "Botan!" They both said as they ran into the room. They found Botan in between two demons, she turned her head to find Yusuke and Kuwabara. "Finally!" Botan said as they ran up to her and protected her.
Kuwabara materialized his spirit sword and defeated the first demon, while Yusuke shot the other one with his shot gun. "Sorry about that Botan, we didn't even know you were in here...." Kuwabara said as he smiled. "Where were you guys?" Botan said aggravated. "Right..outside...." Yusuke said awaiting the angry outburst of Botan. "What you were right outside and you had me fighting for my life! I could have died in here and no one would even know about it, I-" Botan said as she remembered the reason she came to school.
"I can yell at you guys later, but there are more important matters. The riot has started and Spirit World is under attack!" Botan yelled as they heard muffled voices coming from the closet. "They opened the door to find the real teachers gagged inside the closet. They took them out and untied them. "It was you guys wasn't it?" One teacher said angrily. "It must've been them, they're the only other kids in this room! I'm reporting this to the principal immediatley. "We help them and they still blame us!" Botan said as she put her hand on her head and sighed.
"Us?..We didn't do it! They were demons couldn't you tell?!" Kuwabara stated as Yusuke cut in. "Well, I'd really love to wait and let you guys blame us for everything..... but we have a Spirit World to save!" Yusuke said as Botan and Kuwabara nodded, grinned, and ran out of the room. The teachers looked at each other confused as they stood up. "Who's a demon and what's a spirit world?" One of the teachers asked the other. "Shut up!" The other one said annoyed.
"So, where are Hiei and Kurama?" Yusuke asked as they ran out of the building. "They might be at Spirit World already. We better get there fast just in case they are in trouble." Botan said as she jumped on her oar and flew off followed by Yusuke and Kuwabara. When Spirit World was in sight Botan took a turn. "Hey where are you going Botan, spirit world is this way!" Kuwabara yelled as he pointed. Botan flew down to them. "Shhh, the demons are all crowded out there we have to go through the back." Botan said as they followed her quietly.
They got to the back of Spirit World and Botan came off of her oar. "Why didn't the demons come this way?" Yusuke asked. "There's an invisible shield that was made a long time ago to stop the demons from entering Spirit World. It's all around the perimeter. It's been here for quite a long time, but no one has known about it except for us. I'm sure they'll be able to find a way to break it soon, that's why we don't have much time." Botan said as she knocked on a brick with an x mark on it.
"What are you doing?" Kuwabara asked as he looked at her. "I'm knocking on the rock as you can plainly see." Botan answered. "He knows that....actually he probably can't even comprehend what you are doing now, anyway I know that, but the question is why?" Yusuke asked. "Hey I-" Kuwabara said as he was cut off by Botan. "This is a secret passage way... I'm not sure why it isn't working now though..." Botan said as she kept on knocking on the brick. When she finally gave up she called Koenma on her communication mirror. "Koenma, we're in the back of Spirit World." Botan said as a picture of Koenma appeared on the screen.
"Great, you guys are finally here." Koenma said. Just then Hiei grabbed the communication device. "Are you ok?" He asked. "Yeah, but we can't get in the passage way isn't working." Botan replied as she sighed. "Kurama, and Hiei used it and it can only be used once, you're going to have to fly Yusuke and Kuwabara up to the top window that Kurama just opened." Koenma instructed as he grabbed the communication mirror back from Hiei. "Alright we're going." Botan said as she closed the communication mirror and put it away.
"Ok, I'm going to fly you guys up there." Botan said cheerfully. "Oh no the last time you flew me to Spirit World I almost died!" Yusuke said as his face turned white. "Don't be silly!" Botan said as she smiled also remembering the first time she flew Yusuke to Spirit World. "Urameshi, you are such a coward. It's just Botan I mena how bad could her flying be?!" Kuwabara said as he grabbed on to the end of Botans oar. "Don't say I didn't warn you!" Yusuke yelled hands cupped around his mouth. Without warning Botan flew off faster than they eye could tell. She stopped suddenly because none of the windows were opened.
She pulled out the communication mirror and called Koenma. "Where is the window that's supposed to be opened?" Botan asked. "It's on the other side... where all the demons are." Koenma answered casually as they got disconnected. "It's on the other side where all the demons are...my foot!" Botan said mimicking Koenma. "What is it?" Kuwabara asked hanging on for dear life as he looked downwards to see the faces of the many demons in the crowd.
"We have to go on the other side where the demons are... no big deal.." Botan said as she flew higher and went towards the front of Spirit World. "No big deal for her." Kuwabara muttered as he went higher and higher, and faster, and faster. "Botan, would you go a little slower please!" Kuwabara pleaded as his face turned white. "We're almost there, you'll have to bear with me for just a few more moments." Botan said as they reached the front of Spirit World.
Kuwabara looked down to see hundreds of demons and they were all looking up towards him and Botan. "Better hold on tight!" Botan said as Kuwabara gripped the oar harder. Botan finally found the window and flew towards it. Kuwabara greatly jumped inside and ran towards the bathroom holding in his sickness. "What did you do to him?" Kurama asked as he watched Kuwabara run into the bathroom. "I don't know I just flew him up here with my oar." Botan answered.
"That pretty much explains it.." Kurama said as he watched Botan fly back out of the window to go get Yusuke. She landed on the ground right next to him. "Come on, it's your turn." Botan said to him as he shook his head. "No way am I getting on your oar with you driving it!" Yusuke said as he stepped back away from her. "Come on I'm not that bad of a driver Kuwabara got on it and he is fine now." Botan lied. "Nah ah, I saw that look on his face! He was practically about to scream like a girl, and his face was as pale as a cloud!" Yusuke said loudly.
"Ok fine! The demons will break through the barrier soon and when they do you will be left here all by yourself! You will have to fight them but eventually you will get way to tired to defeat them on your own. When we come out at the end of the riot to find your dead body I am NOT going to be the one to escort you to Rekai, you'll just be a lost soul! You need a ferry girl to escort you to Rekai and if they don't, you can't get in and I refuse to do it!" Botan said as she got back on her oar.
"Ok ok, fine. Since you put it that way, I'm coming!" Yusuke said as he heard the noise that all the demons were making. Yusuke held on to Botan's oar as they rose off the ground. Botan swiftly flew to the front of Spirit World they were about ten feet away from the window and everyone was watching them to make sure they got their safely. "We're almost there." Botan said as she felt the oar dragging down. "What's happening why are we going down!" Yusuke yelled as all the demons watched them with smiles on their faces.
While everyone at the window watched the scene with a horror stricken look on their faces Botan tried to direct the oar upwards and to the window but it wasn't working. "Botan what's wrong?" Yusuke said as he looked up towards her. "I...I don't know my oar it's just gone haywire!" Botan said as she panicked. "Well don't panic..." Yusuke said bravely. "Too late for that..." Botan told him as they started to plunge down from the sky, eyes closed. "Don't worry we'll get out of this somehow..." Yusuke said as they fell lower.
"What can we do?" Kuwabara asked as everyones eyes widened in horror. Hiei opened his mouth but no sound came out he was too worried right about now to speak, think, or do anything. 'No, it can't end like this, I won't let it end like this!" Botan said as she opened her eyes and held on to her oar tightly. She pulled it up and directed it to the window. "You're doing it Botan, yeah we're gonna make it!" Yusuke yelled as they sped toward the window. "You could stop it before we crash into the others.." Yusuke told her.
"I can't stop it!" Botan yelled as everyone backed up. Botan and Yusuke flew into the window as the oar went berserk all over the room. Yusuke flew right into the table breaking it, and Botan landed right in Hiei's arms. (Hm.. what a coincidence, I wonder why that happened?!) "Thanks." Botan said as she got off of Hiei. "Now that was some good oar handling!" Kuwabara said. "Huh?" Botan asked. "Well I thought you and Yusuke were goners, I mean I don't know anyone who could stop an oar and direct it to the window that fast." Kuwabara said stunned.
"Yeah, he's right. You should be proud of yourself." Kurama said as the oar went right past him. Everyone watched as the oar went all around the room and suddenly stopped and fell. They all went towards it and Botan picked it up. "Hey, what's that?" Kuwabara asked as he pointed to a little black thing on the oar. "I bet that's why my oar was going crazy!" Botan said as she pulled it off. "Botan, no!" Hiei said as he grabbed the black thing out of her hand and threw it out of the window.
"What was that for?" Botan asked as they all looked outside of the window. Suddenly a huge explosion erupted killing off about half of the demons outside. "That's why." Hiei said. "Whoa, thanks..." Botan said. "One of the demons must have been controlling your oar with that....then once you took it off it became a bomb and you had five seconds before it erupts." Kurama said. "Oh that reminds me.... the demons said that there was a fine for killing me, and whoever gets the job done will be rewarded." Botan said nervously.
"What?" They all said. "Do you know why they want to kill you?" Hiei asked. "No." Botan said. "Remember the not that we got a long time ago saying that they would kill the weakest one first?....Well I don't think the reason they are trying to kill her is because of her spirit energy. If they're going out of their way so much, it has to be something more." Kurama said. "I think you're right...." Botan said.
"Now that we have cut the competition down to half to what it's used to be the demons have a less chance of getting to you. So what should we do now?" Yusuke asked. "Well, I- uh..." Koenma said as he thought. "Hm...do we even have a plan to defeat them?" Kuwabara asked. "Well, I was making it up as I went along....now that we're all here I'm not sure what we should do...." Koenma admitted. "Oh great so now what do we do sit around and wait for the demons to kill us?!" Botan said as she sat down.
"No, we are going to think of a plan." Koenma said as they all thought. "Wait, if we are going to fight, why don't we just fight instead of making a plan?" Kuwabara asked. "Because, if by chance we can't defeat them we need a plan so we don't die oursleves." Hiei said. "Botan, you should go into a different room just incase the demons come and try to find you. Yusuke and the others will just fight and if you guys are too tired to fight anymore go down those flight of stairs." Koenma said as he pointed to some steps that went lower into the ground.
"Fine, but I say we fight our hardest and don't give up." Yusuke said. "Yeah, I mean we could beat all of these demons if we just put our minds to it." Kuwabara said. "Fine, it's agreed then. We'll only fight take teh escape route when we are certain that we can not defeat the demons, and we think we will die if we don't." Kurama replied. "Right." They all said in unison. "So for now, I guess we just wait." Koenma said. "I hope they don't get in. I don't feel like having to deal with anymore demons, er not you guys Kurama and Hiei, I mean just bad demons in general." Botan said.
Just as she she sat down the demons came bursting threw the door. Botan stood up instantly to see the gruesome site of the demons. They entered in Spirit World so fast that Botan and the others didn't have time to think of what they would do. The demons separated each one of them, leaving Botan alone. The first demon that came up to Botan had horns, fangs, claws, and was twice her size. She turned around to find him right behind her.
She ducked before he could hit her but then Hiei jumped inf ront of her and unsheathed his katana. He quickly killed the demon then turned his attention to Botan. "Quick, go in a different room or something!" Hiei told her as she hopped on her oar and flew towards the file room. Yusuke used his shot gun to quickly kill the demons that were surrounding him off. Kuwabara used his Spirit Sword, Kurama used his rose whip, and Hiei used his katana. Soon the demons realized that Botan wasn't in this room, and they came here to not only fight, but to kill Botan.
"I think I'll just go find that ferry girl..." One of the demons whispered as they passed by Yusuke. "Oh no you won't!" Yusuke said as he stopped the demon and used his shot gun. "They're trying to find Botan, we gotta kill them off first, or atleast distract them!" Yusuke told Kuwabara. Kuwabara told Kurama, and Kurama told Hiei. *~Botan went into the file room, whatever you do don't let them get to the file room~* Hiei told them all through telepathy.
"Find the ferry girl master said we were supposed to kill, then we can deal with these nuisances." The leader of the group said to the others. "Sorry, but we can't let you get to her." Yusuke said as all four of them lined up against the door that Botan was in. "There are way more of us then you. At some point in time you'll get tired and won't be able to keep up with us. You'll let your guard down, and that's how we'll get her." The leader said to them.
"Hn, don't be foolish, we won't let out guard down." Hiei said arrogantly. "Go!" The demon said as they all attacked Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei. They all fought and they had managed to keep the demons out for a long while. But they just kept on coming, and coming. Then the time came when they each had their fall. Large amounts of demons started attacking each one of them. Kuwabara was pushed to the other side of the room where the demons were beating him up.
They cornered him and he didn't have much room. He managed to punch them a few times, but they just kept on coming after him. Then Yusuke was surrounded by a mob of demons. They started to attack one after another giving Yusuke no time to block, or defend himself. The demons that surrounded Kurama threw energy blasts his way making it hard for him to hit them with his rose whip. Kurama had no choice but to defend himself from the blasts.
Hiei was defeating most of the demons that were surrounding him using his super speed. He turned to see everyone of his team members either getting beat up, or blocking the demons attacks. Hiei turned behind him to see the door to the file room opened and demons entering one by one. Hiei ran towards the file room and soon Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara found the door opened and ran inside as well.
Botan was holding her own against the demons also. The demons that were surrounding her all lunged towards her but luckily she ducked making them bump into each other. She ran out of the circle of demons she was trapped in but then a new group of them came towards her. "These guys just won't give up... but neither will I." Botan said to herself. Botan caught a glimpse of Hiei and the others who had just entered the room. She summoned her oar when they saw her and was about to fly towards them.
Just then a demon grabbed the oar from her hand and snapped it in half. "That, that was MY oar you, you baka!" Botan said as she kicked him in the stomach out of fury. He fell to the ground hands on his stomach. "Get, her." He managed to choke out before writhing in pain. Three demons lined up in front of Botan before she could reach Hiei and the others, but luckily for her she saw a familiar Rose Whip whirl right past her and hit the demons killing thenm.
"Are you ok?" Hiei asked Botan. "Yeah, I'm fine." Botan said. "I think it would be best if you just stayed right here with us." Yusuke said. "Alright." Botan answered. "There, look the girl is there! Get her and avoid the others!" The leader called out. The demons all turned there attention to Botan. "Why are you all set on getting Botan, what has she done to you?" Kurama called out. "We don't know, we were given orders to kill her and if we're successful, we get a reward." One of them answered.
"I don't think you guys should have come here. You aren't going to get her." Hiei told them as the demons came towards them. Hiei was the first to strike. He used his speed and agility to take down all the demons that were coming after them. Hiei moved so quickly that none of them even knew he had hit them. "It seems you were unsuccessful." The leader said. "I don't think so." Hiei replied as one by one many of the demons fell to the floor.
"Anyone that wants to take us on, is asking for trouble. Especially if you want to mess with our friends." Kuwabara told them. "Don't be intimidated by these buffoons, they're just bluffing. They can't beat all of you, now go!" The leader of the mob yelled as they all went towards them. "This just isn't our lucky day, one by one they keep coming." Yusuke whispered to the others. "There's only about twenty left, as long as we keep fighting....I'd say we can beat them." Kurama told them.
"Right." Yusuke and Kuwabara said in unison as they nodded their heads. So, they all started fighting just as they had been before. Kurama used his rose whip, Yusuke his Shot Gun, Kuwabara his Spirit Sword, and Hiei his sword. They managed to fight off the demons until the leader and three demons were left. Hiei quickly finished the three demons off and the leader was the only one left. The general saw this and realized that he was outnumbered.
He decided to slip away but they caught him. "Where do you think you're going?" Yusuke said as Kurama encircled the rose whip around him. The other demons took this chance to run away they saw them, but they decided to let them go. "Why are you guys so set on getting Botan, she hasn't done anything to you." Kuwabara asked. "I don't know anything ok?!?" The demons said enraged that he had been caught when he had the advantage.
"We know you know something, so why don't you just tell us?" Hiei commanded. "I'm not telling you bakas." He replied as he glared at them. "Fine." Kurama said as he tightened his grip on the demon. "Alright, alright...I'll tell you guys." The demon said unable to bare the pain. "The master-" The demon started as he got cut off by Botan. "Who is your master?" She asked. "I don't know." He replied.
"You don't know or you just refuse to tell us?" Yusuke asked. "Before he tightens the rope again, I'm telling the truth. We serve him because we know he is powerful, and we don't want to be on the weaker side of the group. We really don't know who he is, or why he is doing this. He gives the orders, and we follow them before something happens to us." He answered as he tried to get loose from the rope that encircled him.
"So you know nothing about why he wants Botan?" Hiei asked. "No, the only thing we know is the girl was supposed to die, and whoever killed her would get a huge reward. We don't know why though." He said as he grinned at Botan. "Fine, you can go." Kurama said as he let the rope loose. "What are you doing?" Hiei asked. "It wouldn't feel right to just go and kill him..." Yusuke said. "I suppose you're right." Hiei answered as the demon got free.
"Bakas." The demon muttered lowly as in a flash he was in front of Botan. He was so fast that no one had even seen him, they didn't know he even vanished. By the time he got in front of Botan, Hiei was also there. "This just isn't your lucky day." Hiei said as he killed him with his katana. "Thanks Hiei, I didn't even see him coming!" Botan said as she hugged him. "Don't. hug. me." Hiei said as he heard Yusuke and Kuwabara snicker at the site of Hiei being hugged by Botan.
"Right, sorry." Botan said as she let go of him. Just then Koenma showed up. "Where were you? I didn't even see you leave when the fight began!" Yusuke asked the teenage form of Koenma as he walked towards them. "When the demons came I left, we couldn't have Koenma the great son of Enma get hurt in this chaos now could we?!" Koenma stated proudly. "I think we would survive if that happened." Yusuke whispered to Kuwabara as he started to laugh. Koenma heard this and just glared at them.
"So, I see the fight went well...but it doesn't look to good inside here." Koenma said as he looked at the broken furniture, ripped paintings, and bloody walls.(sounds like a horror movie right?) "You guys don't look that good either." Botan said as she looked at them. They each had cuts and bruises, and their clothes were ripped and torn. "Here let me help you guys." Botan said as she walked over to each one of them and healed them a little so they could feel better and she wouldn't be drained of her spirit energy.
"There, all in a days work." Botan said as she looked around the room. "This fight was pretty bad wasn't it..?" Kurama said as he looked around the room. "Yeah, and we still didn't find out who was the master to all of the demons." Yusuke replied. "Or why they want Botan." Hiei added. "Hey, on the bright side we fought a lot of demons and narrowed the demons side of fighters down significantly!" Kuwabara said. "Yeah." They all replied.
"So, I guess we should get going then." Yusuke said as he yawned. He passed by Hiei and whispered something in his ear. "No." Hiei answered. "Come on please!" Yusuke pleaded. "No." Hiei answered again. "It's the least we can do for Botan, everyone already knows about it and they already have all the stuff!" Yusuke whispered to Hiei. "Ok, fine." Hiei answered. "Great! Well we'll just be going now, oh and Hiei don't forget!" Yusuke said as he, Kuwabara, and Kurama walked off.
"Bye Koenma." Botan said as she and Hiei walked off. "Oh, Botan!" Koenma said as he ran up to her. "Huh?" She asked. "Well, I saw when the demon broke your oar. Here you can have a new one." Koenma said as he handed it to her. "Thanks so much Koenma!" Botan said as she hopped on her oar and they both left. "Hey, this oar is a lot faster than my old one!" Botan said as she flew. "That's nothing compared to my speed." Hiei bragged.
"Oh yeah?" Botan asked. "Yeah." Hiei said confidently. "Beat this!" Botan said as she zoomed off knowing Hiei would beat her. She just felt like striking up converstation, or in this case competition with Hiei. Hiei reached Genkai's temple first, then a few seconds later Botan came. "You're oar was pretty fast." Hiei complemented her. "Thanks I-" Botan stated as she got cut off by Hiei. "But not fast enough." Hiei said as he smirked and went to his room to sleep.
"Um Hiei?..." Botan said as she followed him and entered his room. "What is it." Hiei answered back as he turned to face her. "Well, I just wanted to say thank you." Botan said. "Thank you...for what?" Hiei asked. "Well, I know I told you this thousands of times but thank you for saving my life. You didn't have to but you did anyway. You've done it on countless occasions, and I probably wouldn't be standing in this room if it weren't for you." Botan said as she smiled. "You're welcome." Hiei answered as if he wasn't used saying it. "It was nothing really." Hiei said.
"Well, it probably wasn't anything to you, but it was to me." Botan answered back. "Alright." Hiei answered. "Hiei?" Botan asked again. "What is it this time onna." Hiei asked as he watched her move closer to him. "I want to thank you for something else too." Botan said. "What is it that you want to thank me for this time?" Hiei asked as he smirked. "I wanted to thank you for, forgetting the whole torturing thing." Botan said quickly as she kissed him on the cheek and left the room. "Hey, I didn't forget, it just slipped my mind..." Hiei said quietly as he sat down on his bed.
'Did I really just kiss him on the cheek?...I can't believe I did that, and he didn't even do anything about it! It was a friendly kiss, heh, yeah that's it..Hiei, what have you done to me, my every thought is on you...I have gotten closer to you than I ever have with anyone else in my entire life! Could I possibly like you.....or even more love?...' Botan thought as she drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face.
'Did she just kiss me?....I wonder why she did that?..It was probably just a harmless kiss, yeah that's it....What is going on with me?...Before I never feel like this.... I can't get my mind off of you. It's crazy, could I possible like, or even love you...? No, it's crazy, and plus anyone that gets too close to me has died and I can't risk that happening.' Hiei thought as he drifted off to sleep with thoughts of Botan still clouding his mind.
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"Damn them!" A massive demon shrouded in darkness yelled through the empty halls. "It'll take me a day to round new recruits. I didn't think they would be so strong!...So many of my demons, down just like that inone day!" He said in frustration. "Master..you called for me?" A demon asked the other. "Yes, I want you to get more demons, a lot more." He commanded. "But, if I do ask myself, why? Didn't we have so many before?" He asked. "They are all gone. Hiei and teh others finished them off like they were nothing!" He said angrily.
"Sorry, of course I can get more demons, twice as much as there was before. Anything for my master." He said as he bowed down. "Good, I want them as soon as you can round them up, how long will that take you?" He asked. "Well, a day should just about do it. That will give me enough time to get as many demons as you would like, and they will be more powerful than the others that have perished are." The demons answered as he watched his master for his approval.
"Very well then, I want them by tomorrow, and if I don't have them someone is going to be punished." He answered rudely. "Don't worry I'll have them by then..." The demon said as he walked off. "Oh, and don't forget." The master called towards the other demon. "Yes master?" He asked. "I want those demons stronger than the others that have been here before, and I don't want any exceptions." He said sternly. "Very well then." He answered as he left. "Soon Hiei, you will suffer, just as you were supposed to do from the day you were born!" The demon said as he walked deeper into the halls darkness.
~~EnD oF cHaPpTeR~~ So how did you guys like it??? I hope it was good enough!! I hope to update soon but school projects and stuff!!*sighs* Don't worry I'll try and update as soon as possible...don't kill me! Please review and NO FLAMES!!! Well I gotta go now!! H/B for LiFe MystiK~~~~