-Tricked-
Disclaimer: I do not own.
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Chapter 2: Lost
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Botan stared at Kurama as he battled Hiei. She had to admit, they could win if everyone could fight as good as them.
"Getting better, kitsune. I don't think I can beat you." Hiei said with respect. Kurama only smiled as an acknowledgment.
"You're also getting there, Hiei. Try harder." Kurama seemed like a good teacher. Botan thought about that possiblity. Could he teach her some things about fighting, so that she could learn how to tell who is stronger? Maybe then she could help in some way.. but no. That would only distract him and the other fighters.
"Take this!" Hiei shouted swinging his sword with all his might. Kurama deflected it somehow. Botan couldn't see. A blinding flash went up from the fighters and Kurama transformed his whip into something else.. or maybe he used spirit energy. When the light cleared and Botan could see, she saw Hiei laying on the ground, his sword at his side. Kurama was wavering on his feet, his eyes dazed.
"Stay away from me." He ordered in a voice that was different from his. Botan suddenly realized that it was his kitsune side taking over.
"You're hurt." She protested. He looked at her and she saw cold, unfeeling eyes directed at her. Gold unfeeling eyes. "No, I won't stay away. Even if you aren't yourself." She took a step toward him and realized something else. He wasn't normal.. therefore he didn't care about her.
"I told you to stay away!" He leaped at her, unaware as to what he was doing. Botan flung her arms in front of her and remained where she was. Suddenly, she felt her spirit energy come back.. why? She didn't know. What was going on? Had Koenma given her life again? Was it an order he received from his father?
"Kurama.." She looked up at him with her amethyst eyes. "What happened to you?" She forced him to look at her. Her eyes held his and she found herself wanting to look into those golden orbs of his.
"Nothing has happened to me." His eyes returned to normal and he found this position uncomfortable. Emerald met amethyst and caused each to look away.
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Botan looked after Hiei while Kurama sat against a tree. Hiei was still unconscious but he was fine.
"I want to know how you did that." Botan said softly. Kurama looked up at her in surprise. She tilted her head to the side as she stared at him.
"I do too." He answered quietly. "You have to stay away from me now that my kitsune side is almost back in control. I don't want a repeat of today." He looked away from her as he said it. He couldn't tell her to just leave.
"But you're my friend and--"
"I don't want you getting hurt because of me." He said sternly. Tears were coming to his eyes. He was telling one of his closest friends to stay away.
"Kurama.." She was about to tell him about her spirit energy when he turned and glared at her. "Fine. I'll leave you alone." She looked at him with that look he never liked.
"I'm doing this for your safety." He stated coldly. She closed her eyes and turned away.
"Fine." She seemed so calm for one.. "You won't see me again, then." She left without another word. Without a good-bye.
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Botan sat in Keiko's room with her head bowed, saying nothing. Keiko looked at her, concerned.
"What's the matter with you, Botan?" Keiko asked suddenly. Botan didn't answer. She didn't move. Keiko could almost think that she was asleep, except for the occational movement that caused Keiko to see her eyes. This time, there was no movement.
"Nothing is wrong with me, Keiko." She eventually answered in an expressionless tone.
"But you aren't yourself!" Keiko cried. Botan looked up at the girl with a cold glance.
"Oh?" She could spite people all she wanted, but Keiko was going to find out the real reason she was acting like this.
"Yes, you aren't cheerful and--"
"Who said that I'm really cheerful? I could choose to be that way if I wanted, sure. How do you really know it was the true me?" The brunette couldn't say anything. It might come out wrong! She thought.
"I know you could, Botan. But you had others and myself to believe that you were cheerful. You wouldn't lie to all of us, would you?" She asked hopefully.
"Maybe I did. What would it matter? No one cares for me. Maybe some do, but they're to worried about me to talk to me!" Botan cried, her tears falling now.
"Who would do that to you?" Keiko asked softly.
"Kurama would." She replied in a broken tone of voice. She explained everything as it happened and everything that she saw to Keiko. "He just let me go.." Keiko was shocked to hear everything from Botan in this way.
"I'm sure it was hard for him to do." She said comfortingly. Botan looked up into Keiko's brown eyes and shook her head.
"No." She said brokenly. "He didn't have any trouble."
"How do you know? Men are so much different than--"
"Kurama wouldn't be like that if he cared!" Botan cried, interrupting Keiko from finishing. "He isn't like others." She sat there and cried. Keiko comforted her to the best of her ability.
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Botan walked into Reikai with a mask on. She would hide her true feelings from others. She would shield herself and make others believe that nothing had happened.
"Hello, Botan." George said, but she ignored him. George found this odd.
"Where is Koenma? I need to speak with him." Her voice sounded cold so he immediately answered.
"In his office, still doing work." The ogre answered. She nodded her head as an acknowledgement. She knocked once on his door then walked in.
"Koenma, sir?" She asked kind of coldly. He looked up at her with a smile.
"Botan!" He exclaimed, jumping up. He was in his bigger form now, as he almost always was. "You haven't been here all day! I hate to tell you, but my father wanted you replaced for some reason. You can still find some job here, but I.. Botan?" She looked on the verge of tears.
"Koenma.. Kurama let me go and everything has been going downhill for me ever since!" She cried, sitting down in the seat that he offered her.
"He.. let you go?" He seemed confused.
"Yes, you see, I was watching him train with Hiei when.. Hiei attacked him with a blow from his sword. Everything went bright and when I could see again, Hiei was laying on the ground and Kurama looked so.. different. He had golden eyes and he told me to stay away from him but I didn't and he attacked me. Thats when I felt spirit energy come back to me. He returned to normal and told me that he wanted me to go. He didn't want me hurt because of him." She explained quickly. Her tears were coming more rapidly now. "We were such good friends.. one moment he's guarding me from cruel people and the next he's telling me to stay away from him!"
"It sounds like you could use some rest, Botan." Koenma said tenderly. "You can use your old room to wash up and have a rest." She nodded and walked out of the office without a backward glance. Poor girl. He thought with a shake of his head.
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"Koenma, sir?" He heard a knock on his door the next morning. "Can I talk to you?" He decided that he wanted to tell her his feelings today.
"Of course, Botan." He said looking up from his papers as she entered. "What is it?"
"I-I wanted to thank you for yesterday. For hearing me out." She said quietly. He smiled at her.
"Have a seat, I could use some company while I work." He guestured to the chair across from him and she sat obediently. "I have something that I wish to tell you as well." She looked down miserably.
"Its probably bad news. Everything has been going wrong.." He shook his head and sighed.
"Thats entirely up to you. If this is bad news or good news." He stated with nervousness. She was vulnerable and was in a bad position to be.. no.. he couldn't think of that right now.
"Well? What is it?" She asked with a small sigh.
"I- Will you.." He paused. "I'm not sure how to put this.." She smiled at him.
"Take your time." She looked around the room then decided against it. She decided to look at her feet. They were interesting enough.
"I really like you, Botan and I.. want to.. well--" He cut himself off. He sounded so stupid. "Will you be my girlfriend?" He praised himself now that it was done.
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0_0 Well.. Until next time-- review!
-Jess-
Disclaimer: I do not own.
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Chapter 2: Lost
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Botan stared at Kurama as he battled Hiei. She had to admit, they could win if everyone could fight as good as them.
"Getting better, kitsune. I don't think I can beat you." Hiei said with respect. Kurama only smiled as an acknowledgment.
"You're also getting there, Hiei. Try harder." Kurama seemed like a good teacher. Botan thought about that possiblity. Could he teach her some things about fighting, so that she could learn how to tell who is stronger? Maybe then she could help in some way.. but no. That would only distract him and the other fighters.
"Take this!" Hiei shouted swinging his sword with all his might. Kurama deflected it somehow. Botan couldn't see. A blinding flash went up from the fighters and Kurama transformed his whip into something else.. or maybe he used spirit energy. When the light cleared and Botan could see, she saw Hiei laying on the ground, his sword at his side. Kurama was wavering on his feet, his eyes dazed.
"Stay away from me." He ordered in a voice that was different from his. Botan suddenly realized that it was his kitsune side taking over.
"You're hurt." She protested. He looked at her and she saw cold, unfeeling eyes directed at her. Gold unfeeling eyes. "No, I won't stay away. Even if you aren't yourself." She took a step toward him and realized something else. He wasn't normal.. therefore he didn't care about her.
"I told you to stay away!" He leaped at her, unaware as to what he was doing. Botan flung her arms in front of her and remained where she was. Suddenly, she felt her spirit energy come back.. why? She didn't know. What was going on? Had Koenma given her life again? Was it an order he received from his father?
"Kurama.." She looked up at him with her amethyst eyes. "What happened to you?" She forced him to look at her. Her eyes held his and she found herself wanting to look into those golden orbs of his.
"Nothing has happened to me." His eyes returned to normal and he found this position uncomfortable. Emerald met amethyst and caused each to look away.
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Botan looked after Hiei while Kurama sat against a tree. Hiei was still unconscious but he was fine.
"I want to know how you did that." Botan said softly. Kurama looked up at her in surprise. She tilted her head to the side as she stared at him.
"I do too." He answered quietly. "You have to stay away from me now that my kitsune side is almost back in control. I don't want a repeat of today." He looked away from her as he said it. He couldn't tell her to just leave.
"But you're my friend and--"
"I don't want you getting hurt because of me." He said sternly. Tears were coming to his eyes. He was telling one of his closest friends to stay away.
"Kurama.." She was about to tell him about her spirit energy when he turned and glared at her. "Fine. I'll leave you alone." She looked at him with that look he never liked.
"I'm doing this for your safety." He stated coldly. She closed her eyes and turned away.
"Fine." She seemed so calm for one.. "You won't see me again, then." She left without another word. Without a good-bye.
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Botan sat in Keiko's room with her head bowed, saying nothing. Keiko looked at her, concerned.
"What's the matter with you, Botan?" Keiko asked suddenly. Botan didn't answer. She didn't move. Keiko could almost think that she was asleep, except for the occational movement that caused Keiko to see her eyes. This time, there was no movement.
"Nothing is wrong with me, Keiko." She eventually answered in an expressionless tone.
"But you aren't yourself!" Keiko cried. Botan looked up at the girl with a cold glance.
"Oh?" She could spite people all she wanted, but Keiko was going to find out the real reason she was acting like this.
"Yes, you aren't cheerful and--"
"Who said that I'm really cheerful? I could choose to be that way if I wanted, sure. How do you really know it was the true me?" The brunette couldn't say anything. It might come out wrong! She thought.
"I know you could, Botan. But you had others and myself to believe that you were cheerful. You wouldn't lie to all of us, would you?" She asked hopefully.
"Maybe I did. What would it matter? No one cares for me. Maybe some do, but they're to worried about me to talk to me!" Botan cried, her tears falling now.
"Who would do that to you?" Keiko asked softly.
"Kurama would." She replied in a broken tone of voice. She explained everything as it happened and everything that she saw to Keiko. "He just let me go.." Keiko was shocked to hear everything from Botan in this way.
"I'm sure it was hard for him to do." She said comfortingly. Botan looked up into Keiko's brown eyes and shook her head.
"No." She said brokenly. "He didn't have any trouble."
"How do you know? Men are so much different than--"
"Kurama wouldn't be like that if he cared!" Botan cried, interrupting Keiko from finishing. "He isn't like others." She sat there and cried. Keiko comforted her to the best of her ability.
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Botan walked into Reikai with a mask on. She would hide her true feelings from others. She would shield herself and make others believe that nothing had happened.
"Hello, Botan." George said, but she ignored him. George found this odd.
"Where is Koenma? I need to speak with him." Her voice sounded cold so he immediately answered.
"In his office, still doing work." The ogre answered. She nodded her head as an acknowledgement. She knocked once on his door then walked in.
"Koenma, sir?" She asked kind of coldly. He looked up at her with a smile.
"Botan!" He exclaimed, jumping up. He was in his bigger form now, as he almost always was. "You haven't been here all day! I hate to tell you, but my father wanted you replaced for some reason. You can still find some job here, but I.. Botan?" She looked on the verge of tears.
"Koenma.. Kurama let me go and everything has been going downhill for me ever since!" She cried, sitting down in the seat that he offered her.
"He.. let you go?" He seemed confused.
"Yes, you see, I was watching him train with Hiei when.. Hiei attacked him with a blow from his sword. Everything went bright and when I could see again, Hiei was laying on the ground and Kurama looked so.. different. He had golden eyes and he told me to stay away from him but I didn't and he attacked me. Thats when I felt spirit energy come back to me. He returned to normal and told me that he wanted me to go. He didn't want me hurt because of him." She explained quickly. Her tears were coming more rapidly now. "We were such good friends.. one moment he's guarding me from cruel people and the next he's telling me to stay away from him!"
"It sounds like you could use some rest, Botan." Koenma said tenderly. "You can use your old room to wash up and have a rest." She nodded and walked out of the office without a backward glance. Poor girl. He thought with a shake of his head.
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"Koenma, sir?" He heard a knock on his door the next morning. "Can I talk to you?" He decided that he wanted to tell her his feelings today.
"Of course, Botan." He said looking up from his papers as she entered. "What is it?"
"I-I wanted to thank you for yesterday. For hearing me out." She said quietly. He smiled at her.
"Have a seat, I could use some company while I work." He guestured to the chair across from him and she sat obediently. "I have something that I wish to tell you as well." She looked down miserably.
"Its probably bad news. Everything has been going wrong.." He shook his head and sighed.
"Thats entirely up to you. If this is bad news or good news." He stated with nervousness. She was vulnerable and was in a bad position to be.. no.. he couldn't think of that right now.
"Well? What is it?" She asked with a small sigh.
"I- Will you.." He paused. "I'm not sure how to put this.." She smiled at him.
"Take your time." She looked around the room then decided against it. She decided to look at her feet. They were interesting enough.
"I really like you, Botan and I.. want to.. well--" He cut himself off. He sounded so stupid. "Will you be my girlfriend?" He praised himself now that it was done.
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0_0 Well.. Until next time-- review!
-Jess-