Survival Class 101
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, you fans would praise me. Why? 'Cause I would definitely make Hiei and Botan get together. But the reality is just too cruel!
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Chapter 3 – Decisions, decisions, decisions...
"I have plans for you..."
Botan was practically inarticulate. She doesn't have any idea why Hiei was threatening her; she didn't quite understand what he had meant in his sentence either. Whatever it signifies, it already brought goose bumps out of her just by the way he spoke. Nevertheless, all she cares right now is holding on to her dear life. Maybe with luck, the killer demon might just be kind enough to go easy on her.
"Get up."
Surprisingly Hiei withdrew his weapon. The blue head was uncertain if Hiei's "plan" is just to get her off the ground, or perhaps she had just heard it wrong in the first place. She shakily stood up from where she sat and dusted herself slowly.
"Um..." the deity didn't know what to say at the moment. When she finally glanced over to Hiei, the fire demon only looked away without saying anything, leaving Botan puzzled.
'What's up with him? First scares me off, and now the silent treatment? Hm, he just likes to trick with people's mind so much, huh? Good thing is I'm still in one piece... at least for now. If he knows I'm here as an undercover, I might just die again! Aww, I haven't even got my first kiss from anyone yet!' Botan thought as she tried to slip away with Hiei's back turned on her.
"I don't recall giving you any permission to leave, now did I?"
If there has anything that could escape Hiei's sight, it wouldn't be the ferry girl's attempt trying to escape. Botan froze into her place. The thing she dislikes the most about Hiei is that he acts almighty and high before others and starts to order them around like they were his slaves.
"I need to use the restroom. It's, um, sort of an emergency." Botan displayed her famous, innocent cat-face while she laughed nervously, hoping the fire demon would buy her excuse.
"Why are you running away? Do I frighten you?"
At that, Botan didn't answer. She doesn't expect saying a "no" and quivering at the same time would make Hiei believe she was speaking the truth. Our favorite ferry girl was flashed red with embarrassment. Why was she scared of somebody who is shorter than her anyway?!
"Hn. I thought so. Weaklings like you should be feared by those who has authority over you." Hiei stated cockily and regarded Botan with mockery.
There he goes again, commenting her with bitter. Botan's face burned with anger. She really wished that she had her precious oar right now to whack Hiei upside down. 'If I can still get out of this, I must beg Genkai to teach me some martial arts, so I can teach that arrogant jerk Hiei a lesson on treating people with more decency!'
Reading Botan's mind, Hiei simply smirked again with amusement: "Don't bother. I far more surpass you in both wits and strength."
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?! What do you want with me?! Can't a girl ever get some peace when she's only trying to look for some food to eat?" Botan snapped a little bit harshly back.
"That's a lie. You're not here to dine, so drop the act. I'm tired of playing games with you."
"Oh, look who's talking! I don't want to play any games with you either. Why don't you just leave me alone? I'm sure we'd both be happy that way."
"I would gladly leave you to your pathetic life afterwards. Right now, I have a use for you."
"I'm not your tool. Why should I listen to you?"
"Then I guess it's your loss if you decide to be foolish." Hiei's eyes shifted back to his sword.
And she hated it so much when he does that... Her life is back on the line again.
"Alright, alright. What do you want me to do?"
Botan sighed in defeat. What was her suppose to do then? Hiei is not the type of person who would care much about the consequences of being punished if she really got him upset and he decides to disintegrate her into dusts with his dragon technique. The point is, she'll still be dead no matter what Koenma does to Hiei.
Hiei marched near the restaurant building and paused, attention focused on a specific pair of people that are inside through the glass window.
"Simple. You go in and lure the baka out, I'll kill him once he gets here."
"What?! That's what you've been had in mind?"
Overwhelmed, Botan understood perfectly who that "baka" was without the fire demon saying his name. Her object in this mission was to keep Kuwabara alive, and now she must help Hiei too if she wants to survive. She should have fled when she had the chance, but anyone with a brain can figure out that she can't outrun the agile fire demon; and also, her orange- head friend will still be in the danger of losing his life. The only thing the bubbly ferry girl of the Sanzu River can think of doing at this time is to stall/distract Hiei as much as possible.
"You oppose?"
"No! Of course not! I just don't think that would work out."
"Are you questioning my plan?" The 'you-are-signing-your-death-wish-if- you-dare-try-your-luck-to-disagree-with-me' look was now plastered all over Hiei's face.
"No... but you do know that if you kill him, you'll be sent to Reikai prison."
"So? If my freedom can exchange for Yukina's eternal happiness, I'd be willing to take any risk at will." Said Hiei thoughtfully, crimson orbs emitting a soft glow.
Botan suddenly felt sympathized for Hiei. It would be such a sweet thing for him to say if the whole situation was different and without the idea of murdering Kuwabara. The ferry girl smiled, but she couldn't help feeling sad for Hiei. 'I guess he wants his sister to be happy more than anything in this world...'
"Look, Hiei. I know your intentions for Yukina. I think I can assist you with this." Botan scratched her head hesitantly.
"Are you saying that you share the same opinion as I do toward the buffoon?"
"Hmm, not entirely. I still think Kuwa-chan and Yukina make a cute couple. But I've got a plan that will not land you in trouble."
"Let's hear it, though I doubt a ditz like you can come up with anything clever."
Ignoring another one of Hiei's bitter comments, Botan let her brain rested for a while to come up with this "plan" she is talking about. She still can't believe she's doing this for Hiei. For goodness's sake, Hiei!!
"Okay, I've got it."
"Out with it already. I hope you do realize that you're testing my patience here."
"I need you to listen carefully... We'll go into the restaurant and pretend looking for a meal as well, and we met up with Kuwabara and Yukina out of 'coincidence'. Then we can sit with them."
"And what's that going to do?" asked Hiei, rather felt that he shouldn't have asked Botan what her plan was in the first place.
"Well, Kuwabara won't be able to do anything to Yukina with us around. That'll make the time they spent together less enjoyable. What do you think?"
"What do I think? I think it's completely idiotic. I was going for something more efficient."
"Like what?"
"Like get rid of the nuisance, permanently."
"I know how you feel here, Hiei. And yes, killing Kuwabara might solve your problem. But do you suppose that Yukina would be very happy when she discovers one of her friend is dead, and her brother, who is going to be imprisoned, was responsible for the cause?" Botan reasoned logically. She was surprised that she actually sounded like Kurama when he gives out his intelligent lecture.
"Hn. You would have a point if you didn't miss out one more important factor, Yukina doesn't know that I'm related to her."
"Don't be so sure about that!"
"What do you mean? If you tell her, you'll be the second item to kill today on my list."
"Nah! I didn't... yet. But there's no guarantee that the others won't slip!" The deity stuck out her tongue out playfully at Hiei.
"Hn." Hiei growled and turned his head away.
"It's really up to you, you know. If you don't want to, then we can all just go home." Hands folded together behind her back, the deity was hoping Hiei would choose the later choice.
"Fine, I'll play along." Hiei thought for a moment before speaking lowly.
'Hiei actually agreed with me. This might turn out just fine after all.' Thinking to herself, Botan nodded back to Hiei, fully missing out on the devilish smirk on his face. The gravity-defying haired boy quietly laughed at the girl's naivety for believing that he wouldn't do anything to Kuwabara once they are inside. Ideas forming in his head, Hiei put his hands back to his pockets and walked casually toward the entrance of the restaurant.
"By the way," Hiei started as he sauntered pass by Botan, catching her attention.
"Something wrong?"
"I suggest you take that disguise off of you. It doesn't suit you."
"Oh, I forgot!" Botan tossed her wig inside of her bag as she watched Hiei, being ungentlemanly, opened the glass door without waiting for the lady and let himself in first. Shrugging off, she entered after him, once again missing out on Hiei's mischievous tone when he made remarks on her appearance.
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A/N:
Forgive me if things didn't make any sense in this chapter. And forgive me if you felt disappointed due to the fact this chapter didn't turn out the way you wanted. I'm trying my best not to make the characters too OOC.
I've finally come up an effective plan that can help me finish all my stories faster. From now on, I'll only be updating this story, (probably once a week). And the other ones will sort of be on hiatus. Until I'm done with this fic, I'll go back to update the rest one by one. This way, I can focus more without messing up things in my head. So, sorry if you like my other stories and wanted me to update them too.
And last of all, my huge thanks to all of you who reviewed. You've made a girl happy for the day!
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, you fans would praise me. Why? 'Cause I would definitely make Hiei and Botan get together. But the reality is just too cruel!
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Chapter 3 – Decisions, decisions, decisions...
"I have plans for you..."
Botan was practically inarticulate. She doesn't have any idea why Hiei was threatening her; she didn't quite understand what he had meant in his sentence either. Whatever it signifies, it already brought goose bumps out of her just by the way he spoke. Nevertheless, all she cares right now is holding on to her dear life. Maybe with luck, the killer demon might just be kind enough to go easy on her.
"Get up."
Surprisingly Hiei withdrew his weapon. The blue head was uncertain if Hiei's "plan" is just to get her off the ground, or perhaps she had just heard it wrong in the first place. She shakily stood up from where she sat and dusted herself slowly.
"Um..." the deity didn't know what to say at the moment. When she finally glanced over to Hiei, the fire demon only looked away without saying anything, leaving Botan puzzled.
'What's up with him? First scares me off, and now the silent treatment? Hm, he just likes to trick with people's mind so much, huh? Good thing is I'm still in one piece... at least for now. If he knows I'm here as an undercover, I might just die again! Aww, I haven't even got my first kiss from anyone yet!' Botan thought as she tried to slip away with Hiei's back turned on her.
"I don't recall giving you any permission to leave, now did I?"
If there has anything that could escape Hiei's sight, it wouldn't be the ferry girl's attempt trying to escape. Botan froze into her place. The thing she dislikes the most about Hiei is that he acts almighty and high before others and starts to order them around like they were his slaves.
"I need to use the restroom. It's, um, sort of an emergency." Botan displayed her famous, innocent cat-face while she laughed nervously, hoping the fire demon would buy her excuse.
"Why are you running away? Do I frighten you?"
At that, Botan didn't answer. She doesn't expect saying a "no" and quivering at the same time would make Hiei believe she was speaking the truth. Our favorite ferry girl was flashed red with embarrassment. Why was she scared of somebody who is shorter than her anyway?!
"Hn. I thought so. Weaklings like you should be feared by those who has authority over you." Hiei stated cockily and regarded Botan with mockery.
There he goes again, commenting her with bitter. Botan's face burned with anger. She really wished that she had her precious oar right now to whack Hiei upside down. 'If I can still get out of this, I must beg Genkai to teach me some martial arts, so I can teach that arrogant jerk Hiei a lesson on treating people with more decency!'
Reading Botan's mind, Hiei simply smirked again with amusement: "Don't bother. I far more surpass you in both wits and strength."
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?! What do you want with me?! Can't a girl ever get some peace when she's only trying to look for some food to eat?" Botan snapped a little bit harshly back.
"That's a lie. You're not here to dine, so drop the act. I'm tired of playing games with you."
"Oh, look who's talking! I don't want to play any games with you either. Why don't you just leave me alone? I'm sure we'd both be happy that way."
"I would gladly leave you to your pathetic life afterwards. Right now, I have a use for you."
"I'm not your tool. Why should I listen to you?"
"Then I guess it's your loss if you decide to be foolish." Hiei's eyes shifted back to his sword.
And she hated it so much when he does that... Her life is back on the line again.
"Alright, alright. What do you want me to do?"
Botan sighed in defeat. What was her suppose to do then? Hiei is not the type of person who would care much about the consequences of being punished if she really got him upset and he decides to disintegrate her into dusts with his dragon technique. The point is, she'll still be dead no matter what Koenma does to Hiei.
Hiei marched near the restaurant building and paused, attention focused on a specific pair of people that are inside through the glass window.
"Simple. You go in and lure the baka out, I'll kill him once he gets here."
"What?! That's what you've been had in mind?"
Overwhelmed, Botan understood perfectly who that "baka" was without the fire demon saying his name. Her object in this mission was to keep Kuwabara alive, and now she must help Hiei too if she wants to survive. She should have fled when she had the chance, but anyone with a brain can figure out that she can't outrun the agile fire demon; and also, her orange- head friend will still be in the danger of losing his life. The only thing the bubbly ferry girl of the Sanzu River can think of doing at this time is to stall/distract Hiei as much as possible.
"You oppose?"
"No! Of course not! I just don't think that would work out."
"Are you questioning my plan?" The 'you-are-signing-your-death-wish-if- you-dare-try-your-luck-to-disagree-with-me' look was now plastered all over Hiei's face.
"No... but you do know that if you kill him, you'll be sent to Reikai prison."
"So? If my freedom can exchange for Yukina's eternal happiness, I'd be willing to take any risk at will." Said Hiei thoughtfully, crimson orbs emitting a soft glow.
Botan suddenly felt sympathized for Hiei. It would be such a sweet thing for him to say if the whole situation was different and without the idea of murdering Kuwabara. The ferry girl smiled, but she couldn't help feeling sad for Hiei. 'I guess he wants his sister to be happy more than anything in this world...'
"Look, Hiei. I know your intentions for Yukina. I think I can assist you with this." Botan scratched her head hesitantly.
"Are you saying that you share the same opinion as I do toward the buffoon?"
"Hmm, not entirely. I still think Kuwa-chan and Yukina make a cute couple. But I've got a plan that will not land you in trouble."
"Let's hear it, though I doubt a ditz like you can come up with anything clever."
Ignoring another one of Hiei's bitter comments, Botan let her brain rested for a while to come up with this "plan" she is talking about. She still can't believe she's doing this for Hiei. For goodness's sake, Hiei!!
"Okay, I've got it."
"Out with it already. I hope you do realize that you're testing my patience here."
"I need you to listen carefully... We'll go into the restaurant and pretend looking for a meal as well, and we met up with Kuwabara and Yukina out of 'coincidence'. Then we can sit with them."
"And what's that going to do?" asked Hiei, rather felt that he shouldn't have asked Botan what her plan was in the first place.
"Well, Kuwabara won't be able to do anything to Yukina with us around. That'll make the time they spent together less enjoyable. What do you think?"
"What do I think? I think it's completely idiotic. I was going for something more efficient."
"Like what?"
"Like get rid of the nuisance, permanently."
"I know how you feel here, Hiei. And yes, killing Kuwabara might solve your problem. But do you suppose that Yukina would be very happy when she discovers one of her friend is dead, and her brother, who is going to be imprisoned, was responsible for the cause?" Botan reasoned logically. She was surprised that she actually sounded like Kurama when he gives out his intelligent lecture.
"Hn. You would have a point if you didn't miss out one more important factor, Yukina doesn't know that I'm related to her."
"Don't be so sure about that!"
"What do you mean? If you tell her, you'll be the second item to kill today on my list."
"Nah! I didn't... yet. But there's no guarantee that the others won't slip!" The deity stuck out her tongue out playfully at Hiei.
"Hn." Hiei growled and turned his head away.
"It's really up to you, you know. If you don't want to, then we can all just go home." Hands folded together behind her back, the deity was hoping Hiei would choose the later choice.
"Fine, I'll play along." Hiei thought for a moment before speaking lowly.
'Hiei actually agreed with me. This might turn out just fine after all.' Thinking to herself, Botan nodded back to Hiei, fully missing out on the devilish smirk on his face. The gravity-defying haired boy quietly laughed at the girl's naivety for believing that he wouldn't do anything to Kuwabara once they are inside. Ideas forming in his head, Hiei put his hands back to his pockets and walked casually toward the entrance of the restaurant.
"By the way," Hiei started as he sauntered pass by Botan, catching her attention.
"Something wrong?"
"I suggest you take that disguise off of you. It doesn't suit you."
"Oh, I forgot!" Botan tossed her wig inside of her bag as she watched Hiei, being ungentlemanly, opened the glass door without waiting for the lady and let himself in first. Shrugging off, she entered after him, once again missing out on Hiei's mischievous tone when he made remarks on her appearance.
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A/N:
Forgive me if things didn't make any sense in this chapter. And forgive me if you felt disappointed due to the fact this chapter didn't turn out the way you wanted. I'm trying my best not to make the characters too OOC.
I've finally come up an effective plan that can help me finish all my stories faster. From now on, I'll only be updating this story, (probably once a week). And the other ones will sort of be on hiatus. Until I'm done with this fic, I'll go back to update the rest one by one. This way, I can focus more without messing up things in my head. So, sorry if you like my other stories and wanted me to update them too.
And last of all, my huge thanks to all of you who reviewed. You've made a girl happy for the day!
