Author's notes: This is a Botan and Hiei pairing fanfic. If you don't like the pairing DON'T READ IT. More importantly, unfortunately there isn't enough HxB fanfics on the net (only on some sites that I found. Which took days) On this site I've seen several, but not enough. So I'm here to add my fanfic to the list. To those who love this pairing: I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!! I support you guys whole-heartedly. I saw someone write, "We need to write more Hxb fanfics to override the Kurama and Hiei pairings." I was like, "DAMN STRAIGHT!" (I really hate yaoi pairings.) Not that I hate Kurama, because I don't. I just don't like how some people think it's cute when Kurama and Hiei are paired as a couple.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Yu Yu Hakusho characters. (kay?)

Chapter one: The letter and the worries.

Hiei was looking down at a crumpled piece of paper. He would take it out uncrumple it, read it, then suddenly crumple it up into a ball again and hastily stuff it into his pant pocket. This went on for 15 minutes. Your thinking, what is the paper about? It was a love letter. He had gotten it that morning. Hiei shifted in his seat remembering it.

It was a perfect morning. Today the birds weren't as annoying as they usually were in Ningenkita. Hiei woke up from a nice sleep. He opened his eyes slowly looking at Kurama's window. He always slept near Kurama's house. The tree was the best in the city and he knew cause he had time to look at all of them. Of coarse it wasn't like the trees in Maiki but this tree was near the same and had nice branches for him to recline in. He yawned and stretched. Something startled him though. When he stretched something shifted on his lap. He looked down and saw a letter on his lap. 'I don't remember putting this here.' He thought. He picked it up slowly and looked at the front of it. "To: Hiei" he read out loud. Well if was addressed to him he should read it. He just expected it to be an invite to one of the baka ningen parties Yuske or the others had invited him to. He ripped open the envelope revealing a sealed letter. 'Too many damn things to open' he thought aggravated. He rolled his eyes and opened the seal and began reading. It said:

Dear Hiei,

I don't know if you know this but I have feelings for you.

Hiei's eyes widened at the first sentence. 'What the hell?' he thought. Curious to see who it was, he continued.

I didn't know how to say this to you. I thought about it many times, how I should say it to you. I was embarrassed so I decided instead to write you this note. I've had these feelings for a long time. Probably ever since I met you. I look at you all the time and I want to be with you. I hope you can understand. Please, I want to know if you have feelings for me.

Love,

Botan.

He almost fell out of his tree when he saw her name. "The ferry girl likes, ME?!" he blurted.

The flash back ended and he blew his bangs out of his eyes. 'I can't believe this. The stupid ferry onna likes me. She wants to know my feelings? How bout I never liked you in that way, never GONNA!' he thought. This annoyed him though because he couldn't stop thinking about it. He pulled it out again read it another time, and he blushed. He realized he was blushing shoved it back into his pocket and scolded himself. "Why did I just blush? Maybe I'm just embarrassed that the baka ferry onna likes me. Heh yeah. That's it." He thought out loud. "Uh, what?" Kurama broke his thoughts. Hiei didn't notice that Kurama had opened his window. "Nothing! What do you want?"Hiei lied. "Oh, Just saying good morning. Um...want some breakfast?" Kurama replied suspiciously. "Hn. Fine."Hiei shrugged. He jumped onto Kurama's windowsill and followed Kurama to the kitchen. "Oh, Suichi! I didn't know your friend was here." Kurama's mother said confused. "Didn't you hear the door open? I guess I closed it softly." Kurama lied. She smiled, "Must of. Well please sit down." She told Hiei.

During breakfast, Hiei didn't know why he lied to Kurama. 'I should have told him the ferry girl sent me a stupid love letter.' He shrugged brushing it off. 'Maybe Kurama doesn't need to know everything, right? Besides if I told him he'd just taunt me about Botan being my girlfriend.' Hiei resumed to his meal. He noted that he should eat here more often. Even though Kurama's mother is a ningen she did cook good. When they got up Kurama nudged Hiei signaling him to say thank you. "Uh...Thanks." He said flatly. "Oh your welcome, dear." She smiled. He gritted his teeth at the word dear and walked out with Kurama. "Bye Hiei. I'm going to school now." He waved. "You mean that baka building?" Hiei asked dryly. Kurama rolled his eyes and strutted off. Hiei jumped into a tree and bounded one to another. He was trying to think of what to do. "Maybe I should take a nap." He yawned. He jumped into a tree and began sitting down. He heard something crackle. "Damnit! Just when I almost forgot!" Hiei growled. He took out the letter and stared at the ball. "I hate you." He said to it. Of coarse it couldn't insult him back but it seemed to look at him, almost daring him to read it again. "I don't know why I don't just throw this away..."he wondered. "In fact," he looked down at a park trashcan. "I think I'll do it now." He jumped down and stood in front of the trashcan. "Good riddance." He started to say and moved his hand to throw it. His hand stopped hovering over the opening. He started to sweat, "uh..." somehow letting go of the letter wasn't going to work. Half of him wanted to be rid of it, Half of him really didn't want to. Why? One was fear of someone who might read it. Like what if it got out and someone, like Yuske or the gang, read it he would just die. Another reason was because...He didn't want to throw away her feelings. Now why in hell's name would Hiei not want to throw away her feelings? Probably because he knew her for some time now...and she always was nice to Yukina. He heard that she stood up for Hiei when Kuwabara was telling Yukina that Hiei would be mean to her. Botan didn't want her to get the wrong idea about him, mostly because he is her brother and Botan didn't want Yukina to not like her brother. 'I guess I just respect her for that.'he thought...and spaced out.

A bird swooped by and snapped his attention. 'But nothing more! I just respect her! Nothing more!' he scolded. He put the letter back into his pocket. "When she comes to see about my feelings I'll just tell her I don't feel that way about her and that will be that," he stated. He jumped back into the tree, now with his mind cleared and fell asleep.

He woke up about 2:25pm. He stretched and sat up. "I bet kitsune is almost out of ningen school by now. Maybe we could play that ningen paint ball with Yuske and the Oaf (kuwabara)." He decided. He quickly flitted tree to tree in the direction of Kurama's school. He landed on the back sidewalk behind the school, shoved his hands into his pocket, and started walking into the field to the spot that Kurama and him usually met at. The grass waved in the wind tickling Hiei's legs as he walked. "HIEI!" he heard a familiar voice. He turned around to see who it was. It was Botan flying towards him on her oar. His heart skipped a beat as she neared him. Her blue hair that was pulled back into a ponytail waved in the wind and her purple eyes sparkled in the sun. She dismounted her oar and her pink kimono ruffled as she walked towards him. He blushed. 'Oh shit, don't lose your nerve, don't lose your nerve!' He kept thinking to himself. His heart was speeding up. "Hiei, I have to tell you something." She spoke quickly. "Botan...I..I" He stuttered squeezing her letter. He couldn't say it. But why? Why couldn't he? She looked at him concerned, "Uh? You okay? Anyways, I need to tell you Hiei that Master Koenma needs everyone to get to Reiki quickly. There is a new case that Yuske and you guys need to participate in.," she explained. He stared at her with disbelief. "You...mean..you..." "Is Kurama here with you?" she asked cutting him off. "....ohh..He should be here shortly." He replied confused. "Great. Tell him to come quickly. I have to find the others." She told him and mounted her oar. He looked up at her. 'Boy, I never noticed how pretty she is....wait..WHAT??!! What happened here? I thought she wanted to know how I felt! Why did she...?? And WHY DID I JUST CALL HER PRETTY??' his thoughts jumbled together. Botan noticed his confused face. "Hiei...is something wrong? Do you need me to repeat what I said again?" she asked softly. "No I'm fine. Just hurry to Yuske would ya?" he snapped and started hurriedly to Kurama. She smiled because she was happy Hiei was back to his old insults. 'At least I know he's okay.'she thought and laughed to herself as she flew off to find Yuske.

Hiei saw Kurama and flitted up to meet him. "We got a baka case, Kurama." Hiei grumbled. Kurama noticed that Hiei said his name which ment he was in a bad mood. Usually when he is in a good mood he will say kitsune but not now. "So do we need to go to Reiki?" Kurama asked slowly. "Yes, baka! Where else?" Hiei snapped. "What's the matter?" Kurama asked raising his eyebrow. "Nothing! Would people stop asking that stupid question?! Lets leave!"Hiei snarled. Kurama rolled his eyes. 'Great I have to spend the day with the bundle of joy over here.'Kurama thought sarcastically.

When they got to Reiki, Hiei stormed in Koenma's office with Kurama trailing behind. Yuske and Kuwabara had beaten them there, and Botan was next to Koenma who was sitting at his desk. "Nice of you to join us." Koenma said sarcastically. Koenma was annoyed because of they're late arrival and impatiently waited. "Can't it, binkey sucker?"Hiei spat. Koenma gave him a look and Botan bounded over and put her hand quickly over Hiei's mouth. "Don't pay him any mind, Master Koenma. Please continue."Botan said quickly as she sweat dropped. "Well as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted..."Koenma started again. 'Onna get your hand off my mouth!' He shouted telepathically. 'Hiei you better behave! Koenma is not in a good mood about this case and it would be better if you don't harass him.' She thought back. 'All right all right! Just move your hand!' He sent back telepathically. She took her hand off and dropped it at her side. "You have to go at the ghetto of the city and you will find a broken down house flooding with spirit energy. Kill every demon stationed at that house. And when that's done, destroy a crystal ball there. It controls the insects floating around that part. We can't have the insects spreading to the rest of the city." Koenma instructed. Yuske nodded his head. "Fine, lets go troops." Yuske joked and they departed from the office. "Sir, yes sir!" Kuwabara humored. Hiei rolled his eyes. "Your such a dyke." He told Kuwabara. "Say that again, Half pint!" He bellowed stepping up to Hiei. "Do we really need to fight, children?" Botan asked trying to break them up. "What ever. I don't need to waste my energy on shorty." Kuwabara humphed. "What energy? You have hardly any!" Hiei insulted back. Kuwabara turned around and was ready to slug him but Kurama took Hiei in a headlock instead and dragged him away. "Humph. He got lucky..."Kuwabara mumbled and followed behind Yuske. "Let go of me Kurama!"Hiei muffled in Kurama's arm. "Hiei, we really don't need you teasing Kuwabara. Or starting anymore fights." Kurama scolded. Hiei struggled lose and kurama sighed and took his arm away. "Hn."Hiei grunted and followed the others. 'This is stupid. I hate going on these baka missions.'Hiei thought. Botan flew up next to Yuske. "Yuske, I'm going to have to fight off the people who are already effected by the insects. You go on ahead." She told him. "Got your bug spray?" Yuske asked. She pulled it out and smiled. "Right here." "Be careful, Botan. I remember what happened last time. Are you sure you don't want one of us to help you?"Yuske asked concerned. She shook her head and gave him a reassuring smile, "No, no. You'll need as much help as you can get. I can fend for myself, remember?" "She did do a good job of drop kicking them." Kuwabara added. Yuske shrugged. "Okay then." She smiled widely and flew away on her oar in a different direction yelling behind her, "Remember! If you need me call with the communication mirror!" Yuske waved back and turned facing the others, "You boys ready?" The gang grunted a yes and they marched into the ghetto.

"Hey Kurama did you catch the name of the street the house was on?" Yuske asked looking up and down the blocks. "Not really. Do you think Botan knows?"Kurama replied. Yuske opened his mirror and called her. Botan had just knocked a zombified man's lights out when her communication mirror rang. She opened it and saw Yuske with the others hunched over looking back at her. "Oh Yuske, Its been a half an hour. Did you get rid of some of the demons?" she asked. Yuske sweat dropped. "Not exactly..."he started. "YUSKE! I can't keep this going forever!" she yelled. "I know I know, but we're having trouble finding it." He answered back. "Master Koenma said it was on either Maple Street or Cranberry Avenue." She sighed. "Either?! Which one is it?!"Yuske growled impatiently. Kuwabara shoved Yuske out of the way. "Don't worry Botan, I'll find it."Kuwabara replied heroically. "Right." she nodded and disconnected. "What the hell was that for?!" Yuske demanded. "Yuske, I have spirit sense." Kuwabara reminded him. "Too bad you don't have common sense."Hiei added bluntly. Yuske laughed and Kurama rolled his eyes. "Shorty I'm warning you!"Kuwabara shouted. "Or what? You'll use your brain?"Hiei said dryly. Kuwabara rolled his hand into a fist and grabbed Hiei's cloak pulling him up towards Kuwabara's eye level. "Calm down children. We have work to do right now. We don't need Botan calling and nagging me again."Yuske informed and Kuwbara placed Hiei back on his feet roughly. They headed where the two streets met. "Okay Mr. Spirit sense. Which street is it?" Yuske asked. Kuwabara concentrated and tried clearing his mind. "Don't think too hard."Hiei smirked. "Shut up."Kuwabara snapped. He resumed his position and found energy being admitted from Cranberry Avenue. "Its that way." He pointed. "Alright! Let's keep on truckin."Yuske said happily and started strutting off. When they arrived 4 demons were blocking the door. Yuske smirked. "This will be a nice practice round," he laughed excitedly. They all sprang into action. The demons looked up noticing the slightly crew and ran towards them. The first one took out sword and thrusted it towards Yuske's head. Yuske quickly dodged it and gave the demon a nice right hook in the chest causing the demon to fall to the ground. The demon looked up to see Yuske's finger in his face. "Spirit gun."Yuske said which took off the demon's head. The second one threw a punch at kuwabara. It slammed into kuwbara's chest but had no affect. "Huh?"It gasped confused. Kuwabara materialized his spirit sword and sliced the demon in half. Kurama slammed his foot into the next demon's face and Hiei made diced meat out of the last one. "That was energizing." Kurama smiled and pulled his hair behind his ear.

Meanwhile, Botan had beaten many zombies and bug sprayed the insects that dropped out of their mouths. "Whew. This is hard work," she stated wiping the sweat off her face. "I wonder how Yuske and the others are doing." she wondered and pulled out her communication mirror and called. It connected with the other and she saw Kurama on the screen. "Oh hey Kurama. How are you guys doing?" Botan asked. "We defeated two of the Demon Lords. Yuske is handling the last." Kurama replied. "Oh? That's good. It's been 2 hours. Remember after Yuske rids us of the last one there is a crystal ball you need to distroy."she reminded. Kurama nodded, "That's good. We'll meet you back at Reiki."Kurama informed. "Who is that?" Botan heard Hiei's voice. He went next to Kurama. "Oh hi, Hiei."Botan greeted. "Are you nagging us again?"Hiei asked sourly. She smiled sheepishly and Kurama shook his head. "Don't tell me you need one of us down there, Onna."Hiei grumbled. "No no, Hiei. I can perfectly defend myself." Botan replied annoyed. 'He can be such a jerk sometimes.'Botan thought angrily. "Shall we call you when the crystal ball is destroyed?"Kurama asked. "Sure, go ahead. Bye." She said wiggling her fingers and disconnected.

All that was left of the last Demon Lord was some dust. Yuske put his finger up to his mouth and blew off the smoke. "Some fight. I thought they'd be a little tougher."Yuske said unsatisfied. "Some aren't. This is just scum that arises occasionally that poses little threat. Koenma just wants us to clean up the shit."Hiei explained. "Right, Now to get to that crystal ball."Kuwabara said as they entered the next room. A crystal ball stood glowing settled on a velvet pillow on a stand. "That should be it." Kurama pointed and took out his whip, and broke it into little pieces. The glowing stopped. "It's out. Better call, Botan."Yuske said and opened the mirror. It took a minute before it connected and the screen showed Botan's distraught face. "Botan what's wrong? We destroyed the ball." Yuske said into the mirror. "I don't think you did. Because right now I'm cornered at an alley." She replied with fear. She screamed and dodged the four zombies and next thing you knew she appeared again running. "Botan! Are you okay?!" Kurama asked concerned. "Not really. They're chasing me but I'll get rid of them. Ask Master Koenma! He'd know," she said hastily. Then it disconnected. "Dammit! Now we gotta call diaper rash."Yuske bellowed. Hiei rolled his eyes. And the rest sighed. Yuske connected to Koenma and spoke, "Koenma we smashed that crystal ball but its having no affect! Botan is still being stalked by zombies." "I know, I know. I watched on my screen. It was a decoy. The real one is with the last demon lord. He should still be somewhere in the ghetto because his energy is still on the radar."Koenma explained. "Great."Kuwabara and Yuske said sarcastically in unison. "Don't give me that! Get off your asses and find him, Yuske! I don't need my top ferry girl brought back in more than one piece."Koenma hollered at him. He disconnected and shut the mirror. "Right, we're on our asses."Yuske muttered rolling his eyes. Suddenly a sliding metal door shut the entranceway locking them in the crystal ball room. "The hell...?"Kuwabara blurted. "It was a trap." Kurama informed. "But that can't keep us in here for long."Hiei said and sliced open the door. The two halves dropped with a thud. Yuske smiled and patted Hiei on the back. "I knew you were useful."Yuske snickered. Hiei gave Yuske a dry look and started down the steps. "Come on, I don't want to be responsible for that baka ferry onna's death."Hiei shouted behind him. Kurama and Yuske exchanged glances. "What did that mean?"Yuske asked confused. Kurama snickered, "Wonder if that's why he was in such a weird mood this morning." "Come on guys, Koenma will have our asses if we don't get her back safe."Kuwabara said dragging them to the door.

Botan rushed behind a corner and positioned her bat. 2 zombies came and she stuck them both with a powerful blow. Blood splurted out of their mouths along with the 2 insects. "Take that!" she cried as she sprayed them with her reiki bug spray. The other 2 zombies saw her and ran after her. "Opps!" Botan blinked and ran deeper into the alley. She spotted an ajar door, ran inside, and quickly shut and locked it. Banging started to sound at the door. She backed away. "If they get in here I'll have no where to go." Botan thought out loud. "Or maybe.."She started but the zombies broke the door down and snapped her attention. They walk towards her trying to grab her but she sprayed the aerosol can at their eyes blinding them. "ARGHH!" they cried. Botan took her bat and started beating them into the floor. After 2 minutes of beating them to a pulp they passed out and regurgitated their bugs. "Damnit, they're getting harder to get rid of." She grumbled as she sprayed the parasites. She stumbled out back into the alley. "Shoot, it's a dead end." Botan sweat dropped. She decided to explore the rooftop and materialized her oar. She flew up jumped off her oar onto the roof and scanned the local area. Some zombies were still lurking and smashing some cars on the street. But there wasn't any traffic on the roads. 'Probably because they're all zombies in this area.'Botan thought. She then decided to call Koenma. She opened the mirror and connected to him. "Master Koenma, did Yuske and them talk to you?"Botan questioned. "Yes, Botan. They are on it right now. How are you?"Koenma asked concerned. She blushed. 'Koenma is always like this. Worried about his top agents.' she sweat dropped. "I'm fine. Thanks Koenma-sama. Opps! I'm mean Master Koenma. I'm sorry." she frantically apologized. He smiled on the other end, "Don't worry about it. Where are you?" he said. "I'm on one of the rooftops in the ghetto. I haven't seen Yuske or the others here."Botan told him. "Well be careful. The last Demon lord should be around your area."Koenma informed. "I'm sure though, none of the zombies knows how, or are able to get up here."Botan reassured him. "But I can." A chilling voice bellowed. Her eyes widened and the hair on the back of her neck stood up. "BOTAN! BEHIND YOU!" Koenma yelled. She turned around and ducked an oncoming sword, which smashed the communication mirror. She rolled to the other side of the roof and looked up. A demon Lord was smirking back at her. He had white hair and red skin. His glaring green eyes gave a most chilling stare. He wore a huge blue cape and dark green pants with many belts holding it up and was griping his rusty sword with clawed hands. "So you are the one interfering with my zombie army. It's nothing personal, but you're going to have to die now." he decided. He held up his hand and a force came out that pushed her off the edge. "No!!"She screamed. Botan tried summoning her oar but it didn't seem to work. She scrunched her eyes shut waiting for the worst. THUMP! To her surprise she landed softly in someone's arms. Botan opened her eyes and saw Hiei looking back at her. "Thank you," she gasped, slightly blushing. "Where is he?" Hiei asked gruffly. 'Thank god I got here faster than those baka slow pokes.' Was what he was really thinking. "Up there!" she replied pointing up at the roof. The demon peered over looking slightly pissed that she wasn't dead. Hiei set her down on her feet. "Get out of here and deal with the rest of the zombies. I'll take it from here." he said and jumped on top of the roof. She nodded and started running at the other direction. 'He can be nice sometimes too.'Botan decided. She spotted Yuske and the others charging toward her. "Yuske! Hiei and the Demon Lord are on the roof over there. I'll get the rest of the insects." She reported. Yuske nodded and went to join Hiei.

Hiei jumped up on the roof and out of the corner of his eye saw Botan run away. "Hiei, the traitor. I'm not surprised. You've gone soft. I'll end your life now...I don't need you in the way." The demon stated. Hiei pulled out his sword, as did the other demon. "Famous last words, those are."Hiei smirked. The demon frowned and charged at him. Hiei dodged it and thrusted his sword into the demon's arm. The demon winced but swung his sword at Hiei anyway. Hiei blocked it with his sword and kicked him in the face. The demon lord staggered back and held out his hand making a force come out. Hiei fell back and caught the edge of the roof and swung himself back onto the roof. 'I'm through playing with him. I'll end it now.' He thought. But before he could execute his finishing move the demon threw a smoke bomb and it exploded causing smoke to cover the entire rooftop. The gas was choking and made Hiei struggle to get out. 'That demon can't hide forever.'Hiei thought ripping off his bandana and using his jagan to track the demon down. Through his Jagan, he saw the demon lord escaping down the alley. "Escape is futile."Hiei growled and jumped into the alley. He saw the demon take a turn to the left into a room and the door shut behind him. Without even bothering to check if it was locked or not, Hiei kicked down the door and entered. Hiei scanned the room. It was dark but he used his jagan to try to track him. To his dismay the room was empty and there wasn't even a door or puncture in the wall, ceiling or floor where the demon could have escaped. "Damnit. He must be able to teleport."Hiei swore. He exited the room back out into the alley. "But where would he go?" He thought out loud. Using his jagan he saw Yuske and the others pointing up at the smoke, which was now clearing and looked around them to see if the demon was there. 'Nope.'he thought. 'Wait...would he go after Botan?' He picked up her energy and searched around her. And there the Demon was. Stalking Botan. 'Great...she's too far away.' He used his telepathy to talk to her. 'Onna! Can you hear me? You better answer!'Hiei barked.

Botan was slinking around ever corner looking for more zombies. "Darn. If only I had my communicater I could ask Yuske what was going on over there." She frowned. Suddenly a voice rang in her head. 'Onna! Can you hear me? You better answer!' It was Hiei. 'What Hiei?!'Botan snapped in her head. She wasn't in a good mood already, and hearing Hiei yell at her wasn't helping. 'I lost the Demon Lord but I found him again and he's near you!'Hiei informed. Botan stopped dead in her tracks. 'WHAT THE HELL AM I GONNA DO HIEI??!!! ALL I HAVE IS A METAL BAT, A CAN OF BUG SPRAY, AND AN OAR AND I BET HE COULD BREAK ALL OF THEM IN A HEART BEAT!' She hollered back at him. Hiei almost fell over. He caught himself holding his head. 'Don't you ever do that again, Onna!'He hissed. 'Well tell me what to do, Hiei!'She thought frantically. 'Hide! I'll be there shortly.' he instructed. 'Please hurry!' she replied. "Go my minions and get her!" The Demon Lord commanded. He was holding his crystal ball that was glowing red. The zombies obeyed and walked towards Botan reaching out to grab her. She fled away running to a nearby alley. She quickly materialized her oar and zoomed into a shed and locked the door. Inside the shed, she hid behind some boxes slightly trembling but kept quiet.

"He's not the only one who can teleport."Hiei growled and used his jagan to teleport him near the demon. He landed behind a building and looked behind the corner. The Demon Lord was trudging into the alley where he saw Botan fled. Hiei decided to lower his energy aura and follow on the rooftop. The Demon picked up Botan's spirit energy and crashed open the shed door. 'DAMN IT!'Hiei swore in his head and jumped down confronting him. The demon lord looked back and did his hand force trick throwing Hiei onto the ground. Then he proceeded into the shed and knocked down the boxes she was hiding behind. She let out a yelp as he grabbed her arm and dragged her out into the field. Hiei regained his footing and started to run at the demon. "That's not a good idea." The Demon lord thundered and revealed his spiked wrist and pointed it at her head. Hiei froze and growled as the demon backed away with Botan. 'Dammit ferry onna! You have to get in trouble again!' he thought. Botan's eyes were searching Hiei's. The demon had put his arm around her waist and held his wrist near her face. She inspected it. His spikes were dripping with venom. He then took out his crystal ball and griped it making zombies come to hold Hiei. 'Pfft...like this is gonna work'Hiei thought "What are you gonna do to her!?" Hiei shouted. "Oh? You want me to do something to her?" the demon smirked as he replied. He jammed one of the spikes into Botan's arm causing her eyes to widen and shriek out in pain. Hiei suddenly ripped from the zombies grasped and charged at the Demon Lord. The demon threw another smoke bomb and dropped Botan onto the ground. 'He's not getting away with this.'Hiei blared in his head. He quickly located the demon with his jagan and threw his sword at the crystal ball. He heard it shatter and the scream of the demon lord. He found it lying on the ground with the sword in his gut. "HIEI YOU BASTARD!"He screamed at him. Hiei stood over him and put his hand into the demon's face. "Burn in hell"Hiei snarled and fire shot out of his hand, taking off the demon's head and it burst into flames. He took out the sword and returned it to its sheath. He heard Botan's moan. He turned on his heal and ran back to her and knelt down. "Hiei, the spikes on his wrist contained venom. It's starting to take its effect."Botan said weakly and coughed. "What?!" His eyes widened. "I'll have to get you to Kurama."He told her. She nodded but then passed out. "Onna!"He gasped. He picked her up bridal style and quickly took off running trying to find Kurama's spirit energy. He spotted Yuske and the rest running towards him. "What happened?! What's wrong with Botan?!"Yuske demanded. "Kurama! Botan was injected with demon poison! We're gonna need an antidote!"Hiei informed Kurama quickly, ignoring Yuske. Kurama nodded, "We need to go to Genkai's temple! It's the best place for me to work an antidote." "But it's so far away. And Botan looks to be getting worse!"Kuwabara exclaimed frantically. Hiei knew the answer to that without even thinking. "Everyone touch my shoulder. I'll teleport us there." He instructed. They all placed their hands on his shoulder and with his jagan he teleported them swiftly. They were on the steps leading to the temple when they arrived. Kurama head off into the direction of the forest and Hiei and the rest ran up to the entrance. "Genkai! Hey GRANDMA! Open the door!"Yuske pounded on the door. The door flung open and Genkai was standing with a pissed off look. "What, DIMWIT?" She growled. Then she looked at Hiei who was cradling Botan with an open wound on here arm. "We need a spare room for her!"Kuwabara squeaked. "Follow me." she waved them in. She sled open a Japanese styled door and she ushered them into the room. Hiei quickly walked over to the bed and softly laid her down. Genkai departed left them for a second and came back with a pale of water and a washcloth. She dumped her hand gripping the washcloth into the cold bucket, and started dabbing Botan's arm. After two minutes, Kurama hurried in holding a bottle with a green liquid in it. "Do you have medical supplies? Like a needle?"Kurama asked her. "Yes, let me get it." she said behind her rushing out. Kurama yanked out the cork and Genkai returned and handed him the needle. He stuck it into the jar and it sucked up the liquid. He then took Botan's other arm, found a vain and injected the liquid into her. He pulled it out safely when it was all gone, and put a band-aid on the tiny hole. Kurama dropped into a chair and wiped the sweat out of his face. "That will take care of it. She'll be alright for now."Kurama smiled. The other's sighed relief and sat on the floor. "What's all the commotion?" They turned to the doorway to find Yukina standing there. "YUKINA!"Kuwabara shouted happily. She looked at Botan and put a hand on her mouth as she saw the wound. Genkai went back to dabbing. "She's fine now. Just a flesh wound now that we have to take care of."Genkai reassured her. Yukina nodded and stepped up to the bed. "May I help?" she asked. "Go ahead, child."Genkai answered. Yukina wrapped up the wound and placed her hands on the bandage. She then used her healing powers on it. "There. It should heal quickly now." Yukina smiled. Kuwabara instantly hugged her and she smiled. 'She's so nice to Botan.'Hiei thought. He rested his hands on the hilt of his sword. 'But that won't change my opinion about, Onna. And that is that.'

Heh...so did you like it? Please, please review. I NEED to know how you felt about it. I didn't make Botan all wussy like some people think she is. I also tried to keep Hiei in character....I really did try.

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