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Spirit Chapter 3: Mall Madness

::thinking:: Singing (a/n)

((Begin))

(Spirit- at the mall)

The girls had decided to go the mall that day. But they didn't wear any disguises. Nobody knew what they looked like in Japan, only the people that were at the concert.

"It's been so long since I had one of these!" Keiko squealed happily while biting hungrily into her cheeseburger. People started turning their heads and staring at the out bursting girl.

Botan shrunk down in her seat, "Hey Keiko could you keep it down a little? We want to keep a low profile remember?" She asked embarrassedly.

"But it's been so long! And this burger is sooooooooooooooo good!" Keiko said happily and started chomping down on her burger again.

"Yeah well, people are staring and its annoying the hell out of me," Shizuru said angrily and sneered at the people at the table next to them.

"And they're making me feel a bit nervous." Yukina stated timidly, taking small glances at everyone staring.

Keiko looked up and saw everyone staring. Her anger rose up immediately and she decided to give these bakas a piece of her mind.

"GO BACK TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS! WHAT?! YOU BAKAS NEVER SEEN A GIRL REMINISCE OVER HER LONG LOST BURGER?! TURN THE HELL AROUND AND STOP STARING!" Keiko yelled at them.

((O.O))

Everyone quickly turned around and went back to their own business. Keiko smiled proudly and went back to munching her food contentedly.

"Nice!" Shizuru said and high-fived her.

"Don't you think you laid it down a little hard there Keiko?" Botan asked her, feeling kind of bad for all those people.

"Are you sure nobody's mad?" Yukina asked worriedly.

"Nah. Keiko did just fine guys," Shizuru said and walked away to go find a new shop to go to and throw away her trash.

"Whatever you say," Botan mumbled and ran to catch up with the rest of the group.

((The Guys- at the mall of course))

"Why do we have to be here?!" Yusuke whined to Amani and pouted, trying to con his way out of shopping.

"Because you jerks left us at the concert! Therefore you get to come to the mall with us and carry our bags!" Sae yelled at them angrily still mad about the incident at the concert.

"Yeah!" all the girls chorused, trying to chat with each other, but the boys were quite persistent.

"But it wasn't our fault!" Kuwabara whined along with Yusuke.

"Like hell it wasn't! You guys were gone like the whole time just getting drinks, then you have the nerve to just run off!" Koneko seethed at Kuwabara. (Koneko means Kitty...that's why Kuwabara liked her at first.)

"But we didn't mean to leave you like that," Kurama said, apologizing.

"It's ok!" Mya said and enveloped him in a giant bear hug. The other girls sweat dropped and glared daggers at her for giving in so easily.

"Hn. Why do we have to be in this place crowded with baka ningens?" Hiei asked disgustedly and glared at the group of girls who were staring.

"Because we said so." Linaki stated and huffed about.

"Ningens aren't disgusting!" Sae said angrily to him.

"Lets not get into another argument about this please," Touya pleaded, already feeling another headache coming.

"Hn."

"Oh, alright. But only because you asked me to," Sae said and smiled at Touya, and he smiled back.

((Spirit))

"Oh isn't that the CUTEST cat you've ever seen!" Botan cooed while staring giddily into the window at the pet shop. They had found one and decided to look at all of the animals.

"Yes, you're right, it's very cute," Yukina agreed and smiled gently at the kitten pawing at the window.

The cat was black and had white paws, and a small white spot on its forehead. Her smile changed into a knowing one and she walked away to go look at the birds.

About five minutes later, everyone met at the front of the store and decided to go look in some clothing stores.

Keiko found an outfit that she said they could wear to the next concert. They even had it in different colors. Botan, Shizuru, Keiko and even Yukina got one in their own color and paid for them.

Next, they went to a jewelry store. The girls decided to get matching necklaces. It was a silver chain and in the middle was a heart in the middle with different colored stones along the heart.

Botan got one with pink stones, Shizuru got one with red stones, Keiko got one with dark green stones, and Yukina got the necklace with blue stones.

Yukina offered to carry the bag with the necklaces and they left the store to browse some more.

They were walking by a store of paintings and one in the window caught Yukina's eye.

It was snowing in a forest and in the middle was a girl surrounded by birds. Suddenly, she was pulled out of her reverie when she flew backwards and she no longer felt flooring under her feet.

"Yukina!" She heard someone wail as she was falling, when out of nowhere, Botan jumped over the railing, while holding on to it with one hand, she grabbed Yukina's hand with her open one.

"Botan!" She shut her eyes tightly, to keep newly forming tears from falling.

"That was a close one, ne?" She replied out of breath, holding tightly to the edge and Yukina's hand.

"What happened? How did I fall? How did you manage to save me so quickly?" Yukina asked hastily, praying a ningen would notice they were dangling over the edge of a railing already!

"Some girl pushed you! I saw her glaring at you, but I don't know why! But I saw you going over and you don't think I was just gonna let you fall did you?" Botan said and smiled at her wryly, "Hurry! Some one pull us up!" she yelled for help, feeling her hand slipping off the polished oak railings.

"Botan! Hold on tight! Where are Shizuru and Keiko? Why aren't they pulling us up?!" Yukina said worried, Botan's hand was slipping ...and fast.

"They went to the bathroom! Why isn't anyone helping us?!" Botan screamed, her hand was almost totally off the ledge. When she felt someone grab onto her hand, she felt total relief wash over her.

((The Tantei))

"Oh wow! That smells so good!" Linaki sniffed the intoxicating scent and decided to go buy the perfume. All the guys happily walked out of the perfume store, when they heard someone scream.

"Yukina!"

Hiei's head perked up at the name that was screamed. And the voice who screamed it...

You could hear gasps from the right. So, everyone decided to go see what all the fuss was about. When they got the source, all they could see was a red-head blocking the way to what everyone was looking at.

Next, they heard a voice yell," Hurry! Someone pull us up!"

::That voice...:: All the Tantei could recognize it, but didn't believe it.

Mya, being the smart girl that she was, went over to the other side to see what happened.

"Oh my gosh!" She gasped and the rest of the girls rushed over too.

"We have to help them!" Koneko said, staring at the two girls over the ledge.

Linaki swiftly ran over, pushed the red-head out of the way, and grabbed the bluette's hand.

"Hey you! I was there!" the redheaded girl yelled and came over to push Linaki. But, Amani got there first, and got in the red- head's way.

"I don't think so! You're not touching our friend here," Mya said protectively and came up by Amani. Linaki pulled the two girls up finally, using up all of her physical strength.

"Thank you so much!" Botan jumped up immediately and hugged the girl gratefully.

"It feels so good to be on the ground again!" Yukina said, holding back the urge to fondle the floor tiles. (LoL)

"No problem," Linaki crowed, and brushed off the thanks with a wave of her hand.

"What happened?" Amani asked curiously.

"Well, Yukina here was looking at a picture, when that girl over there just came up and pushed her over! I saw it, and grabbed Yukina just in time," Botan explained and glanced at the dangerous red-head who pushed Yukina. (No offense to any red haired people out there!)

"Thanks again! Botan and I defiantly would be pushing up daisies if it weren't for you!" Yukina said and looked warily at the ledge.

"Like we said before, no problem." Sae told them simply.

But where were the guys in all this?

...Staring. Just staring wide-eyed and mouths hanging open.

::Yukina? Onna?:: Hiei thought in bewilderment.

::Impossible!:: Kurama thought, staring on at the two disheveled girls.

::Yukina?:: Touya thought, stomach filling with dread and butterflies.

::Botan...Yukina...does that mean Keiko's here too? Holy crap! BOTAN! YUKINA! THEY'RE HERE!:: Yusuke's train of thought brightened up instantly.

::...What?:: Kuwabara thought, still not having a clue what's going on.

Botan looked up, only to see the redhead who had pushed Yukina walking away.

"Oh no you don't! Come back here!" She ran after her and grabbed her shoulder.

"Hey get off me!" The redhead said and pushed her.

"Calm down everyone. Can't we just solve this in a non-violent way?" Yukina asked, not wanting to get into any sort of fight, that could be bad for their careers.

"Yeah! How about a contest between you guys?" Koneko voiced her idea to everyone.

"Oh yeah, like what?" the girl spat out.

"Well in the arcade over there, there's a karaoke machine. How about a karaoke contest?" Mya said. Botan and Yukina smiled at each other wildly, they had no clue how much that just helped them.

"Fine. Don't cry when you lose okay?" She mocked them and left to the arcade, Botan Yukina following closely behind.

The guys still just stood there in a stupor.

"Come on you Bakas! Haven't you been paying attention?!" Amani scolded and the girls dragged their boyfriends into the arcade to see how everything turns out.

"Alright me and Yukina will sing a duet, you can go first, but sing on your own," Botan told the red-head the guidelines of their 'duel'.

"Whatever," She said haughtily and walked up on stage. She started sing 'I'm just a girl' By No doubt. And she was absolutely horrible!

"Botan, you know I get nervous on stage," Yukina told Botan nervously, looking for Botan to ease her worries.

"I know Yuki, but you can do this. Plus, you're really good!" Botan said to her reassuringly, "Besides, I don't think it can be as bad as her frog croaking voice," Botan said and Yukina giggled, she suddenly felt a lot better. Botan always could make anyone perk up in a situation.

"I have an idea, lets sing a certain one of our songs, that fits this occasion especially," Yukina said and they both got a sly look on their faces.

The boys were STILL just staring like morons.

::Why can't I do anything?! All I can do is stare. This is so stupid!:: Yusuke thought, wanting to take some action.

When it was FINALLY Botan's and Yukina's turn to sing, (which everyone was quite happy for) Botan told Yukina she would do the opening so Yukina doesn't get stage fright.

And so, they got on stage, back to back, and started.

If fears what makes us decide

Our future Journey

Well I'm not along for the ride

Cuz I'm still yearning


To try and touch the sky

My fingers burning

Before you are old you're young

Yeah I'm still learning

Botan sang the opening and turned her body so everyone could see Yukina, while they were still back-to-back.

I am falling down

Try and stop me

It feels so good to hit the ground

You can watch me


Fall right on my face

It's an uphill human race

And I, I am falling down

They sang their duet together. Their voices blended perfectly and in sync.

I'm standing out in the street

The earth is moving

I feel it under my feet

And I'm still proving


That I can stand my ground

And my feet are there

Having washed my hair

To be lost before you are found

Don't mean your losing

Yukina sang her solo perfectly, and to her surprise without nervousness or stage fright. It was quite surprising to her, but she sang on, not wanting to mess this up.

I am falling down

Try and stop me

Feels so good to hit the ground

You can watch me


Fall right on my face

It's an uphill human race

And I, I am falling down

They sang together again, a crowd gathering around the arcade. They were singing one of the songs by Spirit perfectly, and without the words! (Of course it's not actually their song, and they would know it cuz in my fic they made it.)

Someday I'll live in a house Etc. etc. etc.

But you know that's not for now

For now I'm falling down, down, down

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Botan sang her next solo and started dancing to the music with Yukina.

I am falling down

Try and stop me

Feels so good to hit the ground

You can watch me

Fall right on my face

It's an uphill human race

And I, I am falling down

I am falling down (falling, falling, falling)

Feels so good to hit the ground

(Oh you're falling)

Yukina and Botan finished the song with a duet and you could here shouting and clapping all through that section of the mall.

Botan hugged Yukina happily, "You did wonderful Yukina! You even got over your stage fright!" she told gleefully and started jumping up and down in approval and excitement.

"Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I?" Yukina asked and smiled at the good response of the crowd.

"What do you think you're doing?! We're supposed to keep a low profile!" Shizuru screamed and came up and dragged Yukina and Botan off the stage quickly.

"Sorry, but we got into a fight with a girl who pushed Yukina over the railing, and the girls over there saved us, and we had a karaoke contest so don't yell at us!" Botan yelled back at her.

"Whoa, Whoa, wait...YOU JUST SAID YUKINA GOT PUSHED OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAILING!" Keiko screamed and started freaking out, and examined Yukina to make sure she was okay.

"Yeah, but its fine, we were saved!" Yukina said, trying to calm down Keiko. Soon the crowd started clearing after the arcade manager got angry about the mob.

"Who saved you?" Shizuru asked.

"Those nice girls over there," Yukina said and pointed to them. As if on queue, they walked over to introduce themselves.

"I'm Linaki," the black haired girl said.

"Amani." The blonde haired girl said.

"Nice to meet ya, I'm Koneko." The orange haired girl said.

"Hey. The name's Mya." The purple haired girl said.

"And I'm Sae." The green haired girl said.

"Well thanks SO much for saving our friends, Botan here can never stay out of trouble." Keiko said.

"Can too!" Botan argued and stuck her tongue out at Keiko. Keiko just rolled her eyes in response.

"No problem. Please, no need to thank us anymore. But you guys sang GREAT! You sang that song perfectly, without any flaws! And you sound just like them! Wow!" Exclaimed Sae, not knowing how much her statement was actually true.

"Thanks," Botan blushed, flattered.

"Yup! Don't mention it!" Koneko said, "Hey, wanna meet our boyfriends? We've been ignoring them for the past five minutes so I'll go get them if you want."

"Sure why not?" Shizuru said and started looking at all the games there were to play.

"Alright, let us drag them over and we'll be back in a second!"

"How did you guys find us?" Yukina questioned, turning to Shizuru and Keiko.

"We heard you singing," Keiko answered simply and turned when she heard Mya say they got their boyfriends. Her jaw pretty much dropped to the floor when she saw who they were.

"Oh...Oh my..." was all that Yukina could say when she turned around.

Botan didn't say a thing, she couldn't. There was nothing to say.

::I-it's just like I thought...they moved on.:: was Shizuru's first incoming

thought.

Coming to her senses, Yukina shook her head and shouted, "Brother!" and ran over to Hiei, jumped on him and gave him a big bear hug.

"Yukina..." He managed to get out and instantly hugged her back.

"Sis! Your back!" Kuwabara exclaimed happily and ran to wrap Shizuru up in a hug, who was still looking at them with blank eyes.

"What's going on?" The guy's new girlfriends asked.

"These are our sisters and friends who disappeared two years ago!" Kurama explained.

::Just friends...:: Shizuru, Keiko, Botan, and Yukina thought, all confidence and happiness blown through the window.

"Where the hell were you?! Why come back now?! Why didn't you tell us where you went or that you were leaving?!" Yusuke asked them. He had so many questions that needed to be answered!

"Yes, even Hiei couldn't find you with his Jagan!" Touya said, who had been silent this whole time.

"I need to leave," Botan said lightly, bangs covering her eyes, and ran out of the arcade and towards the nearest exit of the mall.

::So many memories...all the feelings of being alone...it's all coming back to me.:: Botan thought while pushing through the people, tears threatening to leak out.

"Botan! Come back! Please!" Yukina yelled after her.

::I can't...they moved on with their lives...Shizuru was right, we should have never come. I can't take this. I don't think they even missed us at all!:: Botan mentally scolded herself for ever thinking they would be happy back in Japan.

Yukina was about to start to run after her, but Touya gently grabbed her arm before she could flit off.

"Let go of me, Touya! I need to find Botan!" She hissed angrily toward him.

"No. I would like some answers," He told her firmly.

Yukina pulled her arm back roughly, "Well I'm going to find Botan, so leave me be," She said and ran off.

::Wow...Hiei's sister...but why was he staring at that one girl she have been more than a friend? ...No. I know for a fact the he doesn't open up to people.:: Linaki thought, getting jealous. In fact, the rest of the Rekai Tantei's current girlfriends were starting to get a bit jealous too.

"Keiko?" Yusuke asked timidly, feeling out of place for the first time in his life.

"Y-yeah?" was all she could manage to say, she had something caught in her throat all of the sudden.

"Keiko, I think we need to go." Shizuru cut in before Yusuke and Keiko could say anything else.

"What?! But you just got here!" Kuwabara exclaimed.

"Yes, and now we're leaving." Shizuru said coldly, and dragged Keiko out of the arcade with her.

"What, it wasn't the perfect reunion so you're leaving?!" Yusuke yelled angrily at the retreating figures. Suddenly, they stopped and Keiko turned around and came slowly walked up to him.

"Yusuke Urameshi! You fool! That is an example of one of the reasons we left in the first place! We should have never come back!" She yelled, deeply hurt, and slapped him, then ran back to Shizuru who left to go leave with Botan and Yukina.

"Maybe you shouldn't have!" he yelled back and after their forms were not seen in the arcade anymore Yusuke slumped against the wall behind him, regretting every word he just said.

"Well, that could have gone better." Kurama said softly, staring off into space.

"No shit Sherlock!" Yusuke spat out, taking his anger out on Kurama.

"Hey, don't yell at him!" Mya said angrily to a seething Yusuke.

Amani was seething too. But, for a different reason. It was obvious that Yusuke had a previous fling with that Keiko girl, and she didn't like it one bit.

((Botan and Yukina))

Botan had just reached the exit, when the panting, mint haired girl, lightly tugged on her sleeve.

"Botan-san, why did you run off like that?" Yukina asked her long-time friend worriedly.

"I couldn't take it Yuki. All those happy memories came back. And those girls...they moved on from us! I... they don't want us here do they?" Botan asked, silently sobbing.

"I don't know Botan, I just don't know," She answered and comfortingly hugged the sobbing girl.

"Botan! Yukina!" Keiko called out to them, her face had a forlorn look plastered on it.

"What happened?" Yukina asked them.

"Well, I got uncomfortable there, and had Keiko leave with me, and then Yusuke said 'What, it wasn't the perfect reunion so your leaving?!'. And Keiko slapped him and said we never should have come back, and he said 'well maybe you shouldn't have!' and we ran off!" Shizuru said holding a distant look.

::I'm stronger than this. I will NOT cry over that pompous jerk!:: Keiko thought to herself.

"What?! Why that good for nothing! ...I'll be right back girls!" Botan huffed, her anger flaring.

"Where are you going?" Keiko asked.

"To handle something. Stay here," Botan replied and ran off quickly.

"Should we follow her?" Yukina asked.

"Nah. She can handle herself," Shizuru reassured Yukina.

((The Boys))

"So that was them, huh?" Sae asked.

"Yup," Was all the answer they would get from their boyfriends.

"Let's just go," Mya sighed and started walking away.

They all got half way to the food court before they heard someone call after Yusuke.

"YUSUKE URAMESHI! GET YOUR CARCASS BACK HERE SO I CAN KICK IT! YOU'LL BE WALKING AROUND WITH THREE SHOES I TELL YOU!" Botan yelled steamily, running up to them.

"Botan..." Yusuke breathed out. He had totally forgotten about her while fighting with Keiko. It's been so long since he'd seen her. She was his best friend... keyword being was.

"Yusuke you insensitive jerk! How could you say that to her!?" Botan yelled and punched him. (Man! Yusuke sure is getting a beating today, huh?)

"You know what? Just forget it! I should have expected something like that from you," Then, in all her anger, just turned around and walked away.

"Botan, wait!" He yelled after her. She suddenly stopped, and waited for him. She wanted to hear what he had to say.

"It was a heat of the moment thing! I didn't mean it, seriously!" Yusuke pleaded, trying to explain himself.

"That is so like you Yusuke. Always trying to find an excuse to get out of things, aren't you? Well, I'm here to tell you, you're not very good at it. W-we wanted to see you all. That's why we came back. I should have listened to Shizuru when she said not to. I should have known! I made a fool of myself because of all of you. And now, all I can really say is... goodbye," Botan ended softly and started walking away again.

As Botan was walking away, somebody grabbed her wrist, disabling her from walking any further.

"You're not going anywhere onna," Hiei said coldly.

::Hiei...:: She really didn't need this right now. Botan made up her mind, she was going to leave. Now.

"Hiei let go of me. I don't want to see you. Any of you," Botan told him just as coldly.

"It's a little late for that now, onna."

"Hiei, I don't want to talk to you! How many more times do I have to say this?! You're wasting your time and mine!" Botan said, her anger hitting its pinnacle.

"Hiei, let Botan go. She doesn't want to see us..." Kurama told him calmly and put a hand on his shoulder. The girl who took a place in his heart as a sister didn't want to talk to them. And Kurama didn't want to force her to.

"Hn," Hiei replied and gently let go of Botan's wrist.

"It was nice to meet you girls." Botan said, turning to the girls who saved her and Yukina, and left.

"Argh! Why did I have to say those things?!" Yusuke mentally slapped himself.

Mya, Sae, Linaki, Amani weren't happy. It was quite obvious that there was something more going on with their boyfriends and these girls than they were willing to say.

Koneko really didn't care since there was nothing going on with Kuwabara or any of the girls they just met...

((Botan))

Botan finally reached the door to leave. When she exited, the girls were there eagerly waiting for her.

"Botan, what did you do?" Keiko asked, curious as to what happened.

"Nothing. Let's go," Botan said and walked towards their silver Infiniti G35 Coupe. It was quite obvious she was holding back tears, but they decided to say nothing. They had gotten quite used to Botan's new attitude and accepted it.

The ride home was completely silent...

((End of Chapter))

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