Butterfly Kisses And Strawberry Sweet Snow...

Here's chappy fifteen!! I sure hope you people will like it! Now move on and read!!

P.S.

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho...

Chapter fifteen: Quit it...


Kurama stalked through the forest vacant of Genkai's Temple, his emerald orbs hard as cold steel. Many shadows moved about the forest, even in daytime.

He eyed his surroundings wearily. "I know that you are here Hiei." He frowned, watching a dark figure emerge from the thick shadows.

His gaze flickered to the Demon, finding several things amiss. Hiei was not looking at him, merely letting his eyes stray to the leaf cluttered ground.

"Tell me Hiei... did you hear my brief conversation with Botan?" Hiei stiffened, but otherwise did not show a single sign of recognition.

"I know you heard." Kurama's voice sounded tired, exasperated... "I also know that you are confused. But, that gives you no right to treat Botan that way. She deserves to know the truth."

Hiei felt his patience wearing thin, clenching his fists. Eyes glowing, he blurred away to nothing , only to reappear in front of the fox, his hands gripping the red-haired mans collar.

"Hn. So what if I heard, so what if she's in pain. It does not matter... they are merely human emotions, pathet- "

He stopped, un able to continue.


"Don't."

Her eyes shimmering with unshed tears, but they weren't of pain or fright... Hiei watched silently, she was the only one-the only one who could touch him like this.

"Please don't Hiei... It's not pathetic to love and it never will be."


He let a smirk drop on his lips, she was... she was always doing that to him. Always making him do things for her and think of her. Funny part was... he-he really couldn't find any hatred for it.

"Hn. This woman is my true undoing." He muttered ruefully, gazing at his bandaged arm. "I must leave."

Kurama blinked in surprise, he had-he had expected the Fire Demon to pummel him, yet did nothing. "What do you mean you must 'leave'." Kurama inquired curiously.

"Hn."

With that the dark Fire Demon yet again disappeared, leaving the fox to his own musings. "You think it will help do you? That if you go back there to Makai, you'll be able to find solace and become as cold as winter."

Kurama turned on his heel combing his fingers through crimson locks, and fingered a rose, letting his hand clasp open.

The rose picked up by the wind, fell to the ground where Hiei had once stood, it s blood-hued petals bursting.

Causing a picturesque sene to form.

The petals...

The forest...

The sorrow....

The confusion...

The hope.

"Well then, I hope you find what you're looking for..."


Botan sighed stepping into her apartment, she was garbed in the same clothes she'd worn yesterday.

Luckily Yukina wasn't mad when she'd found out about the yukata. Botan looked around... he wasn't there. She should've known.

Going over to the window Botan got an undeniable urge to- to sit on the sill, she about fell down with that thought.

Timidly going closer, she rested her butt against the hard surface of wood. It was "not" comfortable...

Leaning her head on the cool glass, her eyes swam with more tears that she didn't think she could shed.

Of course it began to rain, she glared. That's how the whole mess started! "Quit it." Came a voice in the darkest shadows. Causing the young Deity to fall in surprise.

"What! Whose there!?" She demanded frightfully, soon enough the stealth figure came forth, now visible.

"Shizuru!?" Botan gasped, her chest heaving from the scare.

The tall woman stopped, her gaze hardened with disapproval. "Botan I'm not one to usually give advice... but you need to stop."

Botan blinked shuffling about, coming to her feet. "Stop. Stop what?" She questioned, very confused.

Shizuru stood next to the Deity staring casually out the window her hands stuffed in her pants pockets.

"You need to stop acting like the worlds gonna end. Just because Hiei is being a jackass, doesn't mean he hates you."

Botan was shocked, how did she- how did Shizuru know about... "How do you know about Hiei and -o-other things?"

Shizuru grinned mischievously, her hazel orbs smirking. "I have my sources." Botan frowned, lips puckered in a pout. "I'm not acting like the worlds about to end."

Shizuru shrugged carelessly, tilting her head to peer at the blue-haired woman. "Still you are acting selfish if anything."

Botan huffed brows furrowed tightly, hands positioned at her hips. "I am not!" Another shrug, another huff.

"So what are you going to do about it? 'Him' I mean..." Botan felt a wrenching force tug at her heart, she bowed her head.

Letting a blanket of azure to cover her face. "I-I don't know..." She couldn't help it when her voice cracked.

"Well I do, you need to get your act together..."


Well that was chappy 15!!! I hope everyone enjoyed and a lot of people are still confused... well sorry it was intended to be that way, sort of... Oh yeah just so you know I only have two more chapters left until this is over... so I better get up to 100 hundred on my reviews or else there will be no sequel! Mwuhahahaha!!! (sorry-sorry) I also want to thank Suzaku's Rose for waking up every morning at 5:00 to read each chapter... I'm so unworthy (sniffle-sniffle) Actually I don't see how everyone loves this story so much... I'm actually kind of disappointed with the way it turned out... I wanted it to be completely different. But oh well that's life for ya! Thank so much reader/reviewer's you guys are so awesome!! But I'm serious... if there isn't 100 on my story for reviews, there won't be a sequel and then Hiei and Botan will never get to tell each other they're love! I know I'm evil!!! Love ya!!!

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