Title: Tranquility

By: Shylilsweety

Genre: Humor and Romance

Pairings: Gaze at all the charming shapes. There's a lovely love triangle there to your left, and love square to your right? Is that a pentagon I spy with my little eye?

Disclaimer: Don't own Yu Yu Hakusho and it's characters. They belong to Yoshihiro Togashi, Studio Pierrot, Fuji TV, Shonen Jump, etc. I don't own anything!

No specific pairings!

(BotanxKuramaxKeikoxYusukexShizuruxYukinaxKuwabaraxHiei)

Summary: The group arrived at the campsite, only to have met difficult problems with the weather conditions and fixing up the tents.

Author's note- Hiei makes an appearance, more frustration, and a little flirting occurs. You must be open-minded when reading this fic.

Chapter 2: Day Two
The rain had continued all throughout the night and stopped early in morning. The sun was still hiding low, almost ready to liberate it's shine for the beginning of the day. Birds began to sing their own sweet melodies with soft chirps, filling the air with a sugary bliss, as well as they filled Yusuke's ears.

Muttering into his soft sleeping bag, Yusuke sat up, a look of groggy annoyance on his features. He rubbed his eyes and peered at the others who were sleeping contentedly; oblivious to the artful harmony the birds were creating outside their tent.

"Stupid birds... I hate birds." He grumbled loudly, not caring if he woke anyone. He allowed himself to fall softly back onto his sleeping bag, closed his eyes and easily fell back to sleep.

Not to far off was another individual who was bothered by the chirping birds. He lay out on the clammy, damp branch of the towering tree, a scowl creasing his face. It seemed the musical rhythm of their chirping might have woken him up as well. Hiei did not bode well with waking so early in the morning, especially if brainless creatures caused his rude awakening.

His only reason for coming was to be watchful. He had to be watchful, as well as careful not to be seen there. He wanted to be assured that Yukina was safe. To him it seemed barbaric to allow Yukina to sleep in the forest. Were the detective and that woman fools? He would have to stay. He must, in order to keep his sister well protected from not only the nature of this human world, but from these idiots as well.

The sun had risen and before long they all were waking up for the morning events. Botan yawned nonchalantly. She was dressed in an oversized T-shirt. Her kimono currently was very dirty. She was looking forward to today's beginning. They could all get a fresh start; maybe even forget what a miserable time they had when they first arrived. Slowly her eyes drifted to her kimono that lay in the corner of the tent, along with Keiko's muddy clothes. A frown descended upon her lovely features. "Hopefully," she whispered to no one in particular.

Yukina and Keiko were both already dressed and were cleaning up inside the tent a little bit. They weren't able to tidy up the place the previous day. When Botan began to wake, Yukina approached her. There was a timid smile on her face.

"Good morning, Botan," Yukina saw where Botan was staring at and only smiled. "Don't worry I can get the mud out."

Botan smiled back. She got up and began to dress. Suddenly, she heard Kuwabara and Yusuke shouting in the next tent that was near their own. Botan sighed and continued to dress.

"I recommend lowering your voices. We do have neighboring tents at this campsite." Kurama said, trying to get the two boys to stop arguing. It seemed the quarrel was over someone who had been snoring.

"Yea, did ya hear that, Urameshi? Shut your big mouth!" Kuwabara still spoke as loud as before and Yusuke answered, also just as loud. There appeared to be a vein throbbing at Yusuke's temple. His hand was curled into a fist.

"Look who has the big mouth!" Yusuke shouted. At that point Kurama exited the tent. He had already been dressed and ready for the day to begin, but he was just not yet ready to hear them bicker so early in the morning.

Keiko and Yukina came out of their tent and approached Kurama. Yukina looked worried as she heard the argument carry on. Keiko's own anger began to rise. She slammed her shoe into the damp grass, and stomped her way to the boy's tent. As she tramped up to their tent she didn't hear Kurama trying to tell her something, a warning perhaps.

Once she entered, she found the two boys bickering, but that wasn't what deflated her anger. Shocked, Keiko looked at Yusuke, who at the time was wearing nothing but boxer shorts. Kuwabara and Yusuke were both in a frozen state looking at her. Her face glowed red with embarrassment.

There was a short silence before Yusuke decided to get cocky. A smile crossed over his features. "Like what you see?" he said in a low voice.

Turning a darker shade of red, Keiko slapped a hand across his face, twirled and stomped back out of the tent. After a small moment of shocked hesitation, Yusuke called after her. "Should I take that as a yes?" But she was gone. The argument didn't ensue again, instead both Yusuke and Kuwabara got dressed silently.

Once everyone was dressed, they all gathered outside their tents. They were planning breakfast. Keiko seemed to be the one who took charge. She ordered the boys to gather firewood and start a fire while she and the girls cooked the meal.

Shizuru was smoking a cigarette not really listening to whatever was being said. She was looking at a tree that was only a short distance from where they were. Each drag of her cigarette, she would exhale the smoke and think again. "I know I sensed something in that direction," she said so quietly it was not heard. She shrugged and went over to stand near her brother. Shizuru slugged him one in the face for waking her up with his big mouth.

"All right now get to it everyone!" The boys left to get the wood. Keiko turned towards Shizuru and the other girls. "Shizuru, I need you to help me," Keiko said. She pointed to a picnic table that was only a few feet away from their camping site. "We have to pull it over here. We can use it when we eat. Botan, Yukina could you help to?" they both nodded. Keiko and Botan went on one side and Shizuru and Yukina went on the other.

"On three we'll lift. Ready? One, two, three!" The girls all lifted and brought the table to where Keiko preferred it to be, placing it down gently. "Good work girls."

She wiped the sweat from her brow and smiled at their work. The girls took their seat and talked amongst themselves as they waited for the boys to return.

Only ten minutes later did the boys return with arms full of wood. Kurama dropped his pile where the campfire would be. The other boys dropped their load on the ground near the picnic table for later uses. They went to help Kurama begin the fire. Once the fire was created, the girls went to work. Shizuru excused herself for a break so she could smoke a cigarette.

Keiko brought her cooking ingredients over and her pan and skillet. Yukina helped as much as possible and Botan watched, not knowing really what to do. Breakfast was served and they ate on the picnic table. It would have been such a peaceful breakfast, if Yusuke didn't make that joke.

"In an emergency you can survive by shooting small wild animals with a slingshot made from the elastic in your underwear." he had said. Once the word underwear was uttered from his lips, Keiko received a pink tint to her cheeks as she thought back to what happened earlier. An image of his cocky smile showed up in her head. She broke out of her thoughts and she would have smacked him again had Botan not held her back.

After breakfast they were planning on what activities to do. Everyone had different choices. Shizuru wanted to relax on a lawn chair at the campsite. Kuwabara and Yusuke wanted to go swimming, since the day was much better than yesterday. Botan and Yukina wanted to go wildlife watching. Keiko wanted to go hiking. Kurama didn't say what he wanted, but he wanted to find Hiei, who he had sensed while they were searching for firewood.

Of course Keiko didn't want to go hiking by herself. She tried to make a plan. She ran in her tent and returned to them with a notebook and pen.

"I can make a schedule on our events we want to do."

Yusuke made a disgusted face at that suggestion. "We're not at school Keiko, geez... I hate schedules."

"You hate a lot of things Yusuke," she glowered at him. Something was beginning to bite her and it wasn't a mosquito.

Yusuke only shrugged his shoulders. He went into his tent. When he returned three minutes later, dressed in nothing but swimming boxers, Keiko's pink tint flared to red.

"I'm going swimming. Come on Kuwabara, get ready." Keiko went to put her notebook and pen back into her tent, slightly angry with Yusuke. Kuwabara went to change. Kurama had already ventured off. Yukina and Botan waiting for Keiko to come out of her tent. Shizuru pulled up a lawn chair, grabbed a small book and did what she came here for. She relaxed.

Kuwabara came out in his swimming trunks. He had a big goofy grin and decided to pull a little show for Yukina. He went to her and did a little muscle pose. Innocently she looked at him. 'Kazuma is so silly,' she thought to herself. Botan giggled at Kuwabara stunts.

"Yukina, how about we go swimming with them instead?" Botan smiled when Kuwabara's face lit up happily. Yusuke was tapping his foot in irritation.

"Let's go Kuwabara!" he shouted. Kazuma wasn't listening though. Yukina and Botan went into the tent to change. Keiko came out of the tent with a folded lawn chair. She set it up near Shizuru and laid upon it. She looked like she was slightly pouting. Shizuru only glanced at her then went back to her book.

Yukina and Botan exited their tent, both wearing a swimsuit and sandals and a towel in their hands. "Are you sure you don't want to come Keiko?" Yukina asked. A frown had placed itself on her pretty features and Kuwabara rushed over to her. Keiko's eyes were closed and she waved her hands at them in a shooing manner.

"No, that's all right. Go have fun okay?"

Botan lightly bent over and whispered something into Keiko's ear. Suddenly Keiko smiled. Everyone stared, wandering what that was about.

"Bye Keiko! We'll see you in a bit!" Botan waved and walked by Yusuke as they all left to go swimming.

Kurama sat soundlessly at the stump of a tree. He looked up at the large tree, a small smile tugged at his lips. "I didn't know you liked camping, Hiei." There were some sounds of leaves and branches being stepped on and then a figure jumped down and landed gracefully by Kurama.

"What incoherent words are you mumbling, Kurama?" he sat down a small distance from Kurama, a very unpleased look had appeared on the demons face. Kurama laughed mentally to himself.

"Come to check on Yukina I see. Kuwabara is taking care of her, you needn't worry." Kurama teased, he found some fun in provoking the other demon.

"I think you enjoy endangering your precious voice box." Hiei said in a rather intimidating way. Kurama sensed little threat in it though, as he knew his friend wouldn't hurt him.

"Nonetheless, Hiei I hope you will find time to come around the campfire to enjoy a meal with us." Hiei only gave his trademark "Hn," and jumped up back into the tree, high enough so he could watch Yukina. Kurama stayed where he was, finding it peaceful to be alone with his thoughts.

Only a ten-minute walk away from their campsite, they discovered a fresh water pond. Once they had arrived they hung their towels loosely on a branch of a tree and slipped off their sandals. Botan and Yusuke raced each other to the water. Kuwabara was walking with Yukina towards the water.

Yukina seemed happy as she dipped her toe first into the water, testing its temperature. She giggled and looked up at him. Her smile warmed his heart so. "It's nice Kazuma." She stated cheerfully. She walked into the water further and Kuwabara rushed to her side gleefully.

Yusuke had won the race and was gloating. Botan splashed water at him aiming for his eyes. His gloating stopped and what ensued was a water fight between the detective and his assistant. Yukina giggled at their play and wanted to join them. Kuwabara followed Yukina's every move.

Botan had whispered a promise into Keiko's ear before they left to go swimming and she was going to keep it. But she must wait for the perfect opportunity to do so. Currently she had to think about avoiding the water Yusuke was kicking in her face.

Yukina went further to them. Without noticing there was a steep spot and nothing beneath her feet. Being shorter than Yusuke and Botan she went under water. Overreacting, Kuwabara dived towards her and placed his hands around her small waist and lifted her up. Water dripped off her face as she stared up into the worried eyes of Kazuma.

"I fell," she said a little shyly as she noticed the closeness. She didn't know why but his hands on her waist made her feel funny. She could feel her face burning slightly.

"It's a little deep over where they are Yukina, lets go back a little." Kuzuma said gently, but didn't take his hands away.

She nodded in compromise with his suggestion. His voice full of concern for her. He still held her waist as he helped her to a spot where the water wasn't over her head. When he found a good place, he let go of her waist. A slight feeling of disappointment touched Yukina, but the funny feeling only shrank a bit. Without noticing Yukina's actions, water was splashed in Kuwabara's face. He looked up and saw the smiling Yukina and she was giggling.

"I want to play too Kazuma."

His face turned a tint of red out of embarrassment. He recuperated quickly and splashed a tiny bit back at her. Before he knew it he was hit again with another big splash.

Yusuke was defiantly winning the splash contest against Botan. He decided to play sneaky though. When she was shielding her eyes not paying attention to what he was doing, Yusuke went under water. Noticing no water was being splashed at her Botan let her hands fall from covering her eyes to her sides. She looked for him. As soon as she was going to question Kuwabara about Yusuke's disappearance, she felt something touch her leg. Botan was about to freak out when she was lifted off her feet and out of the water. She was sitting upon his shoulders.

Botan screamed, as she was startled a bit. A big grin was on Yusuke's face as his arms encircled her legs to hold her securely to him. Teasingly, he acted like he was going to fall, which created another yelp to come from her lips.

"Hey your heavy Botan," he stated jokingly, he knew this would make her angry, and it worked.

"Then don't hold me!" she shouted. She tried to wiggle her butt and legs to make him let go, but to no avail.

The cocky grin grew larger on his face. "What if I like holding you?"

Instantly she stopped struggling and felt that mixed emotion she seemed to be getting more than usual. Her face held a cute blush. She didn't even notice that Yusuke had let go of her legs. Yusuke leaned over slightly and bowed his head low. Quickly he bent his arms back a little and cupped her butt. He lifted her off his shoulders and threw her up and over his head, right back into the water.

"Nice ass, Botan." Yusuke said as soon as she resurfaced the water. Angrily she splashed water at him.

"I'm going to play with Yukina," she muttered.Yusuke laughed and splashed at her back as she walked away from him.

"I can be gentle Botan," he laughed harder as he noticed her body stiffen.

Botan and Yukina played in the water together as Kuwabara wrestled Yusuke in the deeper parts of the pond. It continued this way for the remainder of the time they were at the pond.

Shizuru would glance at Keiko once in a while. It looked like Keiko was sleeping, but she wasn't so sure. To see if Keiko was awake she decided to do something careless. She placed her book to her side and waved her hand in front of Keiko's face. There was no movement. She silently and slowly placed a hand on Keiko's arm. Still no movement… Her hand slid up Keiko's arm in a slow motion. Keiko turned slightly. So she was defiantly sleeping.

Shizuru wanted to see what it took to wake the girl up. She sat up on her chair and was bent over Keiko's small form. She leisurely placed her hand on Keiko's abdomen. Keiko's stomach was revealed when her shirt was pulled up slightly when she had turned. It tantalized Shizuru to do more… and she did. She rubbed around Keiko's belly button, feeling how smooth Keiko's skin was. She herself didn't notice but she had instinctively licked her lips.

Keiko turned again. Shizuru quickly pulled her hand away and went back into a lying down position upon her lawn chair. She grabbed her book and pretended to read, her face was faintly rosy.

Keiko rubbed her eyes and sat up. She was sure her dream felt so real. That Yusuke was holding her and touching her stomach.

It had felt so real…

Botan thought now was a good time to place her plan into motion. Keiko would be happy. She had whispered to Keiko she was going to play a prank on Yusuke. Botan didn't know much about playing pranks or tricks, but knowing the juvenile boy for so long has taught her a few tricks.

They were all sitting on the grass. Their towels were wrapped around them. A breeze followed softly as Botan gazed slyly at Yusuke, her hair flowing softly with the breeze. He didn't know if he liked that look she was giving him, but he liked how her hair was down and how it was freely caressing her shoulders. He didn't want to be caught staring so he turned away.

Before when they were first heading to the pond he had almost been caught staring at her. It was, after all, his first time seeing Botan in a bikini… and he was a male … why not let hormones take over? She did look good.

"I dare you Yusuke," she said, suddenly breaking him away from his perverted thoughts that were soon to follow. He looked at her, eyebrow raised. "I dare you to go skinny-dipping."

His mouth hung loosely. Did he just hear her correctly?

"I will, if you do it first," she smiled as she said this. Kuwabara stared at Botan. He was just as shocked as Yusuke was. Yukina didn't understand what skinny-dipping meant so she only smiled naively during the conversation. "Well? Are you scared?" she taunted, knowing she would have to provoke him to get him to do it. That was something she learned about Yusuke. You just have to keep poking and probing before he actually does something.

"Let me get this straight. You want to go skinny-dipping? As in, I will see you naked?" he started to smile. Botan tried her hardest not to laugh and ruin everything. She quickly said a yes hoping he didn't see past her lie.

"But you have to go first," she stated using a serious face, or as serious as she could get it. Lucky for her there were no other families or friends at the pond besides them. The plan would go well.

"Fine. Everyone turn around."

With that said Botan felt her heart beat rapidly. Her plan was actually working. She thought it was going to be harder than this. Everyone turned around. Yukina had no idea what was going on. Kuwabara had no idea what Botan was thinking. Yusuke took his shorts off and threw it near his towel. He ran quickly into the water. Once he felt he was home safe and no one could see his anatomy he screamed out an okay.

They all turned back around and saw Yusuke's shorts on the ground. Botan blushed and Kuwabara scratched his head. Yukina just stared and smiled, still not understanding what was occurring at that moment. Botan needed to work fast now. She whispered her plan to Kuwabara, who grinned.

"Hey, it's your turn Botan!" Yusuke shouted anxiously. Botan blushed again.

"Um… all right turn around and don't peek!" she shouted back. He did what was told. Botan told Kuwabara to go near Yusuke and make sure he didn't peek. She didn't want Yusuke to see her stealing his swimming trunks.

Botan told Yukina to get her towel. Yukina grabbed her towel and then Botan's. Botan grabbed Yusuke's swimming trunks and with the other hand grasped Yukina's hand ... and Botan ran like she never ran before, dragging poor Yukina along the way.

Keiko would be proud!

Yusuke, totally oblivious to what happened, was growing impatient. He was about to peek over his shoulder when Kuwabara blocked his view.

"Move Kuwabara," he said impatiently. Kuwabara felt that the girls got some distance by now. He found this a wonderful prank to play on Urameshi. So he decided to move dramatically.

Yusuke had a smile but it quickly fell. Where the hell was she? Kuwabara began to laugh and Yusuke stood in shock.

"She stole your shorts, ya moron."

Kuwabara kept laughing. Yusuke wanted to punch him to shut him up, but he didn't. He would need for someone to get his towel so he could wrap it around his naked form. If he punched Kuwabara, then he knew that Kuwabara would probably take off with the towel as well. He shook a little with anger.

'That little… thief!' he thought to himself somewhat feeling tired and defeated. Kuwabara threw the towel at Yusuke's head. Yusuke wrapped it around his lower body. He didn't care if it got soaked.

They both went out of the water. Only one was more dressed than the other…

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