For you, I will. Part 2
Yusuke and the others followed Kuwabara into the forest but soon Kuwabara stopped dead in his tracks. "Uh Oh, the trail just stops here." He said
"Damn it Kuwabara! Come on." Yusuke said move so angry with himself. Then he looked around. They were in the center of a circle of five trees. "What the heck?"
"I see, one of these must lead to Botan." Kurama said Knocking on the bark of one of the trees to prove his point. "They are hollow." He said
"Hn, Just pick one."
"Think about it, what happens if we pick the wrong one?" Kurama said. 'Botan.'
Yusuke closed his eyes and walked up to any tree and said, "This one."
"How do you know, Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked a little skeptical.
"I don't know but it's better than nothing. Besides the moon is almost right above us. We have to hurry." Yusuke pushed on the bark of the tree revealing a carefully caved out passage.
No more words and no more thoughts, time was not on their side. The climbed through the door and through the passage walking endlessly through a maze of caverns following nothing but instinct.
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The tinfoil sound of a sharpening sword etched its way to the ears of the sleeping Botan. She would have to enjoy this last sleep for what awaited her was a decision she never thought she would have to make.
Haru pulled the sword up and held it up to look it over. It glittered and a sliver light ran up its length and back down again. "Nice of you to join us." Haru said looking at the reflection of the detectives in the sword. "Come to see the show? Couldn't resist the sight of Her blood spilled?" He licked his lips and turned around to face them.
"The only blood that will be spilled around here will be yours." Kuwabara said in anger, and his eyes shifted to the sleeping body of Botan. "What did you do to her?"
"Nothing more than what you would do to me." He smiled
"She had better not be dead or so help me god…" Kurama started but was interrupted By Botan's waking moan. "Botan!" he exclaimed and made a motion to move toward her But he found that he could not move. None of them could
"Ah ah ah, Not so fast. Did you actually think that I would let you reach her so you could free her?" he laughed at the thought. "You can have her back when she his fulfilled her purpose."
"I don't think so." Yusuke said and aimed his spirit gun at Haru and without thinking fired it at him. Haru's eye widened in shock and blocked the attack with the only thing he could think of, the sword. The spirit blast etched its way into the steel of the sword and vanished.
"Ha, see, there is nothing you can do to stop me." He laughed
"Damn." Yusuke murmured as Kurama put a hand on his shoulder.
"Look at the sword." Kurama said
Haru looked up and saw the war that was being fought between the sliver light of the sword and the Blue light of the spirit sword. Then a flash of blue light burst through the blade shattering it. Glittery particles danced to the ground with a glassy rain sound. "WHAT!" Haru tossed down what was left of the sword and stormed toward them in anger.
"You were saying?" Yusuke asked arrogantly smiling.
"I see now that I will have to take drastic measures." Haru held out his hand toward the four boys and brought it down, in turn red energy ropes fell down above the detectives and dances around them in the air. Then Haru clenched his fist and the ropes wrapped tightly around the four. "You see I don't have much time to play with you right now, for you see, my master longs to be free."
Struggling the boys looked on as Haru walked over to Botan and slapped her, knocking her from her trance. "Ughh," Botan looked up and into Haru's angry eyes, "No, let me go!"
"Oh I will, but first I would like to introduce you to…oh I guess you have already met, the detectives."
"Kurama! Guys!" Botan looked back at Haru, "They have nothing to do with this, let them go." Botan reasoned
"Oh but they have everything to do with this. You see I have a proposition for you." Haru smiled. "You see those ropes?" She nodded, "well little by little they are taking your Friends' energy and soon they will have no life energy, in short they will die. Lets see in about Ten minutes." Haru smiled and spoke again before she could protest, "You see, I know you care much for these pathetic boys. So my proposition to you is this: you give up your soul freely and I will let them go."
Botan looked back at the boys and sure enough they began to look weaker then she looked toward the demonic door then back at Haru.
"Well?" He pressed, "You do not have much time."
"Bo-Botan you…cant." Kurama spoke softly.
"Yeah, the world comes first. You know that." Kuwabara added before falling to on knee, a little weaker then the others, being that he was human.
"Yeah, Botan…don't…"
"Hn. Hai, Baka Onna…" Hiei added
"Botan?" Haru interrupted, "have you decided?"
"I have." She paused as tears fell from her eyes, "I will…"
"You will?"
"Give up my soul, just don't hurt them." Botan pleaded, "For them I would do anything." She shuttered
"Very well." Haru snapped his fingers and the ropes coiled and flew out of existence. The boys where still, however, frozen where they stood. All they could do was watch…