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When You Can't See The Light

Chapter Two : The Wilted Peony

Botan's POV

It's been one year since Hiei's "outburst". A week after I had found him, Mukuro requested him back to Makai. Kurama, trusting her, handed Hiei over willingly. Hiei had no objections, he was completely lifeless. It pained me to see him like that. Here and then we get notes from Mukuro telling us that he's doing fine. I'm glad to hear that.. I don't know why, but I was so scared when I found Hiei that day. I don't know why, just seeing his crimson eyes so dead made my eyes fill with tears. Inhale, exhale. Everything's fine now though, I'm back to my old ferry job. Everything's calm, okay there she is, the next soul I'm suppose to bring to Reikai.

Normal POV

Botan slowly approched the girl slowly on her oar. The girl was very young, in fact she looked only 10.

"Hello there! I'm Botan and I'm here to take you away!" Botan said in her cheery, bubbly voice.

"Take me away?" the girl said, oblivious about her death.

"Yes, I'm afraid you're dead"

"De..ad..? No, I can't be... My mom and dad, they'll be looking for me!"

"I understand and I'm sorry, but you can't stay here. You must come with me."

"NO! STAY AWAY! HOW WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND! YOU JUST TAKE THE SOULS AWAY! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOVED!"

The girl quickly flew away leaving Botan taken back by her heartless words.

Snapping back to reality Botan noticed the girl got away. "Wait! Oh poo.. She got away..." She sighed. "Better tell Koenma"

She flew silently to Reikai thinking about the girl and her words. In a way the girl was right. She doesn't even remember her past life, her family. Who would love the deity of death? Depressed she flew into an open window of the Reikai palace. While walking she noticed the palace was pretty empty. There were no busy orges or ferry girls walking around. It was dark and quiet, nothing like it was when she had left earlier. Frightened she hurried into Koenma's office.

"Koen...EEEEKKKKKKK!" Botan sheiked as she saw Koenma on the floor of his office in a pool of blood. He was dead. Standing over him was a dark clocked figure with sharp icy blue eyes. His eyes narrowed as he saw her, obviously she wasn't supposed to be there. He lifted his gun and fired. Luckily Botan jumped out of the way in time, giving her a minor cut on her shoulder. Quickly she picked herself up and dashed out the room. She materialized her oar at fast as she could and flew out an open window. She winced her eyes in pain when the figure shot her once in the leg and gazed her right cheek with a bullet. Botan, ignoring her wounds, flew faster and escaped. She was hurt, but she was alive.

Botan flew faster and faster until she was out of shooting range of the killer. 'Thank kami he's not following...ughhh' She began to feel dizzy. Her wounds hurt bad and she was bleeding an awful lot. But where could she go? Yusuke and Keiko now owned their own ramen house and had two children, a 2 year old boy named Shouta and a 3 month old daughter named Sakura. They have a peaceful life now. Who was she to bother them? Kurama had faked Shuuichi's death and left for Makai after his mother passed away. The only place she could go was Genki's temple, where Yukina lived. A while ago Genki had died, leaving Yukina everything. Kuwabara and Shizuru often went to help Yukina take care of the temple. Realizing that her vision was becoming fuzzy, she quickly flew to the temple, hoping Yukina was home.

Yukina's POV

I heard a knock on the door. But it was so late who could it be? The person was impatient and began to knock harder and louder. I opened the door to see a tattered Botan on the steps. I gasped as I noticed the flow of blood running down her leg.

"Yukina-chan..please...he..lp..m.." Botan collapsed, but I caught her, making sure she didn't hit the floor.

"Botan-chan!" I quickly laid her on a futon and healed her wounds. I healed her well, leaving only a few small cuts. I let her rest and I called Kazuma.

Normal POV

"KOENMA-SAMA!" Botan woke with a start and found herself lying on a futon. She began to sob uncontrollably. Reikai was gone. Her home. Just then Kuwabara, Yukina, and Shizuru walked into the room. Yukina relieved to see her up, ran up and hugged her.

"We thought you would never wake up!" Shizuru said hugging her after Yukina.

"Yeah, you sleep heavier than sis!" Shizuru punched him right in the face and Kuwabara flew to the other half of the room. Botan giggled, she was happy to see her friends haven't changed.

CRASHHH! A cloaked man flew through the window, glass flew everywhere. Yukina screamed as he went after Botan with the blade of his knife shining. Quickly Kuwabara materialized his spirit sword and charged after the man. He dodged easily, cutting Kuwabara on his side and threw him to the wall. Yukina ran after him to treat his wounds. Again he looked at Botan and she sheiked. Unsuspectingly, Shizuru managed to punch him right in the face which sends him flying. Kuwabara, already better, then stabbed him with his sword. They removed the hood off the man's head, revealing a ugly green skinned demon with navy blue hair.

"You'll... never escape... a... live.." The demon died after coughing up a little more blood.

"What am I going to do?" Botan said with worry in her voice.

"Calm down," Shizuru said, "Tells us exactly what happened." Botan nodded and told them about Koenma's death and the man with blue eyes.

"I'm not safe in Ningenkai! They'll just get me if I stay here!" Botan let the salty liquid stream down her face.

"If I stay here I'll be endangering you guys as well.."

"Then where will you go? Uramashi's?" Kuwabara questioned as Yukina finished tending his wounds.

"No. I'd die before I ruin Keiko's peaceful life with Yusuke."

"Then where?" All of them questioned

"I'm going... to Makai."