Chapter One
me: soulanubious and Animoon asked if the story could be a k/b, so I have rewritten the story so that Kurama is Botan's mate/husband. This version will be slightly different then the other version cause i'm making the time in which Botan adopts Minerva present time, in other words no flashbacks!
Chapter One
Botan ran to catch up with the rest of the gang, her oar back in Reikai being worked on. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama were all walking ahead of her through the ningen park, the laughter of small children ringing in the warm air. She couldn't help but smile to herself at the thought of children, running about and having fun. But the cries of a small girl broke her of this thought. Turning to her left, Botan saw a small red headed girl being beat up by a couple of children with black hair.
"Stupid girl! You can't play with us!" One of the boys yelled, shoving her to the ground and kicking her. The others readily agreed with their leader, throwing kicks at the small girl. Botan stopped in her walk, and ran to the little girl ready to take her in her arms and away from the others. She swooped down, picked the girl up and ran to the other side of the park where parents talked to each other.
"Are you okay, little one?" Botan asked moving the girl's short red hair away from her face, only to see green eyes similar to Kurama's.
"I'm fine. Are you my mommy?" Dirt covered the girl's clothes from where she had been pushed down to the ground.
"How 'bout I be your mommy until your real mommy comes, okay?" A small sad cheerful smile graced her face, a smile a mother would give after their child had gotten hurt.
"Thank you! But my mom and pa left me here, they didn't want me anymore." The girl hid her face in Botan's shoulder, muffled sobs reaching her ears.
"Oh... sh...it's okay! I'll be your mommy!" Botan gently rocked the small girl, holding her new daughter close. After a few minutes she calmed down. "Now lets go get you some clean clothes at the mall. I just so happen to have Koenma's credit card!"
Botan promptly forgot about the meeting with the gang, her mind now focused on her daughter and the shopping trip about to be taken. Going to a secluded part of the park, Minerva still in her arms, Botan prepared to open a portal.
"Hey, mommy?"
"Hm...?" Botan said as she conjured some of her pink ki to open a portal near the mall.
"What is your name?" Botan lost concentration, wondering how she could be soo stupid and forget to tell her new daughter her name.
"I'm Botan, the Grim Reaper! What's your name?" She set her daughter on her feet, still holding her left hand.
"I'm Minerva, the Roman goddess of War and Wisdom. Wow my mommy's the Grim Reaper!" A huge grin spread across her dirt smeared face as she swung the joined hands back and forth.
"Another goddess! Then where where's your father Jupiter?" The Grim Reaper was now worried, why had Jupiter abondoned the newly rebirthed goddess ( The gods are reborn every 1000 years, Botan is about 18 in this life. Koenma on the other hand is not.)
"He said I did somethin bad and this is my punishment, but I'm glad that your my mommy!" Minerva hugged her new mommy, her past with her father freshly forgotten. "Can I get a kimono, too?" Minerva tugged on her mother's arm, who still was kinda shocked about finding out who her daughter was.
me: end of the first chapter! I hope this one goes well.
Hiei: -glares at BlackRosesofHell- get back to MY version, onna!-goes and stalks Botan-
me: Oh... If you are reading the Hiei version of this story, the wedding is the next chapter and should be out next saturday or so. Tootles!
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Nandi, beta
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