Sarasaki High's Gaffe
Chapter 14 - Hiei's Override
They had been at the campground for a week and decided it was enough when Hiei and Botan kept fighting. So they left, Emi, Taylor, and Sao were going to Emerald Point for the next week.
Kuwabara, Kurama, Yusuke, and Botan were dropped off over Atsuko's. The other three had already took off to go pack for their next trip. Hiei couldn't get in the car and had gotten back before the gang did in the car.
"Well that was fun." Botan mumbled as Yusuke crossed his arms and sat on Atsuko's front step. Kuwabara, Kurama, and Botan all stood around Yusuke as he sat on the step.
"Why don't we go inside Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked, sitting beside his rival but friend.
Yusuke sighed, "No use of trying to. Atsuko won't be answering the door no time soon." He said looking at the ground. Everybody sat quiet until Kuwabara asked another question.
"What's up with you and your mother?" Kuwabara asked as Yusuke shrugged with yet another sigh. "She's always acting like she doesn't love you." He said as Kurama looked at him for him to stop talking about it.
They stood bringing up small chitchats for at least a half an hour or so. "I think I'll be getting home." Kurama said interrupting everybody's silence. "See you all later. Bye Botan." He said smiling at her.
She smiled back and waved at him as he walked down the street to his house. Yusuke and Kuwabara waited till Kurama was out of sight.
"Boy Botan, he really likes you ne?" Kuwabara asked her as she flushed. Yusuke and Kuwabara snickered at her. "I guess me and Eikichi will be getting home. All right Yusuke and Botan." He said as they both waved.
Yusuke rose his head up. Botan looked at him and his horrible expression. "Aw Yusuke." Botan said rubbing his back. "You want to tell me about Atsuko?" She asked him.
Yusuke shrugged. "I don't care." He said straightening himself up from slumping. "All I can say is she doesn't really love me." He said as Botan paid close attention. "I'll be sitting here all day."
"Why do you say that?" She asked the raven-headed boy.
"Cause it's true. She said I was a mistake to her life." He said resting his head on his arms. "That probably meant that she forgot to tell the guy to wear a freaking condom." Botan looked away saddened.
"At least you have a mother you know is your real mother. And all mothers love their children." Botan said taking her hand off his back. "Look at the way she cried when you died."
Yusuke nodded. "Yeah, she did cry alot but probably just because she wouldn't have anybody around to do something for her." He said, glaring at Minat'te's house. "Man if she wasn't my mom I'd call her a bitch."
"Yusuke that's mean. She is your mother and if you told me the same thing I'd lock myself up in a closet and cry my eyes out." Botan commented.
"Oh well." Was all he said. "I guess I'll.. go sit in the Ramen Shop." Yusuke said standing and walking down his sidewalk. Botan thought about something.
"Yusuke!" Botan said with a huge grin on her face. "Yusuke lets go see Koenma-sama!" Botan ran over and grabbed Yusuke's hands. "It's been awhile." She said panting.
Yusuke smiled a small smile. "Yeah, I think I'll go see that toddler." He said as Botan jumped up and hugged him. "But how would we get there?" He asked her.
"Oh damnit." She said smacking her forehead. "I.. I forgot I didn't have my oar anymore." She sighed and looked to the ground. "I guess we can't go." She said as Yusuke watched her sad act.
"What about your communication mirror? Do you still have it?" He asked her as her big pink eyes snapped up at him.
"Bingo!" She said running across the street as fast as she could. Yusuke sat on the curve as a gang of thugs walked by him, eyeing him. They walked passed him and back to him.
"Hey Urameshi boy." The other black haired boy said trying to pick a fight. "Finally." He said pounding his fist into his other hand. Yusuke yawned, "What the hell do you want?"
"We want to pound your face in." Another one said in a more high pitchy voice. "Yeah!" The same black haired boy said.
Yusuke stood and walked around them. "Fine, bring it on." He said as the black haired boy lunged for him first, missing as Yusuke ducked. Then the high pitched one swung, blowing him in the cheek.
Yusuke had a quick pause to spit. "Nice. You bruised my cheek. I thought this was supposed to be a clean fight." He said as he punched the high pitched one in the stomach as the boy slouched over and Yusuke uppercut his chin.
Another boy, with short red hair swung at him and hit him square in the same spot. Yusuke quickly made a reaction attack, hitting the boy in his eye, blackening it. The black haired boy attacked again and soon there was a big cloud of dust.
Then Yusuke came walking out only with a scratch on his arm and a bruise on his cheek. He dusted his hands in satisfaction. "A little rusty but I still got it." He told himself.
The boys who had been stretched out on the ground got up and ran away. Yusuke sat back down hard on his rump on the concrete. Botan soon came running outside, "I couldn't find it."
"Yusuke I-" She said as she ran over and looked at his wounds. "What happened?" She asked as she looked at his arm and then his cheek. "You got in a fight that quick?" She asked shaking her head.
"Yeap. And I kicked ass too." He said as Botan throw him a peace sign. She held out the communication mirror as Yusuke smiled. "Go on." He said.
Botan took a deep breath before opening it up. "Koenma sir." She said looking at the screen and back at Yusuke. She called again as the screen came into view of a teenage boy with a pacifier in his mouth.
"Hey Botan!" He said with a set of chuckles rolling behind it. Botan squealed happily and smiled to the baby.
"Koenma!" She shouted. "I missed you." Yusuke couldn't hide the smile that crept on his face. Botan had a tear in her eye. "It's been so long since we've talked!"
"Yes, it has been." Koenma added. He looked at Yusuke, "Hey Yusuke." He said grinning at him. "Man do you look different." He said, "It's only been about a half a year." Yusuke smirked proudly.
"Hey Koenma." He answered. Koenma took his gaze off Yusuke and back to Botan, "And may I say, you're still looking as beautiful as before.. actually way prettier." He commented as Botan flushed her cheeks.
"Arigatou Koenma-sama." She said looking down below the screen. "I want to come back to visit you but.. I don't have my oar so how will I get there?" She asked him.
Koenma sighed with an 'aw.' He smiled, "Don't worry, if you want to see me, I'll come down there." He said as Botan's eyes shut cheerfully. She winced.
"Oh Koenma-sama!" She said as tears flowed down her eyes. "I can't wait!" She said as Koenma laughed.
"It'll only take a minute." He said closing the screen. Botan put the mirror in her pocket and looked at Yusuke. Koenma appeared slowly in front of them.
"Hello!" He shouted when he became solid. Botan ran over and jumped into his arms. "Koenma!" She screamed as Koenma fell back onto the ground. Yusuke chuckled. Botan kissed his nose.
Koenma stood back up, dusting his royal clothing off, including his cape. "Botan. Yusuke." He said calmly as the two stood in front of him. He looked down at them. "Nice to actually come face to face again."
"You don't know how much I missed you." Botan said as Koenma blushed. "Oh and my life is too great Koenma! Arigatou so much." She hugged him tightly.
"You're welcome Botan. You deserved it for such a life you've gave me while working in office. May I say you were entertainment." He complimented as Botan smiled again.
She frowned, "Koenma, will you ever be able to live a regular life?" She asked him as Koenma laughed.
"Botan, I'm a prince. My life is lived with royalty." He said, making Botan frown even more. "After my father dies, I have to take over and soon have a son working under me." He said thinking about it.
"Who will the mother be?" Yusuke asked with a smirk.
"Oh my father will decide soon enough when he thinks it's time." Koenma said throwing a hand in the air. "But, how's your love lives?" He asked them, glancing back and forth.
"Peachy. Still with Keiko and will be forever." Yusuke replied. "Matter of fact, I think I'll go down to the beach to meet her." He said rubbing his chin.
"How about you Botan?" He asked. "Have you gotten a ningen boy falling at your feet yet?"
"Actually. I kind of have demons." She said humiliated. "K-kurama and I are.. kind of working things out." She said looking at her feet. "And H-" She paused.
"What?" Koenma and Yusuke asked. Botan shook her head as the two shrugged.
"Hm well." Koenma said. "It was a great thing I got to see you two. I wish I could stay longer but I have loads and loads of work to do. Botan hit me up when you have time ok?" He asked as Botan gave him another long hug.
"Ok Koenma sir." She said.
"Call me Koenma now. Just Koenma." He said smiling. "You're not working for me anymore, remember?" He asked as his body started to fade. "Ja ne!" He said as Yusuke and Botan waved.
Botan sighed as she felt like she couldn't survive anymore without crying. "Botan." Yusuke said wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
~*~
"How about it Kurama?" Yusuke asked the redhead who lied face down on his bed. Kurama turned over on his back.
"I don't know." He said bending one of his legs. "Beaches really aren't my thing." He said pouting. Botan and Yusuke sat on the floor at the end of his bed as Hiei sat in the windowpane.
"If I said I'd go, you have to go." Hiei said as Kurama glanced over at him.
"Yeah Kurama-kun." Botan said getting up and sitting on Kurama's bed beside him. "Come on." She said messing with his hair which was thrown around.
"Hn.." He said turning back over on his stomach. "I don't feel so good." He said as Botan laid her head on his back.
"Oh yeah whatever Kurama." Yusuke mumbled crossing his arms.
"I have a bad stomach ache and-" Kurama sniffled. "My nose is running." He lied. Botan and Hiei snickered. "I'm serious guys." He lied again.
"Kurama you're such a lair." Botan said sitting up. She stood off the bed. "I guess it'll just be Hiei, Yusuke, and me then." She said as Kurama grabbed her wrist.
"Don't leave me." He pleaded as Botan pulled away from. "I love you." He said droopily as Botan stood silently. "I love you." He started to sing.
"I think he's drunk.." Hiei said as he stepped into the room.
"Yeah drunk on Botan." Yusuke added.
"Yeah stop giving him your juice." Hiei said crossing his arms. Botan pulled her hand out of Kurama's and crossed hers too.
"Someone get my Peptone Besom." He said with a moan. Hiei and Yusuke grunted. Botan got the Peptone Besom off the desk and gave Kurama some like Shiori had done once before.
"Kurama's a big baby." Hiei insulted as Kurama kicked his leg towards the youkai. Hiei smirked when he kicked Yusuke instead.
"Watch it fox." Yusuke said in a deep voice. "Come on guys, let's go." He said walking towards the door. Hiei went out the window.
"How long will you be gone?" Kurama asked.
"For the rest of this week." Yusuke said as Kurama shot up. "Yeap." Yusuke said beating on the door.
Kurama frowned, looking at Botan. "Botan don't go with them." He begged again and done some cute puppy eyes. Botan shuttered and walked back over to give Kurama a hug.
"Jeez Botan you're like a care bear. Huggable." Yusuke said before walking out of the room. Kurama sighed when Botan parted from him.
"Don't miss me too much!" She teased, giving him a kiss on the forehead and ran out of the room. Kurama sighed again as he fell back onto his bed as if he fainted.
~*~ On their way
"Fifty bottles of beer on the wall. Fifty bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around-" Botan and Yusuke sang as they rode in Atsuko's car. (Yusuke got into the house and stole her keys.)
"Hn, stupid ningen song." Hiei said covering his ear from the backseat. Botan turned around from the passenger seat,
"It's not stupid! You're stupid and you can't say that the song is stupid if you're stupid and-"
"Shut up both of you! I don't wanna hear this crap all the way." Yusuke interrupted, blasting the radio on as he nodded his head to the beat. Hiei began nodding his head also. Botan covered her ears,
"Yusuke, don't you think it's a little too loud!?" Botan shouted over the loud sound of a guitar and some drums. Yusuke shook his head and turned it up more as they zoomed down the highway.
Botan, somehow fell asleep over all the loud music. Yusuke and Hiei had gotten out of the car and into a hotel room located on the beach. "Botan, wake up." She heard somebody said as she slowly cracked open an eye.
Botan sat up slowly, "Yusuke. Where.. are we?" She asked, looking outside to see it dark. She got out, being supported by Yusuke.
"At the freaking beach Botan." Yusuke said. Botan looked around at the waves rolling upon the shore and back down. She looked away to see a carnival located behind the hotel.
"Oh yeah." She said as they walked towards a building.
"I got a room already. Uh, I didn't have enough money for two rooms so I only got one." Yusuke said as Botan lowered her eyebrows.
"Ha! Hiei, sleeping in the same room as me? Never!" She shouted as they entered the hotel building. Most of the people were at the carnival outside.
"Hn, Botan, sleeping in the same room as me? Ahahaha." Hiei imitated her as he appeared behind them with a bunch of beads and stuffed animals and candy and et cetera.
"Yusuke you must get another room." Botan said. Hiei agreed. Yusuke sighed.
"I said I don't have anymore money!" He roared. Hiei and Botan looked at each other and then away.
"Sorry." He apologized, "Maybe Keiko will let me sleep in her room with her." He said, making Hiei and Botan gasp.
"B-but Yusuke that doesn't solve the problem!" Botan shouted. "I should be the one sleeping with Keiko." She said as Hiei and Yusuke gaped at her quietly.
"Hn, I knew she was crooked." Hiei said as Botan grabbed him by the cloak and insulted him so bad, even Yusuke had never heard such horrible things.
"Hey, Hiei sleeps out anyways right?" Yusuke said looking at the fire demon as he hned. Botan nodded and bit her lip.
"Oh, that's right." She said with a grin.
"Now, all that fuss for nothing. I'm going in to look for Keiko. You two have fun all right?" Yusuke said with a wink. Purposively the two didn't exactly get what he was trying to say.
"Hey wait Yusuke. Where's my room?" Botan asked and ran towards the elevator.
"Ah, I forgot. It's third floor. C13." Yusuke said as she followed him inside, then Hiei. Then the doors closed and Yusuke pressed the number three.
The ride was quiet, everybody gaped around the small room and then at the numbers as they heard a bump. The doors opened as two girls came into view. One was blond, the other was brunette.
"Hello Urameshi." The brunette said in a teasel voice as she walked into the elevator swaying her hips. Yusuke smirked at Hiei as they stepped out and walked down the long hall.
Yusuke then stopped at the door, which read 'C13.' "Here ya are." He said as Botan inserted the key-card and the door came unlock. Yusuke ran towards the elevator the two girls were going in.
Botan and Hiei walked into the hotel room. It was fancy, definitely. A TV, a bed, stationed laptop, (ok, maybe not that fancy) and an attached bathroom. Botan walked in and flopped on the blue covered bed.
"Ah." She sighed in relief from being crumbled in that little car trying to sleep. Hiei watched as she lied back in relaxation. Then he tossed his things across the room near the window and opened it.
"Where y-"
"Outside." Hiei blurted out as he stepped out of the window. Botan ran over to the window he climbed out to see a little-like balcony. She stepped out too.
"Wow, this is intriguing." She said glancing around the beach's coast. Hiei sat in the windowpane and stared out at the ocean. (the pacific duh!) Botan stood at the edge of the balcony as she heard music from a nearby room.
"Not gonna get us-" She heard and started to sing along until she heard a sudden movement. She turned to see Hiei swinging back and forth on the window sealing.
Botan looked at the carnival across from the hotel, "Hiei, let's go to the carnival!" She said jumping up from leaning on the balcony supporter.
"No, I just got back." Hiei said crossing his arms. Botan sighed and looked back at the ocean. "If Kurama was here he'd take m-"
"Fine." He interrupted her. He didn't want to hear anything about Kurama doing favors for her or anything concerning him. "Let's go then." He said stepping back into the window.
"Yay." She said with a snort and ran over to the window.
~*~
[Follow plays]
"Ohhhh Hiei!" Botan said clinging to his cloak as the roller coaster turned a sharp corner. "I think-" She said with a gasp. "I think I'm going to be sick." She finally managed to say as she burped.
"Oh no you don't!" Hiei shouted trying to shove her off and far away from him, but it was a two-seat roller coaster and how far apart can you get? "Turn your head!" he demanded as she turned towards him. "The other way you baka ningen!" He shouted, trying to unbuckle his seat belt.
Botan turned her head the opposite way and covered her mouth as she only burped again. She turned back to Hiei smiling, "False alarm." She said merrily. Hiei sighed.
"Hiei, don't look, but.. we're going down a huge hill." Botan shouted as Hiei looked anyway and screamed as the roller coaster vroomed over the top of the hill and down it.
Botan laughed at the koorime as he clutched onto the bar resting on their laps decisively. The girls behind them were screaming in his ear, which made him scream more.
At the end of the roller coaster ride, Botan pulled a dizzy and drossy Hiei out the cart. "Come on Hiei! Let's go on the swings." She suggested and skipped jollily until he grabbed her hand.
"No!" He said, his eyes still wide and panting hard. "No more rides." He commanded as Botan moaned. "Fine Hiei, you big fraidy-cat." She insulted.
Hiei quickly stood straight up, which made him look down at the pasty-head girl. "Fraidy-cat?" Hiei repeated as Botan meowed and imitated a cat licking it's paw. "Hn. Well why don't you ride my ride?"
"Fine." She said and stuck her nose in the air.
~*~
"Ah!" She screamed so loud, the whole beach heard her squeal. "Hiei!" She screamed again, grabbing onto his cloak and hiding her face into it. Hiei laughed.
"Fraidy cat, eh?" He smirked. "Hey!" Hiei called the man dressed up as a gnome. The goblin stopped his act and walked over to Hiei and Botan's frozen cart. Hiei winked.
"Botan, it's over." Hiei lied as Botan looked up slowly.
"It is?" She asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yes." He lied again as the girl looked up with her frightened pink eyes to see a green skinned guy with wine-like veins popping out and red rolling eyes. She made a miserable face.
"EEEHK!" Botan smacked the enormous monster as the man hollered out from the painful smack. The smack was almost as hard as Keiko's. x_X
Hiei cackled his ass off as the cart began to roll slowly through the disturbed domicile. "Now whose screaming!?" He shouted over to the crying girl and snickered again.
Botan smacked Hiei square across the face. Hiei's eyes widened. She.. smacked me. Again.. He thought as he tried to keep himself cool.
"Grr. You shouldn't have done that!" He shouted and shoved the girl out of the cart while it was moving.
"Hiei!" She cried out as the people in the other carts rolled by watching the girl.
"Hey somebody stop the ride!"
"It's a girl outside of the cart!" some random riders yelled.
"Don't worry! She's part of the act." Hiei shouted back, laughing evilly as the cart slapped on brakes.
~*~
"You do this again and you might be kicked out and banned from this beach sight." A man said and stomped away from Hiei as Hiei rolled his eyes and looked over to the streaked face girl.
She only blinked back at him.
With a sigh, he apologized unlike himself, "Sorry." he mumbled unclearly as Botan smiled. Hiei looked away from her and towards the carnival. "-that we got kicked out of the carnival."
Botan looked down, "It's ok." she lied. "I'm getting tired anyway." She said before looking back at the carnival. "But-" She said frowning at the people having fun.
"C'mon." He said pulling her around the carnival to the side where the back of the hotel was. There was a pool and a Sagoshi. They ran passed it and back to the sight of the carnival, which was behind it.
"We can sneak back in." He said as Botan smiled obliquely. The two ran under the children's ride and came out to the back of the fête ground. "There." He said as Botan smirked.
"I just wanted to get a slushy and play a few- OOO HIEI!" Botan shouted as Hiei followed her gaze to a humongous, blue and black stuffed Teddy bear.
"Hn. What?"
"I want it!" She shouted as she drug him over to the game. It was a race horse game.
"A dollar each please." The man said as Botan scraped out two dollars in quarters. "Thank you." He said giving them spots on the counter where there were water guns lined across.
Hiei and Botan took the middle two as a couple of guys took the side ones. "And on your mark!" The man shouted as Botan peeked out of one eye and looked in the aiming hole. "Get set!"
Everybody, was now bending over with one eye closed. "Go!" He shouted as everybody pulled their trigger and shot at the target across from the counter, making their horses cross the board.
Botan was in the lead until Hiei and the others passed.
Ding!
The buzzer went off, which meant that someone had finished. Botan pounded on the counter as everybody glanced around to see who won. Everybody looked at the black horse.
"Number 1, black horse! Number one." The man who ran the game said looking around. Everybody's gaze fell on the confused Hiei as Botan shrieked and gave him a hug.
"What!?"
"You won silly!" Botan said as she let loose of him when she realized what she was doing. Hiei grinned as the man walked over to him.
"Pick your prize." the man said as Hiei looked around. He looked at the big black stuffed spider and then to a cool black light stick.
"The.. stick looks cool." Botan suggested. "I'd.. I'd pick the stick." she said as Hiei looked at her. Then he looked at the huge blue teddy bear. "I'm going to get my slushy, want one?" He nodded.
Botan walked away from the stand as she stumbled over to the slushy stand. "May I help you missy?" the lady asked. Botan smiled.
"Yes please."
"Would you like a slushy?" the woman asked.
"Yes please."
"Any flavor. There's blue berry, cherry, strawberry, cola, orange soda, bubble gum, blue raspberry, strawberry kiwi, kiwi, banana, raspberry-" the lady yapped on and on as Hiei walked over with his hands behind his back.
"What did you get?" she asked, looking at the black looking thing behind his back. Hiei pulled out a huge teddy bear and held it out towards her. Her eyes glowed,
"Hiei!" She cried out, once again that night. And snuggled the big stuffed animal. Then she gave Hiei a big hug, which made him embarrassed.
"Excuse me ma'am." the lady working at the slushy stand said. "Which flavor?"
"Strawberry please." Botan said and looked at Hiei. "What kind do you want?"
"I don't care." he blurted out.
"And cherry." She added as the lady pulled the handle down on the machine.
"Here ya go. Thank you and have a nice night!" The lady chirped as Botan chirped back something cheerfully before the two walked off. Botan walked slurping her slushy loudly.
"Mind keeping it down?" Hiei asked as Botan began to sip silently. They walked towards the exit gates as the man who spoke to Hiei spotted them.
"Hey!" He called over as Botan and Hiei began to run. "Hey!" the man called again as the two ran towards the hotel, with the man following.
"C'mon. Let's go to the hotel room." Botan suggested as she took Hiei's hand and ran into the hotel's elevators. The man chasing them saw them in the elevator and the door closed as the man ran into it.
He took the stairs and ran up every floor the elevator passed by. Then at the third floor, the doors opened as a panting man stood, irritated. "Uh oh." Botan said.
Hiei punched the guy and motioned for Botan to come by as they stepped over him. The man struggled back to his feet as Botan and Hiei stood at the door. Botan fumbled with the card as Hiei cussed aloud.
She finally got the door open and pulled the fire demon in, closing the door in the man's face as he pounded on the door once and probably walked away. The two slid down the door panting, not able to drink anymore slushy.
Hiei began to snicker as Botan began to giggle silently. Then the room was filled with laughter and tears from the thought of the man's face when he saw them. Hiei stopped and watched the girl laugh. Her laugh is so adoring. He thought.
Botan stopped her laughing fit with a relaxing sigh as she looked over to Hiei with a smile. Botan looked down and leaned in to kiss the fire demon as he froze. She parted as looked down again with a blush.
"Arigatou Hiei for the fun. Hope to do the same tomorrow." She said as she stood to her feet. "Maybe we can go swimming in the pool at sunlight." She suggested as she walked over to her bed and sat.
Hiei kept his gaze at where Botan's face was when she kissed him. Then he slowly turned to the girl, sitting on the bed. "Um-" he gulped. "You're welcome." He said sweating.
"I'll be-" he struggled to his feet, weakly. "Going now." He said as he ran towards the window and quickly stepped out with a red face. Botan beamed a small smile as she saw him blushing. Hiei..