Disclaimer: I don't own YYH.

Author: The New Girl
Title: Rose Murderer
Chapter Two (2): Utter Confusion


Kurama's eyes snapped open. He wasn't sure what had woken him up, but his hands were shaking. Then he realized he had woken up because he had heard a scream. It seemed too real to be a dream. Then his sensitive ears picked up something that sounded like chocked sobs. It was crying and it was coming from Botan's room! Kurama got out of bed, ran down the stairs, and down the hall to Botan's room. He opened the door. Botan was sitting on her bed, she was clutching her arm. There was a deep slash in her arm, and it was covered in blood. When she saw him she let out a small chocked scream.

"What happened?" Kurama asked as he took a step forward.

"Stay where you are!" she yelled, her voice was cracking.

"What? Are you ok?"

"D-don't come any closer! I'll scream! I swear! I'll scream bloody murder! I'll scream!"

"Just let me have a look at your cut" Kurama said as he took another step forward.

"Yusuke, Kuwabara, Help me! He's trying to kill me!" Botan screamed.

"What?" Kurama asked confused. He heard footsteps running down the hall, the next second Yusuke, Kuwabara. Keiko, Yukina, and even Hiei were in Botan's room.

"What's going on?" Yusuke mumbled, still half asleep.

"He-he tried to kill me!" Botan said as she pointed a shaky finger at Kurama, who was now more confused then ever. "he did but he missed!'

"What are you talking about? Why would I want to kill you?" Kurama asked now really, really confused.

"Yeah, why would he want to kill you?" Kuwabara asked.

"He was here! He had a rose! He turned it into a whip and tried to kill me, but luckily he missed. HE DID IT!" Botan tried to yell, but her voice was hoarse.

"Maybe it was just a dream" Keiko offered.

"Does this look like a dream to you?" Botan demanded as she held out her bleeding arm, dripping more blood on the bed covers.

"I can heal it for you" Kurama said as he took her arm in his hands.

"Don't touch me!" Botan yelled as she tried to pull her arm away, but Kurama had a gentle and firm grip. The rest of the group watched.

"Quit squirming!" Kurama said as he examined her arm.

"Get off!" Botan finally freed herself from Kurama's firm grip, then she got out of bed and hid behind a cranky Yusuke.

"Botan! At least give him a chance to explain!" Yusuke yelled.

"No!"

"Then I'll just move out of the way and let him do what ever he was doing" Yusuke threatened.

"F-fine, I'll let him explain, but please don't move!" Yusuke nodded at Kurama.

"Thanks Yusuke, Botan how could I have been in your room one second and run into it the next? I was in my room when you screamed"

"So... You could have used some kind of a trick!" Botan accused.

"And two, if and that's a HUGE if. If I had tried to kill you I would have never missed. My aim is great." Everyone looked startled. "I wouldn't try to kill you anyway"

Botan shook her head " You're a liar and I'll have you thrown in Reikai prison!"

"He didn't do it" Hiei said, he had been very still the whole time. Everyone started at him.
"He didn't do it" Hiei repeated. "It was a shape shifter demon of some sort. I sensed some of his spirit energy when we ran into the room, so that means he had just left when we came in"

"So you mean he's still out there somewhere?" Kuwabara asked.

"Precisely." Kurama said.

"Then we should look for him!" Kuwabara said.

"If he's out there, we can't leave the girls all alone. Someone has to stay" Yusuke said looking at the three girls.

"Hiei should do it. If he decides to come back we have to have someone with deadly speed to catch him" Kurama said. Hiei nodded.

"Now about Botan's arm..." Kurama said.

"I don't want you near me!" Botan yelled, she still doubted Kurama (baka girl). "I'll heal it myself!" Botan started to heal her arm, after a few minutes only a small line remained where the slash had been.

"Fine let's go!" Yusuke said. He and Kurama went to get their jackets. After a few minutes they were back. Yukina's and Keiko's sleeping bags were set up on the floor of Botan's room. Hiei was leaning against the wall near Yukina. The other three guys went out the door, ready to use their weapons if necessary. Yukina fell asleep immediately, only to have fear rip through her body.

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"Miss me?" asked Kurama's voice. The next thing she knew, Yukina was covered in vines and Kurama was walking towards her. His green eyes were cold and flashing. Blood dripped down a delicate rose and created a puddle on the floor.

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Must I ask at this point? C'mon you know the drill!

PS. The last bit of italics was Yukina's nightmare.