A/n: Nobody's surprised about Hiei being the surprised dude. Of course, he's the only one who would shockingly be in love with Botan! Well maybe if Kuwabara fell back in love with Botan that would be another story. Anyway, Hiei is going to be a -bit- OOC. But I'll try my best not to. Review!

Sarasaki High's Gaffe

Chapter Five - No Dates, New Mates

"Botan.. Yusuke!" The two heard the voice of a girl shouting from afar. Yusuke and Botan was on a one-man-needed mission. Although, they brought Keiko along.

"Keiko watch out!" Botan warned as Keiko ducked a flying piece of glass flying over her head from some kind of oni. Botan dodged through the attacks of the onis to get over to Keiko.

"Keiko, Yusuke told you to stay behind the bush." Botan whispered as they hid behind a pack of damaged trees.

"But I didn't feel like staying there. It was so boring." Keiko crossed her arms. "Besides, there were onis inching me." Botan sweat dropped and looked to see Yusuke finish the last of the chaos.

"Looks like Yusuke's done!" Botan shouted as she ran over with Keiko's hand. "Yusuke, how you feeling?" Botan said in a nervous sing-song voice.

"How do you think!?" He shouted in her face as Keiko glared at him. "I mean, tiring!" He shouted as he fell onto the ground on his rump.

"Now c'mon Yusuke, we still have to go to school." Keiko said as she hopped onto the front of Botan's oar. "I love riding this thing." She squealed. Yusuke rolled his eyes and hopped onto the back as it lifted slowly,

"Aw, can't I just skip to-"

"No!" Keiko interrupted, "Today's the day of the School Festival Dance!" She said as Botan's eyes glowed up. "You do remember don't you Botan?" Keiko looked at her shocked expression and took a guess.

"No! I forgot about it." Botan said squeezing her eyes shut. "I don't think I'm going to even go anyway." Botan said as she opened her eyes again.

"Oh why not!?" Keiko said with a frown grown on her lips. "C'mon Botan." She pleaded as Botan smiled.

"Obviously she has no one to go with." Yusuke teased, "Isn't that right Botan?" He said as Botan blushed and Keiko tried slapping Yusuke but almost fell off the oar.

"Well you're right though Yusuke." Botan said as he slapped his hands together as if he was saying 'Bingo!' Keiko's eyebrows became attached together.

"Aren't you forgetting somebody you could ask?" Keiko said as Botan began to think.

"Um." Botan said as Keiko clasped her hands together. "It'll be so kawaii to see you and Kurama together, dancing!" She shouted as Yusuke became amused,

"You like.. Kurama!" Yusuke said holding his tummy.

"Yusuke! Nothing's wrong with Kurama." Botan said as she glanced back to him.

"Right, and he likes Botan by the way!" Keiko said humphing him.

"You're right. Nothing's wrong with him.. until he decides to go with you." Yusuke began to laugh as Botan gave Keiko a wink and done a loop as the two held on. Yusuke flew off as Botan scooped down to catch him.

"I was just kidding!" Yusuke said breathing hard, "You two would make a 'perfect' couple." Yusuke said sarcastically with his arms folded.

~*~First Period

"Oh Shuichi." A girl called to him as he turned around to see a bunch of girls giggling and waving at him as they blushed and played with their hair. Kurama shook his head with a grin and turned around.

"Hey lady's man. How about getting me some phone numbers?" Yusuke said as he earned a slap from behind. Keiko had been passing to her desk and heard him.

"I can't believe you Yusuke!" She shouted as she tossed her nose in the air and walked away. Yusuke got up and ran after her apologizing.

"Golly." Kuwabara said watching the scene, "Girl's are so dramatic!" He shouted as he glanced to see all the girls looking at him. "And pretty!" He said laughing goofily as they turned back to their attentions.

"So Kurama." Kurama heard a voice approach him from his side and looked to see Yusuke with a smack mark on his face, "You going to the dance or what?" He sat in a desk nearby.

"Um, I don't think so because I don't have a date." He said as the teacher walked into the room. The girls had been listening to Kurama and shouted that they were willing to go with him.

"Class, may we start?" Mr. Cullen asked as he walked to his desk with chemistry glasses and bottled chemicals. "Not your choice is it?" He chuckled as everybody sighed and sat in their seats.

"Now, open your text-" "Mr. Cullen." The intercom from the front of the room just above the clock called.

"Yes?" said Mr. Cullen.

"Please come to the office. You have a parent teacher conference scheduled for now." The lady's voice sounded familiar to Botan.

Everybody began to cheer silently and mumble. "Well, I'm having a class right now, may it wait?" He asked as everybody fell into awe.

"I'm sorry but the parent is having a spasm to see you." Mrs. McGee said as Mr. Cullen sighed and looked at the class. "Fine." He said throwing his hands up, "Free day. Just don't leave the class and get too loud."

"Yeah!!" Everybody shouted as they grouped up with their friends and sat on the desks talking about the dance. Some of the students even sneaked out the classroom to the gym.

"Thank god!" Kuwabara shouted as he saw Keiko come over and sit on Yusuke's desk beside his. Botan had also walked over and stood beside her.

"So guys, cards?" Yusuke said pulling out a deck of cards as they all gathered into a gambling-like circle of desk. "Now, who's going and not?" Yusuke asked as everybody mumbled to each other.

"I'm going, for sure! With Yukina that is." Kuwabara smiled.

"I'm going too. Of course you know that Yusuke." Keiko said putting a hand on his.

"With who?" He joked and laughed as nobody else laughed but Kuwabara. "I'm just kidding Keiko, of course we're going." He said smirking at her.

"I might go." Kurama said as he looked around and saw the girls still staring at him, all but one of the short haired blondes, who was really concentrating on her work. "I'm not sure with who yet."

"Hey look, a brainy-act like you Kurama!" Kuwabara pointed to the girl who had glanced passed. She was quite attractive, but too quiet or.. dorky.

"No, she's not my type." He said lowly as Yusuke spotted another girl looking over at the group. "How about her!" He pointed to a brunette who licked her lips and winked at Kurama as he hesitated.

"No!" He shouted breathing hard, "She's a fan girl and she'll rip my heart out. Plus.. she looks too naughty and you know." He said still watching her as she began to look him over.

Botan had even found a girl herself, "How about that girl?" She said as everybody looked over to a dark brunette headed girl who was talking to her friends and caught Kurama's gaze and blushed.

"Hey, she's good." Kuwabara said as Yusuke agreed. "Yeah she's not too dorky or she's not too naughty." He said trying to convince Kurama to give it a try.

"Hmm." He said aloud as he studied her friendly attitude. "She is quite attractive and she seems really open and fun." Kurama turned back to the group, "I think I found Ms. Righty." He chuckled.

"Yeah, go on." Yusuke said shoving him on the shoulder.

"I have to think about it." Kurama said as he laid down a full house as everybody awed. He smirked and looked at the group. "So, who are you going with Botan?" He asked as everybody turned to her.

"Hmm?" Yusuke said and got elbowed by Keiko.

"Uh-uh I'm going with-" She said thinking, "Masqoshki!" She shouted as everybody looked her weirdly, except Keiko.

"You talking about the boy from gym class?" Kuwabara said scratching his head. Botan nodded quickly,

"Yeap. He asked me this morning before class." She said nervously as Keiko congratulated her. "That's great!" Keiko shouted as they heard the bell ring.

"Time to go already, and I was just about to win!" Kuwabara said slamming down his cards. Everybody else walked out, leaving Yusuke and a mess.

~*~

Botan rushed down the hall thinking, 'How can I get Masqoshki to come to the dance if I don't even know if he's available or not!' She thought as she ran into the lunch room and saw the table with the gang.

"Hey Botan!" She heard a guy from the other side of the cafeteria call her, "Wanna sit with me?" Masqoshki asked as he smiled.

"Oh um." She glanced to her friends and back, "Sure!" She said trying to give Keiko sign language that she was going to be sitting with somebody else.

"Ohayo!" She shouted with a cheerful smile. He greeted her back as she sat beside him and a girl he was talking to before she came over.

"I'd like you to meet some of my friends." He said as Botan glanced around the table, "That's Ryo." He said pointed to a brown haired guy with blonde tips as he waved.

"That's my brother's name." Botan cut in. "Konichiwa Ryo-san."

"I'm Okita." A red haired girl greeted from beside her, "Nice to meet you." Botan greeted her back as she looked at another girl who had glasses and light green hair.

"I'm Saluki." She said in a kind of annoying screechy voice. "I like your hair." She complimented.

"Um.. arigatou." Botan replied to her. "And who are you?" She asked as she looked at a guy with black hair and a really outstanding Japanese look.

"I'm Tang." He simply replied with a head bow.

"Konichiwa Tang-san." She head bowed back to him. "What a nice um group of friends." Botan said as everybody smiled at her.

Then Saluki whispered something to Okita and they both got up, "We'll see you later Masqoshki. Ja ne Botan." They waved as Saluki gave Botan a wink.

Tang elbowed Ryo, making him spit up his juice, "Nani?" He said looking at the black haired boy. Tang gave him a look of 'lets-go-away' and Ryo nodded, "We'll see ya too Masqoshki, sayonara Botan-chan."

Masqoshki looked at them puzzled as Botan quirked her brows. "I wonder why they all left so sudden." Masqoshki said shaking it out of his head. Botan laughed, "Because they thought-"

She stopped talking.

"Thought what?" He asked curiously.

"Nothing!" She shouted covering her mouth.

"Yeah right. What were you getting ready to say?" Masqoshki asked her once again, eager to know.

Botan sighed, "It slipped. I was about to say maybe they thought you were going to ask me to the dance but you probably would be busy."

"Busy.. on a Wednesday night?" He asked, like if she'd know he would be free on Wednesdays.

"Erm, well hai." She said looking at the table, trying not to make eye contact with him.

"Course not! I'm going by the way." He said smiling at her as she kept her gaze away from his and glanced around the cafeteria.

"See, with who?"

"Right now, nobody." He said sighing, "Well, actually.. nobody at all. I just wanted to tag along with my friends." He suggested.

"Yeah, I was going to do that but I don't want to be the only one on the side wall watching everybody else." Botan said playing with her fingers.

"Hey, everybody's not going with each other. Sure there'll be lots of other people to meet there!" He said, trying to make her cheer up.

"Of course!" She said smiling a fake smile. "But I kind of got you into a situation of mines." She said blushing at him as his eyes got bubbly.

"Oh really, what was it?"

"I told my friends that well.. I was going with you." She said looking over to Keiko, who was giggling at Yusuke. "Just because I didn't want them to feel sorry for me."

Masqoshki chuckled aloud. Botan looked at him confused, "What's so funny?" She asked crossing her arms.

"Nothing Botan, it's just that-" he stopped to stop choking with laughter, "-that I was going to ask you anyway." Masqoshki stopped laughing and waited for a reply.

Botan's eyes widened, 'Yes!!!' her mind screamed, "You know so!" She shouted and gave him a small hug, "Thank you so much!" She squeaked and got up to go over to Keiko and the gang.

Masqoshki quirked his brows and looked around with a smirk, "I was thinking it would be a little harder than that." He told himself as he got up to take his tray up.

~*~

"Botan, you coming with me and Yukina to shop for dresses?" Keiko asked from her convertible with Yukina in the passenger side. Botan had been out in the front yard from after school sitting quietly.

"We have to wear dresses and stuff???" Botan asked tilting her head with confusion.

"Duh! It's a festival.. dance." Keiko looked at Yukina who exchanged the gaze with her, then back to Botan. "Well, we just wanted something dressy, like a long skirt or something."

"Hmm well." Botan looked down at her clothes, which were her school uniform, "I do need a new outfit." She suggested with a short chuckle.

"C'mon and hop in." Yukina waved over to her as she walked over and jumped into the back. Botan looked over and saw another girl.

"Um Keiko.." Botan said.

"Oh Botan, that's my new friend, Mercedes." Keiko said as Botan looked at the girl with shoulder long curly hair. "That's the girl that asked Kurama to the dance.. and got accepted!" Mercedes laughed.

"Wow!" Botan shouted shocked, 'Kurama wouldn't pick any ol' girl. This one must be special.' She thought as she stared at her. Mercedes waved at her as Botan snapped out of trance, "Oh gomen!" Botan shouted.

"I know I'm beautiful but hey." Mercedes joked.

"No, I was just thinking of something." Botan chatted while Keiko drove over to Cato's Dressing Store. Mercedes mouth flung open, "Not saying you're ugly!" Botan waved her hands innocently.

Mercedes just laughed again, "Well I know I'm not really attractive, but my intelligence makes up for it." Mercedes said putting on some glassed to look smart and took them off.

Botan ignored the last comment and just keep thinking about something far off the subject.

They arrived at the store in no time, to see the store was kind of empty with a couple of elderly aged women trying on clothes. The four walked in and everything they saw- they wanted.

"How do I look!" Keiko shouted as she walked out the dressing with an outfit that was light blue with blue flowers on the skirt part and a darker blue tank top.

"Kawaii!" The three other girls complimented as Keiko twirled and showed off her stuff. Then Yukina tried on a purple outfit. It was a skirt above her knees and her shirt was thin and see through.

"Looks great." Botan said as Mercedes then walked into the room with her outfit. She came out with a red tank top and black see through shirt over it and a red thin long skirt.

"You know, that actually looks a little too 'look-at-me-I'm-a-naughty-girl.'" Keiko said making her two fingers imitate bunny ears, "But it looks seducing." She chuckled.

"Well, I'd like to have every guy at my feet once in a while." She said walking around like she was the stuff. Yukina didn't get the conversation but complimented anyway.

Then Botan walked into the dressing room. She came back out with a thin, light pink long, strapped dress with a white see through sweater over it.

"Ooo, that's kawaii Botan!" Yukina said clasping her hands together as her eyes glittered. Keiko nodded, "Yeah!" She said as Botan turned around in the mirror.

"Hmm.. I think it make my hips look fat." Botan joked as everybody giggled. "No, I love it! It is kawaii." Botan said stretching the dress out.

"Ok, everybody got what they really want?" Keiko looked at the group all dressed and ready for tonight. "Ok lets go out till then!" Keiko suggested as they all ran to the register.

~*~

Hiei watched as the three got dressed.

"Hey Urameshi, what do ya think?" Kuwabara said holding up black dress pants with a brown button up shirt and a gray button up shirt.

"That's so gay for a guy to ask another guy for dressing tips." Yusuke said lazily flopped down on Kuwabara's bed as Kuwabara stood in front of the mirror.

"Either one, it don't look good on you." Hiei snickered. Kuwabara growled.

"Well girls do it." Kurama said as he looked in the mirror also. "Do you guys think the red match my hair right?" He asked with a chuckle as he rubbed the wrinkles out of her red shirt. He had black dress pants also.

"Hn.."

"Yeah, and Kuwabara, that suit almost match your teeth!" Yusuke shouted with a sarcastic gasp. Kuwabara mumbled something to himself, "Well Urameshi, I don't see you dressed. You look like street trash!"

"Shut up oaf. I got my suit, I just don't feel like putting it on right now." Yusuke grumbled as he watched Kuwabara look at himself in the mirror with his brown shirt on.

"Oh Kuwabara! You're looking so sexy. You sexy devil you." Kuwabara said seriously as Kurama and Yusuke stared at him like he had a problem.

"Hmph, you wish." Hiei said to himself.

"What? It's ok to love and respect yourself right?" Kuwabara asked as Yusuke burst into laughter. "Oh shut up."

There was a door knock and Yusuke jumped into his clothes. "Boys, some girl is downstairs. She said the rest will be back in a few minutes so be ready." Shizuru said through the door.

Kuwabara, Kurama and Yusuke all rushed out the door passed Shizuru, leaving a scent so strong, she coughed her lungs out. They ran down the stairs and saw Mercedes. Hiei joined them soon.

"Hey Mercedes where's the girls?" Yusuke asked as he saw Mercedes in her red dress. "By the way-" "You look nice." Kurama interrupted and glared at Yusuke who smirked.

"Arigatou Shuichi-chan, you do too." She smiled and stood to take his hand. Kurama took out a red rose from his hair and gave it to her.

Hiei rolled his eyes. Shizuru came down the steps with watery eyes, "Oh look at my boys." She said wiping her eyes, "All dressed up and going to a dance." She sniffled.

"Shizuru, it's not the prom!" Kuwabara shouted as Shizuru squinted her eyes, "I know that baby brother but I'm so happy for to see you all dressed and getting ready to have a ball." Kuwabara grunted.

"I don't deserve that as a reply." Shizuru put her hands on her hips. "Whatever then. I hope you get embarrassed." She jinxed him.

The doorbell rang as Kuwabara ran over to answer it. There stood all dressed, Yukina, Keiko, Mercedes and Botan smiling cheerfully. ^-^

"Hey! Yukina." Kuwabara bowed before her as he held his arm out for her to take into hers. "I can't wait for the prom!" Kuwabara shouted as him and Yukina walked to the car coupled.

Hiei had to look away from the sight of the two in contact. "Why him Yukina?" Hiei asked himself in his head.

"Yusuke! You dressed up." Keiko said looking him up and down. "In blue, my favorite color." She smiled and gave him a small kiss, "Lets go!" She shouted all ready and drug him out.

Mercedes and Kurama walked out linked as Shizuru walked over to the door and watched. "Ay Botan, who's escorting you?" Shizuru asked looking for somebody else.

"Nobody. I'm meeting the guy there." Botan said about to walk to the car alone. "Wait, that's not right." Shizuru looked back into the house where Hiei sat eating their icecream up.

Shizuru snapped her finger, "Hiei." She called as he looked up, "Get over here." She ordered as he mumbled and walked over to her.

"What baka?"

"Don't you call me a baka now walk Botan to the car!" Shizuru shouted as Hiei looked at her foolishly. "Or you don't-" She took the ice cream box away, "-get to eat anymore."

Hiei sighed and grabbed Botan's elbow and drug her towards the car. Then he walked back into the house and shut the door.

Botan laughed nervously as she saw the car was packed and full. "Move over guys." Keiko said as everybody tried to make room but couldn't.

"That's ok Keiko I can-"

"You're not walking!" Keiko screamed.

"I was going to take my oar!" Botan summoned her oar. Keiko frowned,

"But Botan-"

"It's ok! I'll race you all there." She summoned for her oar again but it didn't show up. "Hmm.." She thought.

"See Botan, you're a human now, remember?" Keiko said as Botan scratched her chin.

"You're right."

"Nani?" Mercedes asked as the group made up something.

Keiko looked back to see Kuwabara with Yukina in his lap, Mercedes and Kurama sitting beside them and Yusuke in the front. "Mercedes sit in Kurama's lap and Botan sit in the middle!"

"Bingo!" Botan shouted as she hopped into the car. Then from no where there came Masqoshki in his own car. He looked to see the car full of people and offered that somebody ride with him.