-Tricked-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 7: Mistaken again
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Botan and Suuichi had a fun night, they surely couldn't deny it. Botan wouldn't stop smiling because she thought she knew. She thought wrong.
"Hey Suuichi!" She cried, flinging her arms around him. He returned her hug with a smile on his face. Her smile eventually faded. She knew it was near that time.
"Whats wrong?" He asked in concern.
"I have to go back to Reikai today. I have to say good-bye to him again. Him and my friends." Tears fell from her eyes and she clutched his clothes.
"You know that you don't need to." He said with a frown. She stared at him.
"But I thought that I would stay here and choose to live again. I was going to ask him if I--" He silenced her by putting his finger to her lips.
"You are able to decide things on your own. If you're happy, then I'm happy." Suuichi stated with a small smile.
"He knows that I don't want to.." She said in a different tone of voice. "He knows that I'm leaving Reikai until I die."
"Botan--" She cut him off this time.
"I'm going through hard times, Suuichi. I don't need that job now. I'm going to enroll in your school and I'm going to live life like every human here." She stated without emotion. He stared at her, knowing that it was useless to argue.
"Whatever you want." He said with a shrug. "I've got work to do and you've someplace to be." She nodded and got the point. Leaving without another word, she thought about what the conversation meant.
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"WHAT!?" Botan burst out. Koenma tried to shush her. This was always how it started and it always ended the same way.
"We have to meet his demands, Botan. He knows how to beat us and he's powerful." His brown eyes reflected what she felt. "There is no other choice. You can't have life yet. My father is busy with the preparations."
"But the humans--" She cut herself off. "There isn't any way we can give up to that freak." Botan looked down and knew that tears wouldn't help. They only helped her to feel better afterwards.
"We may as well call ourselves cowards, but it wouldn't make a difference." He said with shattered pride.
"There has to be another way!" Botan cried into her hands. She couldn't hold it back anymore. She had to let it out.
"We tried to give him other choices, but he only wants that one thing. The portal will be set up in three days." Koenma showed her the paper and knew that she would only throw it at him. But she didn't.
"Three days.. It seems like the end of the world is in just three days." She looked at the paper, then set it on his desk.
"I know how you feel, Botan. There isn't any other way." He took in her words. Lost hope. Thats all it was.
"A portal connecting Ningenkai to Makai.. What could be worse?" Botan ran from the room and told the girl to take her back to where she had been picked up. She didn't feel like being by herself.
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When Kurama saw her, he thought his world was going to shatter. Her hair was pulled down and she was crying. Not only that, she never told them what was wrong.
"Botan.." Yusuke said in a concerned voice. He had never seen her this upset. "What the hell is wrong?"
"Leave her alone for the time being, dimwit." Genkai snapped. Yusuke snorted.
"As if that would help. She could atleast tell us why she gathered us here." Botan let out a heart-wrenching sob.
"Give me a minute, Yusuke. I know you're impatient.." Botan looked up at him with red, watery eyes. "But this is hard to put into words.."
"What could possibly be this bad?" Hiei asked coldly. "The only thing that could possibly compete with this would be the end of the world." Botan paled and cried harder.
"What?" Kuwabara asked. "The end of the world? You have to be kidding, Shorty. The world isn't going to end unless we die horrible deaths."
"Shut up!" Botan shouted suddenly. She went from crying to irritated in a record-breaking period of two full seconds. "You want to hear what I've been crying about?" She knew her irritation wouldn't hold out long against her grief. "Reikai, King Yama and Koenma-sama, has decided to honor the wishes of Kaori. He wants.. a portal connecting.. Ningenkai with Makai.." She trailed off and started crying again.
"What the hell.." Hiei asked, stunned. "What the hell did you just say!?" He grabbed the collar of her shirt, his eyes were wide.
"A portal.." She sobbed. She clung to him. It was the only support she had.
"This can't be happening." Yusuke said in a quivering voice.
"It is, Yusuke. There isn't any other way. They tried to give him other options.. but he only wanted one thing. He treatened to kill everyone if he didn't get his wish. We've got three days." Botan said, turning her attention back to Kurama. His eyes were full of tears and he was shaking.
"Three.. days?" Genkai asked in astonishment.
"Yes." Botan nodded. "The only thing we can do is go to where he is and kill him. It'll be a long hard battle." She let go of Hiei. "I can get the instructions to where he is from Koenma-sama."
"Well, thats the only alternative." Kurama said, his eyes downcast. "We will have to battle him for our lives and everyone elses."
"It seems so." Hiei said sarcastically. "He can't beat all of us."
"We all need to train. In three days, we're going to battle." Botan said.
"We?" Yusuke asked in astonishment.
"Yes, I'm going to help you. I can hold a weapon, I'm not dumb!" Botan said indignantly.
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Day 1 begins next chapter! Please review. 1 day = 1 chapter!
-Jess-
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
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Chapter 7: Mistaken again
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Botan and Suuichi had a fun night, they surely couldn't deny it. Botan wouldn't stop smiling because she thought she knew. She thought wrong.
"Hey Suuichi!" She cried, flinging her arms around him. He returned her hug with a smile on his face. Her smile eventually faded. She knew it was near that time.
"Whats wrong?" He asked in concern.
"I have to go back to Reikai today. I have to say good-bye to him again. Him and my friends." Tears fell from her eyes and she clutched his clothes.
"You know that you don't need to." He said with a frown. She stared at him.
"But I thought that I would stay here and choose to live again. I was going to ask him if I--" He silenced her by putting his finger to her lips.
"You are able to decide things on your own. If you're happy, then I'm happy." Suuichi stated with a small smile.
"He knows that I don't want to.." She said in a different tone of voice. "He knows that I'm leaving Reikai until I die."
"Botan--" She cut him off this time.
"I'm going through hard times, Suuichi. I don't need that job now. I'm going to enroll in your school and I'm going to live life like every human here." She stated without emotion. He stared at her, knowing that it was useless to argue.
"Whatever you want." He said with a shrug. "I've got work to do and you've someplace to be." She nodded and got the point. Leaving without another word, she thought about what the conversation meant.
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"WHAT!?" Botan burst out. Koenma tried to shush her. This was always how it started and it always ended the same way.
"We have to meet his demands, Botan. He knows how to beat us and he's powerful." His brown eyes reflected what she felt. "There is no other choice. You can't have life yet. My father is busy with the preparations."
"But the humans--" She cut herself off. "There isn't any way we can give up to that freak." Botan looked down and knew that tears wouldn't help. They only helped her to feel better afterwards.
"We may as well call ourselves cowards, but it wouldn't make a difference." He said with shattered pride.
"There has to be another way!" Botan cried into her hands. She couldn't hold it back anymore. She had to let it out.
"We tried to give him other choices, but he only wants that one thing. The portal will be set up in three days." Koenma showed her the paper and knew that she would only throw it at him. But she didn't.
"Three days.. It seems like the end of the world is in just three days." She looked at the paper, then set it on his desk.
"I know how you feel, Botan. There isn't any other way." He took in her words. Lost hope. Thats all it was.
"A portal connecting Ningenkai to Makai.. What could be worse?" Botan ran from the room and told the girl to take her back to where she had been picked up. She didn't feel like being by herself.
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When Kurama saw her, he thought his world was going to shatter. Her hair was pulled down and she was crying. Not only that, she never told them what was wrong.
"Botan.." Yusuke said in a concerned voice. He had never seen her this upset. "What the hell is wrong?"
"Leave her alone for the time being, dimwit." Genkai snapped. Yusuke snorted.
"As if that would help. She could atleast tell us why she gathered us here." Botan let out a heart-wrenching sob.
"Give me a minute, Yusuke. I know you're impatient.." Botan looked up at him with red, watery eyes. "But this is hard to put into words.."
"What could possibly be this bad?" Hiei asked coldly. "The only thing that could possibly compete with this would be the end of the world." Botan paled and cried harder.
"What?" Kuwabara asked. "The end of the world? You have to be kidding, Shorty. The world isn't going to end unless we die horrible deaths."
"Shut up!" Botan shouted suddenly. She went from crying to irritated in a record-breaking period of two full seconds. "You want to hear what I've been crying about?" She knew her irritation wouldn't hold out long against her grief. "Reikai, King Yama and Koenma-sama, has decided to honor the wishes of Kaori. He wants.. a portal connecting.. Ningenkai with Makai.." She trailed off and started crying again.
"What the hell.." Hiei asked, stunned. "What the hell did you just say!?" He grabbed the collar of her shirt, his eyes were wide.
"A portal.." She sobbed. She clung to him. It was the only support she had.
"This can't be happening." Yusuke said in a quivering voice.
"It is, Yusuke. There isn't any other way. They tried to give him other options.. but he only wanted one thing. He treatened to kill everyone if he didn't get his wish. We've got three days." Botan said, turning her attention back to Kurama. His eyes were full of tears and he was shaking.
"Three.. days?" Genkai asked in astonishment.
"Yes." Botan nodded. "The only thing we can do is go to where he is and kill him. It'll be a long hard battle." She let go of Hiei. "I can get the instructions to where he is from Koenma-sama."
"Well, thats the only alternative." Kurama said, his eyes downcast. "We will have to battle him for our lives and everyone elses."
"It seems so." Hiei said sarcastically. "He can't beat all of us."
"We all need to train. In three days, we're going to battle." Botan said.
"We?" Yusuke asked in astonishment.
"Yes, I'm going to help you. I can hold a weapon, I'm not dumb!" Botan said indignantly.
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Day 1 begins next chapter! Please review. 1 day = 1 chapter!
-Jess-