Chapter 8

I followed Botan to where Koenma was. He was reading a book and calling out things to a blue ogre, who was running madly around the room trying to find the things Koenma was calling out. Apparently Koenma was reading off ingredients for a certain recipe.
"Crab meat!" Koenma shouted.
"Yes sir!" The ogre said while running over to get it.
"Pickled cheese?"
"Right away sir!"
"Tarragon?"
"The essential part of a mushroom omelet!" I said in a happy voice. Everyone looked at me.
"Excuse me?" Koenma asked.
"Tarragon- the essential part of a mushroom omelet!"
"Mushroom omelet.." Koenma said in considering voice. "Ogre!"
"Yes sir?"
"We will not be doing this recipe any longer! We will be making a mushroom omelet! Please dispose of these ingredients." Koenma ordered.

"...."

"Um sir? Is this the right time for this? I've brought Fox." Botan butted in.

"You're Botan!"

"Sir? Are you feeling ok? I know I am Botan."

"No! I meant that you were right. I messed up my sentence."

"Right Koenma sir!"

"Now," He turned to look at me. "What are you doing here?" Botan and me looked at each other and nodded some silent agreement. She took out her oar and I grabbed Koenma.

"Wake up you stupid jerk!" Botan yelled at Koenma while hitting him with her oar.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Koenma said and something flew out of his nose and landed on the ogre. Ogre started screaming like a girl! "I didn't do it! It wasn't me!"

"Feeling guilty aren't we?" I said evilly.

"It wasn't me!"

"If it wasn't, then who was it?"

"I didn't take the fluffy sugar bar!"

"MY SUGAR BAR YOU MEAN!"

"I SEE NOW THAT YOU AND HIEI WERE IN IT TOGETHER ALL ALONG! I CANNOT TRUST ANYONE!" I screamed. I forgot that I had been holding onto him and started chasing after him. Well, I had my arms out straight in front of me holding him and I think that was the reason for not being able to catch him. Koenma was trying to run away in his baby form but couldn't and started to cry like a baby. "SAY YOU ARE SORRY!"

"NEVER!"

"SAY IT!"

"MAKE ME!"

"I'll give you some fried octopus!"

"All right, I admit it!"

"So you confess it then!"

"Confess to what?"

"Then you deny it!"

"I don't know what I am denying!"

"So you confess that you deny that you confess it then!" I roared at him.

"I CONFESS IT!"

"BOW DOWN TO ME!"

"WHATEVER YOU SAY! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Then Koenma paused and looked suspiciously at me. "Wait a minute..." I started to laugh evilly fell over on the floor asleep.

~Dream sequence~ (this is really one of my dreams)

I was in a house of my own. It was not my real house. It had 2 floors and a cave in the center. In the center was an old man that if he got pissed at you, he would bring the house down on your head. A lot of people were there. Botan, Kurama, Hiei, Koenma, and some others I didn't know. They were called Shizuru, Kaiko, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and a girl called Annie. We went into a room on the first left when entering the house. It was a square room and was all light blue and had a stream of ice through the center, but it wasn't cold in the room. When we got in there, snow amazingly appeared and we had a snowball fight then chatted for a while. Then Yusuke poked Kaiko's butt and Botan and Shizuru saw and the 3 girls started to beat him up and somehow everyone else got into the fight as well.

Somehow I tripped over Hiei and we kissed *blush *. He hurried away and separated to see everyone staring at us. Well, almost everyone, the girl Annie was sitting on Kurama's head and was punching it will a look of happiness on her face. Kurama was trying to get it off. Someone whistled and a portal appeared before me. I was pulled into it.

The room I was pulled into was huge and shiny and all in black and white with a little bit of silver. In the corner was a sign that read, 'king of toilet' and below it was a guy on a toilet. His skin was completely silver and he had black pants on. Next to him was a sink.

"Where am I?" I asked him.

"In my world of course."

"Why is there only one toilet? Since you are the king of 'toilets'."

"I only wanted one." He replied and at that moment a portal appeared with Hiei in it.

"Fox, come back." He said.

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then I'll make you." He said and was starting move forward, but I dived forward and tackled him. Everything then blurred and a scene of the old guy in the caves center was talking with Kurama and Hiei.

"I will not let you leave. One of you must replace me."

"We will leave as we wish." Hiei said.

"Then the walls will come tumbling down upon your heads." And the walls started to shake and crumble.

"Good bye." Kurama said and teleported out of there with Hiei. The old man and his cave faded away as I woke up."

~End dream sequence~ What a dream! It was very weird. Recalling the fight, I blushed. And looked around me to see that I was on the floor and Botan, Koenma, the blue ogre, Kurama, and Hiei were looking down on me. They looked at each other and then back at me.

"You guys are freaking me out!" I said and sat up. They just stared at me more. "What's wrong?" They all looked away. Then Kurama whispered, "You should be dead." I stared. And ran off crying. I was scared. I found a small garden with no one in it at the moment and cried.

~The voice within by Christina Aguilera~ *Young girl don't cry I'll be right here when your world starts to fall, ooh Young girl it's alright Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly, ooh*

'Why did this happen to me? They act nice to me and then when I go to sleep and wake up, they act like I'm an evil creature. How can they be so cruel? I thought that they were my friends.'

*When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems No one ever wants or bothers to explain Of the heartache life can bring and what it means*

'What is happening? I hear these voices in my head. Some make me feel awful and evil, but there is one that doesn't. It is comforting me.' I shook my head. 'No wonder I was in an asylum.'

*When there's no one else Look inside yourself Like your oldest friend just Trust the voice within Then you'll find the strength That will guide your way You'll learn to begin to Trust the voice within, ohh*

There it is again! That voice, but whose is it?

*Young girl don't hide You'll never change if you just run away, ooh ohh Young girl just hold tight Soon you're gonna see your brighter day, ohh*

Is it me?

*Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid No one reaches out a hand for you to hold When you're lost outside, look inside to your soul*

Is it my inner self?

*When there's no one else Look inside yourself Like your oldest friend just Trust the voice within Then you'll find the strength That will guide your way If you'll learn to begin to Trust the voice within*

I believe it is. Not all is evil and this gives me comfort.

*Ohh yeah, ooh, yeah ohh

Life is a journey It can take you anywhere you choose to go As long as you're learning You'll find all you'll ever need to know (Be strong) Break it (Hold on) You'll make it (Be strong) Just don't forsake it because (No one can tell you what you can't do) No one can stop you You know that I'm talking to you*

'I will go back to the others and ask for ...' 'For what?' another voice said in my head.

*When there's no one else Look inside yourself And like your oldest friend just Trust the voice within Then you'll find the strength That will guide your way You'll learn to begin to Trust the voice within, oh yeah*

'For ...'

*Young girl don't cry I'll be right here when your world starts to fall, ohh*

'For acceptance, friendship, and forgiveness, if there is anything to forgive. I want to be welcome to others again.' And with those thoughts straightened out, I went back to the others. The last of my tears went down my face.