In the morning Botan skipped happily down the dirt road listening to her CD player. She wanted to go swimming today, but no one was able or didn't want to go. Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, and Kurama were at school and Shizuru was at work, Yukina was coming in six days, and Hiei would never go swimming with her, so she had to go by herself.
"To the lake it is," Botan said to herself.
It took a half an hour to get there and she was the only one at there. She set her backpack under a tree and sat on a little cliff that was about 40 feet above the lake and stared at it. The lake was beautiful but lonely. 'I wonder what Hiei's doing? I'll go see him and ask if he'll go swimming. I'll try to make him go swimming with me,' Botan thought and grabbed her bag, than started to the park. Sure enough he was there in his tree, as usual.
"Hiei!" Botan called into the tree.
"Go away!" Hiei yelled.
"Come on Hiei!" Botan shouted.
"Leave me alone!" Hiei yelled.
"Hiei!" Botan called cheerfully.
"What!?!" Hiei looked down at Botan.
"Do you want to go swimming?" Botan asked.
"No! All I want to do is sleep!" Hiei told her.
"Please?!" Botan put on her most innocent face.
"No!" Hiei said.
"Please?!" Botan asked.
"Go find Yusuke, I bet he skipped school today," Hiei said getting madder than he already was.
"No he didn't, because yesterday Keiko made him promise he'd go to school today," Botan told him and about ten seconds later Hiei growled.
"I'm not going anywhere," Hiei said.
"Fine, be a coward," Botan turned on her heel hoping Hiei won't hurt her for saying that. Hiei jumped in front of her with a tight grip on his katana.
"If you think I'm a coward for not going swimming you're wrong," Hiei said.
"I still think you're afraid," Botan said more calmly than she really was.
"I'm NOT afraid of anything!!" Hiei said very pissed off. Than said calmly, "I don't have a suit."
"I can fix that!" Botan dragged him to the nearest Target and found a way to get his katana (sword) in the store with out anyone knowing. She brought him to the men's and found a black suit with two white stripes down each side that looked liked it fit him.
"Try it on," Botan looked at him.
"Not here! You crazy baka (idiot) onna (nickname Hiei gave Botan)!" Hiei said and Botan showed him to the dressing room.
"Does it fit?" Botan asked when Hiei came out.
"Yes," Hiei said and Botan snatched the suit out of Hiei's hands and paid for it. "Why are you doing this?"
"I want to go swimming," Botan said as they left the store and off to the beach.
"You could have gone alone," Hiei said.
"It's no fun," Botan said. "I tried, and got really bored. I still can't believe you're really coming."
"I'm not a coward or afraid of swimming," Hiei told her.
"I know," Botan said.
"Than I'm going to leave," Hiei said and right before he did Botan grabbed the arm of his cloak.
"But, do you what Kuwabara's going to do when he finds out Yukina's coming?" Botan smiled.
"No," Hiei said.
"He said he was going to do something next time he saw her, do you know what that is?" Botan asked and Hiei narrowed his eyes.
"Let go of me," Hiei said and Botan did. She started walking down to the beach.
"You coming?" Botan asked and Hiei did.
"What is he going to do?" Hiei asked.
"I'll tell you later," Botan said and when they got to the beach she told him to go change in the woods. He left and Botan slipped off her jeans and shirt to have her suit on. 'I guess no one knows were this is, I should tell the guys about this place,' Botan thought and waited for Hiei to return.
When he did come back Botan couldn't help but look him over. (I would too) He had a very good tan, was very muscular, and had a six pack. A blush spread across her face when she realized she was staring for a long time.
"Some people would say that if you had a car you'd get pulled over non-stop," Botan told him. (My older, older brother made this up and I laughed so hard!)
"Why's that?" Hiei asked.
"For having two guns and a six pack," Botan jumped into the lake.
"Is that supposed to be a joke?" Hiei jumped into the lake.
"Yes," Botan laughed.
"It's pathetic, why would I carry guns when I have my katana? And I don't drink," Hiei said.
"Two guns are your biceps and the six packs is your abs," Botan splash water towards Hiei.
"Than why would I get pulled over?" Hiei asked dodging the water.
"Hiei, it's a joke," Botan said. They tried to play Marco Polo, but Hiei cheated using his Jagan eye (third eye). After awhile Hiei and Botan got out, Hiei sat in a tree and Botan sat in the grass under the tree.
"Are you going to tell me what Kuwabara's going to do, now?" Hiei asked.
"No," Botan laughed.
"Why not?" Hiei asked looking down at the happy Botan and that made his insides twist.
"I don't want to," Botan said. "You know I'm going to bug you tomorrow."
"I'm finding a new tree," Hiei said as they started to walk down the road.
"You're going to tell me where that is aren't you?" Botan looked over at Hiei.
"How about not," Hiei said as he disappeared into the woods. Later Botan waited out of Yusuke's school and soon teenagers came out.
"Hello Botan," Keiko ran over to Botan. "What happened, your hair's wet?"
"I went swimming," Botan smiled as the rest came over. They left to go to Yusuke's house.
"So, Botan what did you do today?" Kuwabara asked.
"I went swimming and shopping," Botan told them.
"By yourself?" Keiko asked.
"No, I made Hiei come with me," Botan said and giggled to herself at how much fun she had. "Oh, Kuwabara, Yukina's coming at the end of the week."
"What!?!" Kuwabara asked. "I need to get ready."
"You better if you're going to do 'the special thing' this time," Botan said and Kuwabara's eyes widen and he ran off in the opposite direction.
"Him and Yukina are the weirdest couple," Keiko said.
"You and Yusuke aren't the greatest couple," Kurama said.
"Kurama, you and Rikku aren't the best either," Botan said.
Botan got to Genkai's that night with no trouble. 'I had soooo much fun today and Hiei wasn't such a bad guy when he's not in a bad mood. I hope I can do something with him tomorrow. What should I do tomorrow? I want to get everyone a gift!' Botan thought as she fell asleep.