Flower of Dreams
Me no own! n.n
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When you have taken the step that leads to love instead of friendship, you can sometimes get hurt. But if you take careful, confident steps then you will find that the path is not so rough.
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Botan pulled the filing cabinet drawer open and pulled out another file. She sat down at the desk she was to work at and flipped it open. She had been here for five hours straight. She put the small stack of papers inside and wrote in a notebook. She chewed on her lip as she set the file aside and went to pull out another. There was more paperwork lately. She opened her desk drawer and pulled out another pen before she sat down. She had gone through three pens so far.
"Botan, I have more papers for you." George rushed in and she sighed. He set them beside the other pile he had brought in five minutes ago. "There's a lot of work lately, hmm?"
"Yeah." She agreed. "Would you do me a small favor and get me some markers and pens? I think the ones in the desk are deteriorating while I work. Oh... and another notebook." He nodded and smiled at her sarcasm. He left. She flipped the page of the notebook and began writing more. She sighed and drew out a new manilla folder. Then she put a few papers inside and wrote the name on the tab. She continued to write and file... This was more work than Koenma needed to do. She got up and went to another filing cabinet and reached up, pulling out the top drawer. She reached in and pulled out a folder. She glanced at the name and nodded, going back to her desk. She sat down and continued her work.
"Here is the stuff you asked for." She looked toward the door and nodded when George set the box on the other chair. He sighed. "So much to do and so little time." She nodded and he left once again. She took a paper off the stack she was currently sorting and stared at the name. Yuusuke had such a thick file now. Not to mention Kuwabara and Kurama and Hiei... She went over to the Reikai filing cabinet and pulled open a drawer. She found the names and pulled all four out. She went back to her desk and set them down. She pulled open Yuusuke's file and stuck the paper inside, writing more in the notebook. Next, a paper with Hiei's name came up. She read it over and sighed. She put it in his file and then wrote in the notebook. It was a constant job. So much to do. Kurama had the next two papers. Why? She let her eyes scan them. Then she stuck them in the folder.
"Why me?" She questioned as she worked. "How did I get stuck with this job?" She peeled her eyes from the next paper and put her face in her hands, letting her headache go away before she attempted to pick up another paper. Just as she was getting back to work, another ogre with a workload came in. She shook her head and pulled down a paper. New name. She pulled out a folder, put the papers inside, and wrote the name on the tab. Then she put it in its proper place in the demon filing cabinet.
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"This sucks." Four stacks of papers later, Botan had one more paper to do. It was the last one and it was for Yuusuke. She finished her work and closed the notebook. Then she stood up and put the file away, closing the drawer. She stretched and grabbed the notebooks from the desk. That job had taken her twelve hours. Two notebooks filled up and ready to be put away by Koenma. She walked through the halls toward Koenma's office. She heard voices but knocked and went inside anyway.
"Botan? You've finished?" She nodded and rubbed her eyes, walking by the person without even a glance. "Two notebooks? This much work..."
"Hn." He took them in his hands and opened the drawer in his desk.
"Have you noticed who was here?" Botan glanced wearily over at the person. Her eyes widened.
"Kurama?" She launched into his arms and rested her head against his chest. Then she pulled away. "Long time no see, hmm?" She laughed dryly.
"Yes." He smiled.
"Well, I'll be going now. I need sleep, Koenma-sama. Good night..." She gave them both a glance and left.
"So, you will be able to do it on your own?" Koenma asked. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, I believe I can. Besides, it can be handled quietly as long as no one knows."
"No one will. I'll handle the work myself. What will you tell the others?"
"Nothing."
"Not even a cover story?"
"No."
"You'll just leave?"
"Yes."
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Botan opened her eyes. She looked at the clock at her side. Who would have the indecency to wake her up at 7 AM when she had a long twelve hour work day yesterday? She buried her face in her pillow and tried to ignore the knocking on the door. Foolish inconsiderate... She finally got fed up and walked to the door, opening it.
"Sorry, Botan, but you have more work." George said. She had went to bed at around five in the morning. This wasn't fair at all.
"Get someone else. I'm out of order." She muttered coldly.
"But Koenma-sama-"
"Tell him that I don't give a damn!" She slammed the door and slid down, trying to keep herself from yawning. She was so tired. Maybe she was a little rough on George. She got up and opened the door. "You're still here?"
"I can't tell Koenma that!" She sweat-dropped.
"Never mind. I'll be out in a minute." She went to her closet and pulled out her purple kimono. How nice it was of Koenma to assign her work when he knew what time she went to sleep. She changed as quickly as she could and went out the door. George smiled at her.
"I'm sorry about this."
"It isn't your fault." She followed him when he began leading her down the hallway. "Yesterday's big double digits really hit me hard."
"How long did you work?"
"Twelve."
"You poor thing..." George felt that he had the easy job now. "Well, all you have to do is transport files today. Not a filing job."
"I see." She gave him a curious look. "So, what files do I take where?" He gave her a startled look and handed her a clipboard.
"I almost forgot about that." He grinned. "That states exactly what files you need to take and where to take them."
"Yay." She muttered sarcastically. "At least it's a short list."
"Koenma-sama only wanted you to do it because he trusts you the most with this kind of thing." She knew Koenma had something else up his sleeve. But what was it? George left her at the office doors. She opened them and went inside.
"Koenma-sama?"
"Ah, Botan. I have a few words for you before you work." She took the seat he offered to her. "I'm sorry to do this to you. I know you've barely had any sleep. At any rate, all of those files need to be delivered without being opened, lost, and/or forgot about. They're very important." She nodded and smiled.
"Where are the usual piles of papers that adorn your desk? Got someone else doing the trained monkey stamping job?"
"No." He pointed behind him and saw the entire mountain of paper. "I will be up late tonight. There are more important things at hand."
"Like?"
"Something that not even you can know about."
"I see." She stood up and, with a frown in his direction, took the entire stack of files off his desk and left.
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Yuusuke leaned back.
"I haven't seen either of them since yesterday." He stated to Keiko, who asked about her best friend, Botan.
"Oh." Keiko frowned. "I was hoping to talk to her."
"Kurama hasn't been around since he went up there to Reikai." Yuusuke looked at Hiei. "You haven't even heard from him? I figured maybe he would've said something to you."
"Koenma summoned him and that's all I know."
"Maybe he got lost." Kuwabara suggested, taking another swig from his soda.
"He isn't like you, moron." Hiei snapped coldly.
"Shut up, Shorty!"
"Cut it out, you two!" Keiko scowled.
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Botan stared at the last file. She had to deliver this to Lord Enma's secretary. She sighed. She was running all over the place. It was getting tiresome. Working at Reikai sometimes took a turn for the worst. She had been on this errand for over two hours.
"Botan!" Ayame waved to her. "What are you doing here?"
"Delivering." She held up the file. "Got to take this to Gen."
"Well, I'll let you get done. See you around." She offered the tired ferry girl a smile then walked away. Botan walked quickly to the office. B-22, which was on the other side of the palace. It was constructed in patterns from A-J. Two sections on each floor and five floors. A and B on the bottom, C and D on the second, etc. Botan was currently on floor number 3, section E. She wondered what Koenma was trying to hide. He always got this strange look on his face when he was hiding something important from her. But she knew she couldn't question it. It was hard enough as it was.
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Botan dragged herself out of bed the next morning at 7. She didn't have any work that she knew of. When she had went back to Koenma's office when she was done, all he said was thanks. Nothing else. So she had went to bed.
"Mmm..." She knew she must have looked horrible. So she decided to take some time to go down and visit Keiko. Maybe a day in Ningenkai would solve her impending problem. Not to mention that she wanted to say hello to Kurama and the boys. She took a shower, put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and ran out to the front of the palace. She had her communicator in case Koenma needed her assistance. She hopped on her oar and zoomed down to Ningenkai. The sky was slightly cloudy, signalling some rain later on. Taking note that it was about 80 degrees, she gave herself a mental pat on the back for wearing the right thing.
"Keiko!" She saw the girl down next to her family's coffee shop. She hopped off her oar in an empty alley and ran out to greet her friend. "Keiko!"
"Botan?" The girl twisted around and smiled. "I haven't seen you in days!"
"I know!" Botan grinned and put her arm around Keiko's shoulders. "Do you have any plans for today?"
"No, not really. I was hoping to see you."
"Wonderful."
"How about the mall?"
"I've always loved the way you think!"
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The girls had a lovely time at the mall. They both went to a hair salon and had their hair done. Botan got hers cut just below the shoulders so that she could still put it in a ponytail. Keiko got her hair trimmed. Then they went around to the different clothing stores and laughed at some of the stories that Keiko told Botan, which happened to include the stupid things Yuusuke had done that the ferry girl had missed.
"I can't believe all the things that I missed. Who would've thought that a few days would contain so much stupidity?" They both laughed.
"I know." Keiko smiled. "So, anything new happen that I missed?"
"Worked a twelve hour shift in an office. I went to bed at five then got woken up at seven because he had more work for me. Thank god it took less than four hours. I'm not that tired now." The brunette frowned.
"It sounds like they made you work so hard..."
"Nothing new there, really. That was how things had gone before I got assigned as Yuusuke's assistant."
"Still, you work harder than you should have to."
"Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live here..." Botan sighed. "But dreaming gets one no where."
"I suppose." Her communicator went off and she frowned.
"Botan." Koenma's face appeared and he gave her a look.
"Where are you?"
"With Keiko."
"Why?"
"Because I don't have work today. I did mostly everything yesterday and the day before." She stated crossly.
"I'm just asking. Actually, you only need to do one thing for me."
"What is it?"
"Deliver a letter to Kurama's ningen mother."
"That's all?"
"Mm-hmm. I'll be waiting for you." She nodded and closed the communicator. She looked up at her friend sitting across from her. Keiko smiled.
"I'll do a little window shopping. Meet you here in an hour?"
"Shouldn't take me longer than that."
"Okay!"
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Botan stared at the letter for what seemed like forever as she floated in front of the Minamino home. Then she sighed and lowered herself behind the tree so that she could jump down. She knocked on the door and smiled slightly at Shiori when the older woman opened the door.
"This is for you." She put the envelope in the woman's hands.
"Have you see my Shuuichi?" Botan blinked.
"You mean... he hasn't been here?" This was odd. Very odd. Why wasn't he home? He had left Reikai yesterday. Why wasn't he here?
"He left yesterday and hasn't come back." The ferry girl was about ready to have a talk with Koenma.
"I'll see if I can find him."
"Thank you."
"Mm-hmm."
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"Koenma-sama! Where is Kurama? Tell me where he is." The angry ferry girl burst into the office. George left with a stack of papers as tall as him and she closed the door behind him. He met the determined girl's gaze.
"He is on a private mission, Botan. I cannot reveal more than that." Her shoulders slumped and she supported herself on the wall. "Are you..."
"I'm fine. I'm a little dizzy. I want to lay down awhile. I guess I wasn't as rested as I thought." She left the office and rushed quickly to her bedroom. She threw herself on her bed and buried her face in her pillow. Tears spilled from her eyes and she cried quietly in the dark room.
He's gone... She thought sadly. Koenma sent him away again and... I never got to say good bye... She was heart-broken. She knew this was probably another excuse the godling cooked up just so that she would never see him again. A private mission? Koenma-sama, how could you be so cruel!? She sniffled. I love him so much and... and now I may never see him again. Why does Koenma have to do this? I'll never forgive him! Never!
"Botan? It's me, Ayame. Koenma-sama wanted me to check up on you. Are you asleep?" Botan lifted her head and let out a pitious whimper. Ayame opened the door and turned the light on. "Ohmigosh! Botan-chan..."
"Koenma-sama took Kurama away from me again, didn't he?" She asked softly as she sat up on her bed, the tears still flowing in tiny streams down her crestfallen face.
"I... I don't know. The last time was like this, too, wasn't it?"
"Except I got to say good bye. Do you know anything about this private mission? If you don't know then it is a trick." Ayame was the Head of the Mission Department just as Botan was Head Ferry Girl.
"To be honest, I haven't heard a thing. But that doesn't mean anything at this point. Koenma-sama always does things like this when he doesn't want others to know that something has gone wrong." The calm ferry girl couldn't help but shed a few tears at her friend's state. "I'll tell you what, Botan. I'll try to figure out as much as I can about this. But I have to do it secretly so you can't breathe a word."
"Ayame-chan... you could get in trouble for that."
"I don't want you to worry about that right now. Take tonight and just rest yourself. Tomorrow, you get some work done, all right?" The dark-haired girl asked with a wink. "Now, rest. I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you."
"It's no trouble. I don't want to see you like this ever again."
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Sorry if you thought I was dead! School has been a hell-hole and I've been exhausted. I fell asleep earlier... ::sheepish look:: Anyway, I'll see what I can do as far as updating, 'kay? Please review!
Me no own! n.n
XxX
When you have taken the step that leads to love instead of friendship, you can sometimes get hurt. But if you take careful, confident steps then you will find that the path is not so rough.
XxX
Botan pulled the filing cabinet drawer open and pulled out another file. She sat down at the desk she was to work at and flipped it open. She had been here for five hours straight. She put the small stack of papers inside and wrote in a notebook. She chewed on her lip as she set the file aside and went to pull out another. There was more paperwork lately. She opened her desk drawer and pulled out another pen before she sat down. She had gone through three pens so far.
"Botan, I have more papers for you." George rushed in and she sighed. He set them beside the other pile he had brought in five minutes ago. "There's a lot of work lately, hmm?"
"Yeah." She agreed. "Would you do me a small favor and get me some markers and pens? I think the ones in the desk are deteriorating while I work. Oh... and another notebook." He nodded and smiled at her sarcasm. He left. She flipped the page of the notebook and began writing more. She sighed and drew out a new manilla folder. Then she put a few papers inside and wrote the name on the tab. She continued to write and file... This was more work than Koenma needed to do. She got up and went to another filing cabinet and reached up, pulling out the top drawer. She reached in and pulled out a folder. She glanced at the name and nodded, going back to her desk. She sat down and continued her work.
"Here is the stuff you asked for." She looked toward the door and nodded when George set the box on the other chair. He sighed. "So much to do and so little time." She nodded and he left once again. She took a paper off the stack she was currently sorting and stared at the name. Yuusuke had such a thick file now. Not to mention Kuwabara and Kurama and Hiei... She went over to the Reikai filing cabinet and pulled open a drawer. She found the names and pulled all four out. She went back to her desk and set them down. She pulled open Yuusuke's file and stuck the paper inside, writing more in the notebook. Next, a paper with Hiei's name came up. She read it over and sighed. She put it in his file and then wrote in the notebook. It was a constant job. So much to do. Kurama had the next two papers. Why? She let her eyes scan them. Then she stuck them in the folder.
"Why me?" She questioned as she worked. "How did I get stuck with this job?" She peeled her eyes from the next paper and put her face in her hands, letting her headache go away before she attempted to pick up another paper. Just as she was getting back to work, another ogre with a workload came in. She shook her head and pulled down a paper. New name. She pulled out a folder, put the papers inside, and wrote the name on the tab. Then she put it in its proper place in the demon filing cabinet.
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"This sucks." Four stacks of papers later, Botan had one more paper to do. It was the last one and it was for Yuusuke. She finished her work and closed the notebook. Then she stood up and put the file away, closing the drawer. She stretched and grabbed the notebooks from the desk. That job had taken her twelve hours. Two notebooks filled up and ready to be put away by Koenma. She walked through the halls toward Koenma's office. She heard voices but knocked and went inside anyway.
"Botan? You've finished?" She nodded and rubbed her eyes, walking by the person without even a glance. "Two notebooks? This much work..."
"Hn." He took them in his hands and opened the drawer in his desk.
"Have you noticed who was here?" Botan glanced wearily over at the person. Her eyes widened.
"Kurama?" She launched into his arms and rested her head against his chest. Then she pulled away. "Long time no see, hmm?" She laughed dryly.
"Yes." He smiled.
"Well, I'll be going now. I need sleep, Koenma-sama. Good night..." She gave them both a glance and left.
"So, you will be able to do it on your own?" Koenma asked. Kurama nodded.
"Yes, I believe I can. Besides, it can be handled quietly as long as no one knows."
"No one will. I'll handle the work myself. What will you tell the others?"
"Nothing."
"Not even a cover story?"
"No."
"You'll just leave?"
"Yes."
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Botan opened her eyes. She looked at the clock at her side. Who would have the indecency to wake her up at 7 AM when she had a long twelve hour work day yesterday? She buried her face in her pillow and tried to ignore the knocking on the door. Foolish inconsiderate... She finally got fed up and walked to the door, opening it.
"Sorry, Botan, but you have more work." George said. She had went to bed at around five in the morning. This wasn't fair at all.
"Get someone else. I'm out of order." She muttered coldly.
"But Koenma-sama-"
"Tell him that I don't give a damn!" She slammed the door and slid down, trying to keep herself from yawning. She was so tired. Maybe she was a little rough on George. She got up and opened the door. "You're still here?"
"I can't tell Koenma that!" She sweat-dropped.
"Never mind. I'll be out in a minute." She went to her closet and pulled out her purple kimono. How nice it was of Koenma to assign her work when he knew what time she went to sleep. She changed as quickly as she could and went out the door. George smiled at her.
"I'm sorry about this."
"It isn't your fault." She followed him when he began leading her down the hallway. "Yesterday's big double digits really hit me hard."
"How long did you work?"
"Twelve."
"You poor thing..." George felt that he had the easy job now. "Well, all you have to do is transport files today. Not a filing job."
"I see." She gave him a curious look. "So, what files do I take where?" He gave her a startled look and handed her a clipboard.
"I almost forgot about that." He grinned. "That states exactly what files you need to take and where to take them."
"Yay." She muttered sarcastically. "At least it's a short list."
"Koenma-sama only wanted you to do it because he trusts you the most with this kind of thing." She knew Koenma had something else up his sleeve. But what was it? George left her at the office doors. She opened them and went inside.
"Koenma-sama?"
"Ah, Botan. I have a few words for you before you work." She took the seat he offered to her. "I'm sorry to do this to you. I know you've barely had any sleep. At any rate, all of those files need to be delivered without being opened, lost, and/or forgot about. They're very important." She nodded and smiled.
"Where are the usual piles of papers that adorn your desk? Got someone else doing the trained monkey stamping job?"
"No." He pointed behind him and saw the entire mountain of paper. "I will be up late tonight. There are more important things at hand."
"Like?"
"Something that not even you can know about."
"I see." She stood up and, with a frown in his direction, took the entire stack of files off his desk and left.
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Yuusuke leaned back.
"I haven't seen either of them since yesterday." He stated to Keiko, who asked about her best friend, Botan.
"Oh." Keiko frowned. "I was hoping to talk to her."
"Kurama hasn't been around since he went up there to Reikai." Yuusuke looked at Hiei. "You haven't even heard from him? I figured maybe he would've said something to you."
"Koenma summoned him and that's all I know."
"Maybe he got lost." Kuwabara suggested, taking another swig from his soda.
"He isn't like you, moron." Hiei snapped coldly.
"Shut up, Shorty!"
"Cut it out, you two!" Keiko scowled.
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Botan stared at the last file. She had to deliver this to Lord Enma's secretary. She sighed. She was running all over the place. It was getting tiresome. Working at Reikai sometimes took a turn for the worst. She had been on this errand for over two hours.
"Botan!" Ayame waved to her. "What are you doing here?"
"Delivering." She held up the file. "Got to take this to Gen."
"Well, I'll let you get done. See you around." She offered the tired ferry girl a smile then walked away. Botan walked quickly to the office. B-22, which was on the other side of the palace. It was constructed in patterns from A-J. Two sections on each floor and five floors. A and B on the bottom, C and D on the second, etc. Botan was currently on floor number 3, section E. She wondered what Koenma was trying to hide. He always got this strange look on his face when he was hiding something important from her. But she knew she couldn't question it. It was hard enough as it was.
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Botan dragged herself out of bed the next morning at 7. She didn't have any work that she knew of. When she had went back to Koenma's office when she was done, all he said was thanks. Nothing else. So she had went to bed.
"Mmm..." She knew she must have looked horrible. So she decided to take some time to go down and visit Keiko. Maybe a day in Ningenkai would solve her impending problem. Not to mention that she wanted to say hello to Kurama and the boys. She took a shower, put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and ran out to the front of the palace. She had her communicator in case Koenma needed her assistance. She hopped on her oar and zoomed down to Ningenkai. The sky was slightly cloudy, signalling some rain later on. Taking note that it was about 80 degrees, she gave herself a mental pat on the back for wearing the right thing.
"Keiko!" She saw the girl down next to her family's coffee shop. She hopped off her oar in an empty alley and ran out to greet her friend. "Keiko!"
"Botan?" The girl twisted around and smiled. "I haven't seen you in days!"
"I know!" Botan grinned and put her arm around Keiko's shoulders. "Do you have any plans for today?"
"No, not really. I was hoping to see you."
"Wonderful."
"How about the mall?"
"I've always loved the way you think!"
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The girls had a lovely time at the mall. They both went to a hair salon and had their hair done. Botan got hers cut just below the shoulders so that she could still put it in a ponytail. Keiko got her hair trimmed. Then they went around to the different clothing stores and laughed at some of the stories that Keiko told Botan, which happened to include the stupid things Yuusuke had done that the ferry girl had missed.
"I can't believe all the things that I missed. Who would've thought that a few days would contain so much stupidity?" They both laughed.
"I know." Keiko smiled. "So, anything new happen that I missed?"
"Worked a twelve hour shift in an office. I went to bed at five then got woken up at seven because he had more work for me. Thank god it took less than four hours. I'm not that tired now." The brunette frowned.
"It sounds like they made you work so hard..."
"Nothing new there, really. That was how things had gone before I got assigned as Yuusuke's assistant."
"Still, you work harder than you should have to."
"Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live here..." Botan sighed. "But dreaming gets one no where."
"I suppose." Her communicator went off and she frowned.
"Botan." Koenma's face appeared and he gave her a look.
"Where are you?"
"With Keiko."
"Why?"
"Because I don't have work today. I did mostly everything yesterday and the day before." She stated crossly.
"I'm just asking. Actually, you only need to do one thing for me."
"What is it?"
"Deliver a letter to Kurama's ningen mother."
"That's all?"
"Mm-hmm. I'll be waiting for you." She nodded and closed the communicator. She looked up at her friend sitting across from her. Keiko smiled.
"I'll do a little window shopping. Meet you here in an hour?"
"Shouldn't take me longer than that."
"Okay!"
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Botan stared at the letter for what seemed like forever as she floated in front of the Minamino home. Then she sighed and lowered herself behind the tree so that she could jump down. She knocked on the door and smiled slightly at Shiori when the older woman opened the door.
"This is for you." She put the envelope in the woman's hands.
"Have you see my Shuuichi?" Botan blinked.
"You mean... he hasn't been here?" This was odd. Very odd. Why wasn't he home? He had left Reikai yesterday. Why wasn't he here?
"He left yesterday and hasn't come back." The ferry girl was about ready to have a talk with Koenma.
"I'll see if I can find him."
"Thank you."
"Mm-hmm."
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"Koenma-sama! Where is Kurama? Tell me where he is." The angry ferry girl burst into the office. George left with a stack of papers as tall as him and she closed the door behind him. He met the determined girl's gaze.
"He is on a private mission, Botan. I cannot reveal more than that." Her shoulders slumped and she supported herself on the wall. "Are you..."
"I'm fine. I'm a little dizzy. I want to lay down awhile. I guess I wasn't as rested as I thought." She left the office and rushed quickly to her bedroom. She threw herself on her bed and buried her face in her pillow. Tears spilled from her eyes and she cried quietly in the dark room.
He's gone... She thought sadly. Koenma sent him away again and... I never got to say good bye... She was heart-broken. She knew this was probably another excuse the godling cooked up just so that she would never see him again. A private mission? Koenma-sama, how could you be so cruel!? She sniffled. I love him so much and... and now I may never see him again. Why does Koenma have to do this? I'll never forgive him! Never!
"Botan? It's me, Ayame. Koenma-sama wanted me to check up on you. Are you asleep?" Botan lifted her head and let out a pitious whimper. Ayame opened the door and turned the light on. "Ohmigosh! Botan-chan..."
"Koenma-sama took Kurama away from me again, didn't he?" She asked softly as she sat up on her bed, the tears still flowing in tiny streams down her crestfallen face.
"I... I don't know. The last time was like this, too, wasn't it?"
"Except I got to say good bye. Do you know anything about this private mission? If you don't know then it is a trick." Ayame was the Head of the Mission Department just as Botan was Head Ferry Girl.
"To be honest, I haven't heard a thing. But that doesn't mean anything at this point. Koenma-sama always does things like this when he doesn't want others to know that something has gone wrong." The calm ferry girl couldn't help but shed a few tears at her friend's state. "I'll tell you what, Botan. I'll try to figure out as much as I can about this. But I have to do it secretly so you can't breathe a word."
"Ayame-chan... you could get in trouble for that."
"I don't want you to worry about that right now. Take tonight and just rest yourself. Tomorrow, you get some work done, all right?" The dark-haired girl asked with a wink. "Now, rest. I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you."
"It's no trouble. I don't want to see you like this ever again."
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Sorry if you thought I was dead! School has been a hell-hole and I've been exhausted. I fell asleep earlier... ::sheepish look:: Anyway, I'll see what I can do as far as updating, 'kay? Please review!