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Disquieting homecoming
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Botan had just finished her training and could now control her new powers but the most important thing to her was the fact that she could help the others on missions. She packed her things and gave Genkai one last hug and went back through the vortex.
Koenma was waiting for her on the other side with a glum look on his face. "Oh, Koenma sir, what's wrong?" she asked him
"Botan, you've been through too much, but I fear that you may not recover from the news that I have to give you." He said, "Come to my office." He said and walked away from her.
While Botan made the short trip to Koenma's office thoughts of what he could want to tell her ran through her head, but nothing she thought involved the news, Koenma had. She also began to wonder why no one was there to greet her, especially Hiei.
Koenma took he seat behind his desk and motioned for Botan to take a seat in front of it. "I'm sorry." He said
"Oh Koenma sir, for what? And where is everyone?" She smiled but that soon faded when he shook his head.
"They didn't show up because...they were...killed four days ago." He said
Botan said nothing until the shocking realization of what he was telling her hit her core, and her soul. "What! No." you shouldn't joke about things like that, you of all people should know that it might come true." Botan knocked on his wooden desk hoping that is was a joke.
"I'll tell you how it happened..." he started
"There's nothing to tell." She interrupted and ran out of his office and jumped onto her oar to go to the ningenkai.
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The wind felt dry and glossy as Botan flew through the air. The sky was gray and black in her eyes as tears fell. 'it's not true, I'll go to Yusuke's house first and see him and Kuwabara playing there PS2.' She smiled remembering how much fun they would have.
She flew down to Yusuke's house and peered through his window. His room was dark and empty and seemed to be crying out to be lived in. 'he must be out with Kayko, no big deal.' Botan flew off 'Kurama, has school tomorrow, so he should be home doing his homework.' She took off once more and flew to Kurama's house.
When she arrived she saw his rose garden dieing from lack of water, his house was as cold and dark as Yusuke's. But Botan made the excuse that her brother did not have time to water and flew off to Hiei's Tree.
She could always find him there, in the tree, he will be there. She told herself as she flew slowly to his tree. She landed a few yards away from the tree and walked the rest of the way. She looked up at the twisted branches and called out to him but he wasn't there.
Sadly Botan walked down the street to the graveyard. She walked past many graves reading the dates and seeing the death she had been so used to. She came upon seven headstones. Her eyes passed each one and at every name she read a tear fell.
Yusuke Urameshi...Kayko Yukimura...Kazuma Kuwabara...Yukina Jaganshi...Shuichi Minamino... Starla Pallien and lastly... Hiei Jaganshi. At that name Botan fell to her knees and cried with her head in her hands.
"I'm sorry you had to find out this way, Botan." Koenma in his teenage form said from behind her.
"I'm ready to know who did this." She said her anger rising, and demonic powers escaping.
"It was your mother." He said
"No! Why would she..."
"Let me tell you what happened." Koenma said, "After you left she sent a spy in to find out the weaknesses of the others and found that they were Kayko, Star, and Yukina. Your mother sent each of them a box of chocolates filled with poison." They died two days later, the guys tried to find an antidote but were too late when your mother gave it to them."
"The guys went their separate ways, not knowing what to do, and were slowly killed off one by one." He finished
"How do you know this? Were you watching the whole time?" Botan asked, "How could you stand by and watch them die?" She yelled and began hitting Koenma in the chest, finally getting tired and fell into him and wept.
"Botan." He said and hugged her. "I know because your mother sent me a letter," he said but she kept crying.
"Bring them back..." she said, "Please." She whimpered and fell asleep in Koenma's arms. He took her to apartment in the ningenkai and put her in bed for the night. He left after a while and decide to come back in the morning. Who knows what she would do if she was left alone when she woke up.
That would be when the shock of death would hit hard. The moment of truth would be in the morning to come.
Disquieting homecoming
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Botan had just finished her training and could now control her new powers but the most important thing to her was the fact that she could help the others on missions. She packed her things and gave Genkai one last hug and went back through the vortex.
Koenma was waiting for her on the other side with a glum look on his face. "Oh, Koenma sir, what's wrong?" she asked him
"Botan, you've been through too much, but I fear that you may not recover from the news that I have to give you." He said, "Come to my office." He said and walked away from her.
While Botan made the short trip to Koenma's office thoughts of what he could want to tell her ran through her head, but nothing she thought involved the news, Koenma had. She also began to wonder why no one was there to greet her, especially Hiei.
Koenma took he seat behind his desk and motioned for Botan to take a seat in front of it. "I'm sorry." He said
"Oh Koenma sir, for what? And where is everyone?" She smiled but that soon faded when he shook his head.
"They didn't show up because...they were...killed four days ago." He said
Botan said nothing until the shocking realization of what he was telling her hit her core, and her soul. "What! No." you shouldn't joke about things like that, you of all people should know that it might come true." Botan knocked on his wooden desk hoping that is was a joke.
"I'll tell you how it happened..." he started
"There's nothing to tell." She interrupted and ran out of his office and jumped onto her oar to go to the ningenkai.
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The wind felt dry and glossy as Botan flew through the air. The sky was gray and black in her eyes as tears fell. 'it's not true, I'll go to Yusuke's house first and see him and Kuwabara playing there PS2.' She smiled remembering how much fun they would have.
She flew down to Yusuke's house and peered through his window. His room was dark and empty and seemed to be crying out to be lived in. 'he must be out with Kayko, no big deal.' Botan flew off 'Kurama, has school tomorrow, so he should be home doing his homework.' She took off once more and flew to Kurama's house.
When she arrived she saw his rose garden dieing from lack of water, his house was as cold and dark as Yusuke's. But Botan made the excuse that her brother did not have time to water and flew off to Hiei's Tree.
She could always find him there, in the tree, he will be there. She told herself as she flew slowly to his tree. She landed a few yards away from the tree and walked the rest of the way. She looked up at the twisted branches and called out to him but he wasn't there.
Sadly Botan walked down the street to the graveyard. She walked past many graves reading the dates and seeing the death she had been so used to. She came upon seven headstones. Her eyes passed each one and at every name she read a tear fell.
Yusuke Urameshi...Kayko Yukimura...Kazuma Kuwabara...Yukina Jaganshi...Shuichi Minamino... Starla Pallien and lastly... Hiei Jaganshi. At that name Botan fell to her knees and cried with her head in her hands.
"I'm sorry you had to find out this way, Botan." Koenma in his teenage form said from behind her.
"I'm ready to know who did this." She said her anger rising, and demonic powers escaping.
"It was your mother." He said
"No! Why would she..."
"Let me tell you what happened." Koenma said, "After you left she sent a spy in to find out the weaknesses of the others and found that they were Kayko, Star, and Yukina. Your mother sent each of them a box of chocolates filled with poison." They died two days later, the guys tried to find an antidote but were too late when your mother gave it to them."
"The guys went their separate ways, not knowing what to do, and were slowly killed off one by one." He finished
"How do you know this? Were you watching the whole time?" Botan asked, "How could you stand by and watch them die?" She yelled and began hitting Koenma in the chest, finally getting tired and fell into him and wept.
"Botan." He said and hugged her. "I know because your mother sent me a letter," he said but she kept crying.
"Bring them back..." she said, "Please." She whimpered and fell asleep in Koenma's arms. He took her to apartment in the ningenkai and put her in bed for the night. He left after a while and decide to come back in the morning. Who knows what she would do if she was left alone when she woke up.
That would be when the shock of death would hit hard. The moment of truth would be in the morning to come.