Kurama's Marathon

PG13
Pairings: Kurama/Botan
Song: More to life, by Stacie Orrico

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Koenma's cheek twitched in annoyance as the ferry girl passed by his office singing the same song for at least the hundredth time that day. It started off a good song and he was pleased to hear her sing but now ... now it was just annoying. He rubbed a hand over his face and groaned. "Botan...can't you just stop for a minute"

"I've got it all but I feel so deprived
I go up, I come down and I'm emptier inside
Tell me what is this thing that I feel like I'm missing
And why can't I let it go?"

Botan turned up the volume on her headphones to drown out the pleas from her boss. The blue haired deity turned down the hall and into her room singing under her breath. Her amethyst eyes took in everything in her room from the flowers on the table to the four poster pink bed as she opened the door. Her vast well decorated room seemed somehow empty and bare to her. It always had.

"There's gotta be more to life
Then chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me"

Diverting her attention away from her abnormal depressed state the ferry girl summoned her oar. Boarding it she shot off into the hallway, blasting out the double doors into the winds of Rekai. Joy exploded into every part of her as she flew.

"'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more
(Then wanting more)"

Reaching the human world she landed in the park, dismissing her oar. The adrenaline of the ride washed away as soon as her feet hit the solid ground. Botan straightened her pink kimono and marched off to her destination. The boys had planned an outing and she had been invited along to celebrate the final day of school.
"I've got the time and I'm wasting it slowly
Here in this moment, I'm half way out the door
Onto the next thing I'm searching for something that's missing"

Just as planned, at exactly three fifteen, she arrived at Kurama's door. She knocked twice before the red headed teen answered. To her surprise he looked worse for wear. His long red hair was tangled as if he'd let it dry without brushing it after a long shower, his green eyes were saddened, not hard or holding unseen knowledge.

"There's gotta be more to life
Then chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me"

She lowered her headphones to around her neck and blinked. "Kurama...?" The girl asked, hoping that this image was some kind of joke. "Are you...alright?"

"Fine." He answered flatly opening the door wider and stepping back so she could enter.

"'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well its life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more
I'm wanting more"

The violet eyed girl cautiously stepped inside. He wasn't being his polite his normal self. What could be wrong with him? Her mind raced with questions but she kept her mouth shut. It only got her into trouble. He rose his troubled eyes to her. "Are...the other's coming?"

"Soon."

"(I'm always)

Waiting on something
Other then this
Why am I feeling like there's something I missed?
(Something I missed) Yah..."

A knock on the door caused Botan to jump, she tugged her eyes to gaze at the floor. How could she have not realized how hard and how deep into his eyes she was staring? As if he would confide in her. Hiei was a given but her? No. She was just a ferry girl. A ditzy ferry girl.

"There's gotta be more to life
Then chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more
(Then wanting more)"

The fox opened the door and allowed everyone inside. Though he was smiling, it was obvious he was faking it. Everyone exchanged their hellos and they were off. No one asked him about it and Botan wondered why. Didn't they notice? Too many years being a spirit had left her with too much ambition to help and allowed her to tell emotions, almost read them.

Hiei had his arms crossed as he walked with the group, purely despising the disturbance of his sleep time. Kuwabara chatted excitedly about Yukina to Yusuke who would shrug and let out a smart ass comment whenever he could slip one in. Kurama walked with his hands in his pockets toward the back deciding to keep to himself.

"There's gotta be more to life
Then chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well its life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more...
(Then wanting more...)"

Botan grasped Kurama's hand with hers and smiled up at him. "Hey! Don't be so down! Let's go have some fun!" She put her finger on her cheek and thought. "We could all go to the amusement park or something!"

"Or a bar..."

"Yusuke Urameshi! You are NOT old enough to drink!"

"They are" He replied grinning.

"The amusement park sounds fine" Kurama interjected, his tone still lacking his normal voice.

"Great!" The ferry girl cheered pumping her fist into the air. Her bright eyes once again locked onto the fox's and for the first time since school, he smiled.
"More... to... life...
More to... more to...life"