What2callmyself: Yes, I actually have a plot going here!!! I feel so smart

Kute Anime Kitty: Yeah, that was an evil cliffy but I just have to throw one in there every once in a while.

Raging Lion: I'm glad you think my story kick-ass! Thanks for the review too Hiei is my favorite but Kurama is a really close second and Yusuke's a pretty close third.

Chapter Seven: Botan

You aren't me…

What the hell are you talking about?!

Shut up, ningen!

Ningen…?

"Hiei!"

What?! What?

"Hiei, wake up! Please!"

Groaning, Hiei opened his eyes and Kurama was leaning over him, looking relieved. Yusuke was also there along with Jin, Touya, and also the blue-haired girl with pink eyes.

The kitsune and Yusuke are here …Botan, too? What the hell are Jin and Touya doing here?

"Get out of my head!" Hiei snarled and shut his eyes, plugging up his ears.

"Hiei are you all right?! What's wrong?" Kurama demanded.

Trust me, I want to leave.

"Hiei, drink this." The blue-haired girl handed Hiei a hot drink. The odor made him shrivel up his nose in disgust. It was also a weird green color, which didn't make it very appetizing.

Don't drink it…

Hiei pinched his nose and put the rim of the warm drink to his lips.

Stop!

Gulping down the bizarre drink, Hiei had to fight the urge to gag. It smelled, looked, and tasted horrible but stopped the throbbing in his head and there were no more outbursts from the voice in his mind.

"Feeling better?" The blue-haired girl giggled and smiled cheerfully.

"I guess…" The exhausted freshman sighed.

"Yay! Hiei's okay! Whoopee! We should skip the rest of school to celebrate!" Jin practically pounced on Hiei.

"I'm down with that, Jin, but…" Yusuke rounded on the mystery (not-so-mysterious) girl. "Who… the hell are you?"

She sweat dropped. "Oh, no one important! I'll just be on my way now." She made an attempt to escape but Yusuke grabbed her arm.

"You know our names even though we've never been introduced. My girlfriend now thinks I'm two-timing her. I'd say I've got a damn good reason to ask for your name." Yusuke lectured while making his grip tighter on her arm.

"All right! All right! My name is Botan." Botan answered and Yusuke released her arm, so she walked away mumbling, "Koenma's going to kill me…"

"Now that that's over with, let's skip school!" Yusuke grinned sneakily.

"Excuse me?!" Keiko demanded since she had been looking for Yusuke and just walked into the gym. (A/N: Hiei had been moved from the locker room to the gym )

"Bad timing…" Yusuke whimpered.

"I'll say." Keiko stuck her nose in the hair. "And what was that girl doing in here with you guys?" She demanded.

"Hiei fainted-" Yusuke started.

"I did not faint! I passed out! A guy does not faint." Hiei argued obstinately.

"Whatever." Yusuke continued. "Hiei passed out and that girl gave him a funny drink to make him feel better."

Kurama peered at Hiei earnestly. "You are feeling better, right Hiei?" His emerald eyes were filled with such concern that Hiei turned away from the beautiful green eyes and blushed.

"Yeah, I'm fine." The embarrassed Hiei muttered.

Jin and Touya glanced at each other and snickered but shut up as soon as Hiei glared at them. Keiko also seemed to notice something while Yusuke didn't get anything and Kurama was being naïve.

A loud bell that echoed off the gym walls startled them all out of their thoughts. Keiko started heading out of the gym and Jin and Touya followed. "Come on guys, you don't want to be late for class."

Yusuke waited until he was sure Keiko was gone before glancing back at the other two guys. "Alright! Time to skip!"

Outside of the school…

"Huh? Urameshi? Are you skipping, too?" Kuwabara was standing in the school parking lot with his bag slung over his shoulder.

"Yeah, Kuwabara. What's it to ya?" Yusuke was wandering in and out of the different cars and he took out his house key to scrape the paint on a teacher's car that he didn't like.

"Where are you guys going?" Kuwabara asked.

"Wherever we want." Yusuke stopped at a nice looking blue painted motorcycle.

"Yusuke, I don't think this is the brightest of ideas." The redhead spoke up hesitantly.

"Neither was blowing up the science lab but I did that anyway." Yusuke grinned. "Care to go for a joy ride on my baby?" The greasy haired thug gave the motorcycle a nice pat on the seat.

"Do you even have a license to be riding that thing?" Kurama questioned worriedly. His decision to skip with Yusuke was starting to not look like such a good idea. "You didn't steal it, did you…?"

"No worries, I didn't steal it and I know what I'm doing at least." But these words didn't comfort Kurama much. "How about we go to an ice cream parlor to eat?" Yusuke suggested.

"Sweet snow?!" Hiei exclaimed before slapping his mouth shut and pretending he didn't just yell that for everyone to hear. Kurama gave him a funny look and stifled a laugh.

"Yeah sure, hop on." Yusuke climbed onto his motorcycle and Kurama got on next, locking his arms around Yusuke's waist. Hiei was unsure about this and sat on the very end reluctantly.

"You might want to hold onto my waist, Hiei." Kurama warned while Yusuke started up the engine and the steady hum of the motorcycle vibrated in their seats.

"I refuse to wrap my arms around your waist." Hiei scoffed stubbornly.

"Well you don't have to but I suggest you do." Kurama advised.

"Enough chit chat and I only have one rule when riding my motorcycle… no backseat driving!!!" Yusuke revved up the engine and had to shout the last part to be heard over the engine's roar. "Make sure your tray tables are in the upright and locked position and hold on to your ass!" Yusuke cheered and the vehicle sped forward with a sudden lurch.

The abrupt movement forward made Hiei almost fall off and he had to flail his arms in order to stay on. Despite what Hiei said before he found himself clutching onto Kurama's shirt in order to stay on. Kurama didn't seem to mind so Hiei held on a little tighter for reassurance. Was it safe for three people to be riding a motorcycle, anyway?

"Wait up for me you guys!!!" Kuwabara shouted from behind, running to try and keep up with Yusuke's bike.

But Yusuke picked up speed and Kuwabara was left way behind. Together the three of them headed off to the nearest ice cream parlor to skip school and eat sweet snow together!

TO BE CONTINUED

I got a little bold font happy this chapter... I thought that was a pretty decent chapter myself but you can tell me what you thought in your review!