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When You Can't See The Light
Chapter Ten : Meet Me In The Field Of Flowers
Botan's POV
I woke, once again, in Hiei's room. But this time was a little different. This time, Hiei was here, sleeping on the window sill. Without noticing, I smiled at the little koorime. 'He's so cute...' I had had wonderful dreams, all of them about Hiei. I blushed. The sweet memory of us kissing replayed in my mind constantly. And I felt it all, his soft lips upon mine, the tingly sensation up my spine, the warmth of his body... I loved him. It was different then with Koenma. Koenma, I think, was a crush. Hiei, is love. I can't help it, this fire demon, this cold, ruthless, ignorant fire demon, was the person I held most dear to my heart. He was nice when he wanted to be, and when he was, he was simply irresistible! I sat there and thought. 'So this is love, huh?'
Someone's POV
"Grr... We're losing troops!" A fist clashed onto a wooden table. A bunch of demons began to shout in the background.
"Calm down, this isn't helping."
"If we don't do something, we'll lose the war! I spent too much time into this to lose! And I hate this body!"
"Patience Demi, she will soon come with information on them." A demon spoke out. He had calm purple eyes, and black hair much like Yomi's. His two horns on the top of his head stood out the most.
"Rusaki-sama! She has arrived." The huge doors swung open, a small figure appeared in the doorway. They smirked. The figure came into seeing range, a small girl with red hair and chocolate colored eyes.
"Oni-chan!" She ran up to Rusaki and gave him a hug. He patted her hair softly. "Here's the information you needed! Have I been useful?" She looked at him with shining eyes.
"Very useful, Hana-chan." He breezed through her notes. He smirked. "We begin a surprise attack soon gentlemen." With that, all the demons around the table left.
"Oni-chan, I have more wonderful news! You will soon have a queen, too! I chose her myself!" She grinned proudly.
"Really? You're the best sister ever." He hugged her tighter, slowly patting her head.
"You'll love her! I'm sure of it..."
Normal POV
Botan came from the kitchen with a tray of food.
"Hiei! Get up!" She set the food on the table and looked over to see him polishing his katana.
"What, onna, I'm already up!" He yelled angrily.
"Here!" She holds the food to him. He stares at it oddly. "Well go ahead, dig in!" Her smile was broad. Cautiously, he took the fork and ate it. She watched him finish, smiling the whole time. "So.. How was it?" She looked at him with questioning eyes.
"It was ok." He began to feel nervous. He knew Kurama was right. He loved her, but too arrogant to admit it. This girl had him wrapped around her finger.
"Good! I think I'm getting better at cooking right? I mean Hana has been teaching me very well and I think I got the hang of it..." She stopped. 'Oh no! I'm blabbering on and on! Hiei must be really bored!' "Sssoo, how.. ho.. how was your day, I mean morning!" 'Great now I'm stuttering!'
"I'm fine." He looked at her gorgeous orbs, then down to her lips. He longed to taste those cherry lips once more. Hiei felt himself blush and quickly turned away. 'Baka! Don't look at her! Don't blush! Don't fall in love! KUSOO!'
Botan, too, looked away because her cheeks flushed red. 'He hates me, I know it! Maybe I should tell him how I feel... Maybe he'll understand... Maybe, HE'LL HATE ME FOR LIFE! But I NEED to know!'
There was an awkward silence in the room as both of them battled their thoughts. Botan couldn't take it anymore. He could love her, he could hate her, all she wanted was to be by his side. She took a deep breath. "...Hiei?"
"Hm? Oh, yes?" He looked down at his hands on his lap.
"Well.. um. Wha... What I'm trying to say is Hiei..." She held her breath and moved to the edge of her seat. "...I-" The door flew open causing Botan to fall over. Hiei sweat dropped.
"Hiei-sama! Mukuro-sama would like a word with you!" With that being said the massager shut the door and dashed away. Botan slowly lifted her head, embarrassed and frustrated. She let out a long sigh, sat up on the ground, and pushed aside some long azure bangs from her face.
Seeing the disappointment in her eyes he spoke. "Hn. You can tell me when I get back." She seemed to cheer up to his words and Hiei was pleased to have made her happy. Botan watched him go out the door. 'Maybe it's a good thing I didn't tell him.' While she pondered she plopped herself on the bed. She placed her face in one of Hiei's pillows and breathed deep. The smell of an earthy, midnight pine filled her senses. 'Hiei, I love you.'
Hiei walked into Mukuro's chambers and saw her on that big couch again.
"Hn. What is it this time?"
"I heard Shura's going to attack soon. We need plans to counter-attack." Her voice was filled with seriousness.
"Let him. You and I know well our troops would beat his."
"That is true, but it's an understatement. We need to be safe, this war has gone on long enough. I just want it to end." She was right. This war has been long and hard.
"Hn. Fine, I'll make sure the soldiers are training more and have Kurama help me with soon plans that we can discuss later. Ok?" He had plans too. Right now, all he wanted was to be with Botan. Thoughts of her were filling his mind.
"You seem a little off, are you sick?"
"No, I'm fine." She examined him with her eyes.
"If you want to leave that much, your plan is fine just go and come with the plans later."
"Hn." He left on his way to find Botan.
Botan opened her eyes. 'What time is it?' She rubbed her tired eyes. Her eyes then spotted a piece of white paper laid on the table. She read it silently.
"Onna – When you wake up meet me near the flower beds in the far end of the castle. I need to speak with you.
- Hiei"
Botan looked out the window and saw the flower beds. 'Ok, that's not that far.' She fixed her ponytail and kimono and was on her way. The walk was silent for it was near nighttime. She while she walked, she smelled the night air and gazed at the stars glowing brightly above her head. She arrived in a mire amount of minutes. After not seeing Hiei anywhere she admired the flowers all her. The flower put a delicate smell in the air, which made it most pleasant to be there. Botan pick a peony and sniffed it. She put it in her hair to make it look pretty. That's when she noticed at darkened figure approach the tiny garden.
"Hiei?" She gleefully shouted as she walked closer to the silhouette headed toward her. Her smile faded as she saw not Hiei, but Hana. "Hana? What are you doing out here?"
"Botan-san! I saw you leave and I thought it was cold, so I brought you a sweater!" Hana smiled.
"Arigato (1)!" Botan said, the smile returned. 'She seems... happier than usual.' She took the sweater happily. "It is actually very coMMPPHH!" Hana placed a cloth over Botan's mouth. She took Botan's arms and held them together and forcefully pushed her down. Botan fought fiercely, but Hana didn't give up and continued to pin her to the ground. Botan's vision began to blur and she fainted onto the flowers.
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(1) Arigato mean thank you in Japanese.
