Watery doom and a box
The balloons were full and the teams were ready. Botan and Kurama came up with a plan that would get everyone.
"Everyone got the plan?" She smiled
"Yep." Kuwabara said and they split up into different directions. Botan hid behind a bush with tree balloons. Kurama went off around the other side of the house. And Kuwabara watched over the basket of balloons with Yukina.
Soon Kurama lead Yusuke to the bush where Botan popped up and hit Yusuke three times. She fell back laughing as Yusuke tried to hit her back but Kurama lifted her up and they ran back to Kuwabara for balloons.
"Thanks for saving me." Botan smiled and gasped when Kuwabara yelped after being hit with a balloon. Yukina decided to throw on at Hiei but she missed. Instead of hitting her Hiei went off to find Kurama.
Kaiko was holding down the fort and was getting tired of waiting so she grabbed a few balloons and ran after Botan. The two of them were cornered with no way out. Botan backed up felling the hose at her feet seeing that it was running.
She quietly tugged on Kurama's sleeve and smiled. A hint of amusement in his eyes. Botan bent down and put her thumb over the water and sprayed everyone, even Hiei.
Kurama and Botan began to laugh, but Botan stopped upon seeing that Kurama was still dry. She smiled darkly and turned the hose on him.
"Hey, you cheated!" Kurama said and picked up another part of the hose effectively pulling it from Botan's Hands and turning it on her. She tried to run but Kurama pined her to the ground, "hmm, what should I do with the captain?" He asked
"Nothing." She laughed trying to yank the hose away form him.
"ahahah, nope there will be none of that." Kurama said throwing the hose down and helping Botan to her feet. Where she was pelted with Balloons from everyone.
Later
The Party was drawing to an end and it was time for gifts. Yay! Botan opened the first on, wrapped with cat paper and a pink bow. She picked up the card with the picture of a cat in a tub and read it. "It's your day." She opened the card "so spoil yourself silly." Botan smiled "To someone who has been there for me when I thought I had nothing left. My Friend Botan. Love Kaiko." Botan hugged her and wiped a tear form her eyes. Botan opened the gift and saw the most beautiful kimono she had ever seen.
"I reminded me of you." Kaiko said
"Thank you I love it." Botan said and turned to the next gift and pulled off the card. "It was Yusuke's.
She read the front of the card. :
(This is a real card, it's funny) So, anyway, I'm standing in line to buy you a freakin' birthday (deathday) card
and the line is like seventeen billion people long 'cause the only dumb teenage boy at the register is thinking about the dumb teenage girl at the other register,
and some dumb lady is turning her purse inside out to come up with "exact change" likes she's gonna win some kind of "exact change trophy" or something,
and some idiot starts up with his "this item was marked with the sale price" crap, and I just really hope you like this card...
She opened it a little winded, and read "'cause I stole it.'"Botan said and began to laugh as she hugged him.
After everyone's gift there were only two more left, Kurama's and some other gift that Kurama explained was found by the door earlier.
Botan picked up Kurama's box in its simple brown paper and pulled the string slowly. Holding up the many ribbons that where in her hair. She gasped when she saw the box was filled with red, white and pink rose petals. On top rested a letter. She reached in and took out the Poem.
"Kurama?" She breathed and began to read it. To herself at first.
: What I see :
What I see when you look at me'
The colors of the rose as you blush
The magenta eyes of cotton candy
The blue flows like the crystal ocean
What I see when I see you
I see and angle with a pure heart
I see someone who lifts my spirits
But now I can share what I see with you.:
Botan looked down at the box afraid to look up as tears rolled down into the soft caress of the petals. "Oh Kurama." She breathed and noticed a small black handle stinking from the petals. She pulled it out to see a pure black hand-mirror with green stems with thorns wrapped around the handle to cum up around the back to lead to an open blood red rose.
"Wow, Kurama where did you find that?" Kaiko said as Botan flipped it around looking at her refection.
"So that's what the poem meant." Botan breathed and jumped into Kurama's arms.
Kaiko picked up the poem and read it to Yukina. Both girls put a hand to their hearts and sighed as blushed came to their cheeks.
"Mush." Hiei snarled
"What about that gift?" Kuwabara pointed to the white box on the table. Botan walked over to it and pulled open the box to reveal a white jewelry box.
"Oh who is this from?" Botan asked but no one knew. She opened the box and dropped it, as she had been shocked.
"Botan, what happened?" Kurama asked as the boys jumped up.
:: She is not how you think. She is the key and she had lied to you, she could not trust you with this secret.:: the box said and shot a beam at Botan, she transformed into Oki Ran and everyone gasped.
"Botan, Oki Ran." Kurama thought back, 'why didn't I see this sooner?' Kurama looked up at her, "why didn't you tell us?"
"I wanted to but..." she shook and was sucked into the box as she and the box vanished.
"Botan!" everyone yelled