Chapter Dreißig

While Botan's body was locked up her mind was still aware of everything. She heard everything. There had to be something she could do. Wait! It hit her, she was a human now, the pacifier had made her so, and she had life energy. Just enough. It was perfect.

'Hiei.'

-A voice? Whose voice?-

'Hiei feel me in your heart.'

-Heart… feel…-

Hiei winced as his mind was taken to a place deep within himself. And there she was standing before him. "Botan?"

'Yes Hiei, I want you to listen to me. You know what gets rid of a shadow. LIGHT. Use your light to beat him.'

"You are my light." Hiei said sadly

'I know. And I will be your light; I will live in your heart. Use your light, Hiei.' Suddenly her voice stopped coming and he opened his eyes.

'Use your light.' It echoed through his mind and his body became warm and his sword began to glow a pure white color. The color of light.

Genkai Pushed herself up from the ground, her vision was blurred and so was her mind. She remembered now.

Two weeks earlier…

Genkai sat in her temple silently sipping her tea, "what's this?" She looked in her cup and gasped. "No."

"Yes," the shadow spoke, "Hello there my queen. You are going to help me. Tell me everything you know about those detectives. You will rise to power and bring me with you." He growled and placed his outstretched hand to her chest and she fainted. She would be a queen and he would take over when the time came.

"H-he used me…" Genkai let out a breath and blacked out.

"What is going on?" The dark lord looked over at Hiei, "You just won't give up, will you?"

Hiei held up the sword and took his stance, "No."

"That's right Iniko, you can't have my power, Hiei has it now." Koenma smirked.

"But the life energy, where did he get it from?" Iniko looked at Botan once more. "She had it? How, she's dead?"

"No, she was brought back to the living when I entrusted her with My power."

"But she gave up her life selflessly? Why?"

"Shut up, both of you." Hiei growled as he made his way to the dark lord. "I told you I would kill you. And I will." Hiei spoke, "Put her down." Hiei ordered for he was in no mood to play little games. With one swift movement Hiei thrust the sword into the heart of the spirit, where he screamed out in pure agony.

His insides were being pulled apart like a bath bead in water, He began to dissolve in the air and was soon and echoic memory in the long halls of the palace. Hiei caught Botan in his arms.

All around him the spell was broken, Everyone was free. Life would go back to the way it was.

Kurama blinked a few times and held his head, along with Yusuke and Kuwabara. "What happened?" he suddenly remembered, " Oh no, Botan." Everyone paused and looked up at Hiei as he held his head to her chest.

No heartbeat. No life.

"Tell me she'll be fine, I mean wasn't she dead before?" Yusuke asked

"This time Yusuke, she's moved on. Even in her spirit form she had a heartbeat. But she gave her life to save us."

"Is this what you meant about using my light?" Hiei yelled at her dead form.

All eyes were on him again. He could feel them crashing into him as if he were a lonely jagged rock on the coastline. He picked his limp light up and carried her off. He walked to her room and placed her in her bed. "I love you."

Her hand fell off the side of the bed and he gasped at seeing the ring on her finger, She still loved him.

The door opened behind him, Koenma walked in, pacifier in hand. "She was very brave today."

"Hn." Hiei didn't look up from her form as he held her hand

"You know she did a good thing."

"Where were you?" Hiei asked in an angered whisper, "this was your responsibility. NOT HERS!"

"She was destined to do this."

"Bull Shit!" Hiei looked up at him. Tear gems streaming out like waterfalls. "You knew, You knew she would do it if you gave her life, and that's what you did. It was all a part of your plan. You didn't want to tell any of us because you knew we would try and stop her from giving her life energy."

"You are half right, I did know she would use her energy to safe us, I was expecting it. But I would never. NEVER use Botan to save myself. If I could have given up my life energy I would have. I can't, I am a god, a pure spirit I have no life energy."

"Hn."

"You know she did this for you too." Koenma Spoke softly "I'm sorry."

"Bring her back."

"I can't. Hiei there is nothing I can do." Koenma said and left the room closing the door behind him.

Hiei looked down at his Light in her permanent sleep, She was so beautiful. He slowly leaned down, this is what he lived for… His lips brushed over hers as his bandaged hand held her ringed hand. He pressed his lips a little harder to his and flinched as his bandages began to burn. He broke this one-sided kiss and watched.

His dragon pulled off of his arm and swam around the two of then and wrapped itself around Botan's arm, the same one, on which, she wore his ring. It only took a few moments.

"What's this?" Hiei winced as his dragon found its way back to its original home; Hiei ignored this as he noticed Botan's arm. She too had a dragon, a smaller one with white scales and red eyes. His dragon's light, his light. "Botan." He whispered.

"H-Hiei?" her voice was back again, her breath. She was alive again. Hiei looked at her tears falling all the while. "What has made you so sad?" She reached up weakly and wiped his tears away. "Don't cry, my love."

"H-How?" Hiei looked at her as if his whole world depended on it, and it did.

"Never question your gift." She whispered. " I love you my dark."

"I love you, my light." Hiei whispered back to her.

Life went back to its old ways; Botan and Hiei shared a love that was surpassed by no other. People slowly rebuilt their lives not really knowing what happened on that day. Botan remembered everything and would always remember the ciaos that ensued in thirty minutes.

DAS ENDE

Well that was the last chapter, glad you guys liked it. Also if there is anything you would like me to write just ask, I am up for a challenge. See you all.

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