Love In December...
Guess what!? I'm alive!! I know guys, (sigh) I left you on a horrid cliffy again. Don't worry about me stopping this story, it may take me longer to update but I assure I will not stop, so please don't worry. Besides I already know how its going to end, I just need to write everything before and between that and now. Tee-Hee! I'm sorry if I'm exasperating!! So thank you everyone for your wonderful reviews, and I'm so happy that Runaway Kogoro actually reviewed my story, I feel so honored! Now move on and read!!
P.S.
I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho... (I do own donuts and a stuffed ducky!)
Chapter ten: Ring-Around-The-Rosy...
Botan stepped, well more like limped out of the bathroom...she was not pleased that the dumb Fire Demon had not even realized that he'd done it!
Typical male...
He'd bitten her and didn't know it! Was he truly that dense, the part of her selfless mind babbled, and then she decided to indulge herself by becoming selfish and giddy.
"I'm considered his mate!" She squealed again forgetting her leg and almost falling; luckily she was near a wall and only slammed against it loudly.
Giggling like mad...
Hiei raised a single brow in curiosity, what on earth was going on in there to cause such a ruckus, sadly the thought of danger just so happened to sift around his brain and implant its doubtful feelers.
He stood, finding that his eyes darkened. "Hn."
With that he sauntered towards the bedroom, not even realizing that the Deity just so happened to be right behind the door.
Botan found herself being knocked on the head fairly hard and was sent reeling towards the ground.
Maybe luck was on her side that day, but then again maybe not.
"Ahhh!" She yelped finding that the wooden floor was becoming closer and larger by the second, and the small bit of luck that she was fortunate to receive came in the form of two very strong and very warm arms.
"Hn. Stupid woman, I'm always having to save you aren't I?" Hiei scolded softly, Botan's eyes flashed.
How dare him! The bastard had bitten her and...and...he didn't know he did it so how could she be so mad...wait, it's because he didn't know he did it! Gr...
Seething..., she was seething with rage and wanted to hit him so hard with her oar at that moment. "Let me help you, or else you'll somehow manage to hurt yourself again."
With that gentle comment Botan became quite, he...he really wasn't that bad, he was caring for her with his own free will, that should at least amount to something or another.
"Hiei, um...I want to ask you something." The Demon nodded disdainfully, not aware of what contents would be approached in this current conversation.
"Do you," she started and felt her cheeks growing hot, eyes dimming to a deep violet. "...do you remember anything about last night?"
The Demon paused and let his striking gaze fall to the floor, he could remember...remember kissing her, and then, and then everything went black.
There was something else which lingered within her soft tone, something that he usually could pick up on so quickly.
Yet he felt so tired and sleepy, it was almost impossible for him to concentrate on his senses, much less notice how his scent seemed to be layered over her divine form, and that she was also wearing one of his shirts she'd bought for him.
Yet he refused to show his sleepiness, acting just bored and dry.
He felt a tad dizzy as well, and whenever he tried to remember anything beyond after he'd "supposedly" passed out, his head would start to hurt. "Hn. No I do not remember." Botan sighed inaudibly, her aura shifting about uneasily.
"Oh, I see...um...Hiei would you like to come with me to Keiko's house today, everyone's going to be there?" She asked softly; tucking a stubborn lock of azure behind her ear.
"Hn. Whatever." Was his clipped reply. So Botan reached outward to grab her coat which was sprawled out on the floor, and then came into realization that she was still in his arms!
Gripping tightly to the katana she slowly moved forward, Hiei gave way, letting his arms fall to his side listlessly.
"We better get going then."
Botan and Hiei walked down the sidewalk, side-by-side, they were heading towards Keiko's house...Botan felt a light shiver run throughout her body.
It was so cold!!
She then felt an arm wrap about her shoulders, holding her tight, immediately warmth spread throughout her body; she snuggled closer to the said arm.
"Thank you Hiei." She murmured softly, how he figured out she was truly freezing was beyond her, yet she knew that it could also be from the blasted bite mark.
She should probably ask someone about the mark, and what to do with Hiei while she was there, but the question was: who?
Hmm...Kurama would be able to figure it out, but she wasn't in the mood to talk with the ever so clever fox.
So who else might know what to do?
Yukina!!
Yes, it was perfect, Yukina was a demon, and she was also a woman and very understanding as well!
This would be perfect!
She hoped at least.
Keiko brought a large tray of sweet-potato fries, the yummy aroma wafted about the house, a sudden loud gurgling sound bellowed throughout the room; Keiko blushed and turned to her soon-to-be-husband.
"Yusuke!" She warned, giving him the "eye", he shrugged carelessly. "What I'm hungry, talk to my stomach." Kuwabara laughed like a silly dolt when Keiko began to chase her fiancé around the backyard.
Threatening to rip his head off and feed it to the squirrels, and of course it worked to subdue the young man.
Yusuke sat down on a lawn chair haughtily, folding his arms before his chest rather childishly, mumbling something that so resembled, "Damn squirrels...got Keiko hypnotized".
And so on so forth, Kurama who stood by the wall watched in lighthearted amusement as Yukina and Yuki played ring-around-the-rosy, over and over.
"Daddy? Daddy? Come here!" Squealed the small girl sweetly, Kuwabara stood from his own respective lawn chair and took stride towards his wife and child.
"What is it sweety?" Questioned Kuwabara softly, Yuki grinned impishly and reached for her father's large hand.
"Play with me and mommy!" She giggled burgundy-wine colored orbs sparkling in excitement. Kuwabara slumped his shoulders forward, having a look of dread run across his face.
He sighed heavily and squeezed his daughters hand lightly, "Alright." Yukina smiled at her husband and took his other hand, forming a small circle.
"Haha! Kuwabara! You have to play, ring-around-the-rosy!!" Yusuke sniggered evilly, "Shut up Yusuke! You might have to do this yourself one day too!"
Screeched Kuwabara in rage, Yusuke stopped laughing long enough to smirk and roll his eyes. "Well that time isn't now, and besides I'm going to have a boy so I won't ever have to play such a game."
A light whap hit his head. "Yusuke...! All little boys like to play that too!" Keiko scolded, "I never played that when I was little!" Yusuke demanded stubbornly.
"Well there you go you're not normal." Keiko smiled, patting him on the head as if he were a small child himself; Yusuke growled.
"What about you Kurama? I'm sure he never played ring-around-the-dumb-rosy!" Yusuke shot out, Kurama felt his face heat up with a small blush, pink running across his cheeks.
"No! You didn't!?" Kurama ducked his head a bit, Yusuke gaped. "You did! You played ring-around-the-rosy!!" With that he burst into laughter, which inevitably caused him to fall out of his chair in a heap on the yard.
"Yusuke! It's not nice to laugh!" Keiko scowled in a reprimanding kind of way; the raven-haired Spirit Detective had tears rolling down his cheeks.
Kurama just glared, but found a small smile tug on his lips.
"Well Kurama's not the only one who likes that game." Shizuru said, helping Keiko bring out some refreshments. "Kuwabara also loved to play that when he was younger."
"I did not!" Cried Kuwabara immediately, stilling twirling his beloved wife and daughter in a circle. "Oh please Kuwabara that was your favorite game, you'd play it every chance you'd get."
Stated Shizuru tauntingly, Kuwabara seethed inwardly, while Yusuke just burst out laughing once more at the thought of Kuwabara playing ring around the rosy.
"Did you wear a frilly pink dress too!?" He cackled, Kuwabara reddened and was about to yell something back when...
"Hn. How pathetic." Came a deep and silky tone, only identified as one Hiei Jaganshi, besides him was Botan, her hair down and holding onto Hiei's katana.
Everyone blinked in surprise, "Hiei? Is that really you man?" Inquired Yusuke incredulously, Hiei just rolled crimson eyes in annoyance.
"No it's a squirrel." Hiei drawled sarcastically, Yusuke frowned and looked about himself wearily.
"Botan! How are you doing?" Questioned Keiko sweetly, a little bit "too" sweetly, the Deity smiled warmly and hobbled towards the girls.
"Oh fine just fine..." Keiko eyed her in fierce scrutiny, "What happened to your leg?" Botan rubbed the back if her head sheepishly.
"Oh I was running through the park and wasn't looking where I was going." She answered; Shizuru shook her head and patting Botan's back.
"Botan...? You wish to speak with me?" Inquired Yukina quietly, and made her way towards the other females.
Botan blinked large amethyst orbs in wonder and nodded dumbly, "Yeah I did but...never mind, let's just go inside the house."
With that the two left the other woman standing there dumbfounded.
"That was weird."
Sorry about the short chappy, and if it's boring. I hoped ya'll enjoy it. I will try to get another chappy up by the end of this week, so do not worry. Oh like I said up above, it will take me longer to update cause I'm working on two other story's, one's for Rurouni Kenshin, and the other for Escaflowne, I still haven't put them up but it will take get done! I just like to try so many things at once I guess! I also promise you that I'll update at least twice a week from now on, but not more than that. I won't do it so it's like once a month, that'd be to cruel to all of you wonderful reviewers, and besides I wouldn't have the heart. Anyway if you have any idea's for this then please give 'em to me, so please review and tell me what cha all think! Thank you everyone!!
P.S.
Thank you everyone for reading me story!! I would also like to thank a new reviewer as well since I wasn't able to last chappy.
So, thank you!!:
Runaway Kogoro
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