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 its characters. They belong to Yoshihiro Togashi, Studio Pierrot, Fuji TV, Shonen Jump, etc. I don't own anything!

No specific pairings!

(BotanxKuramaxKeikoxYusukexShizuruxYukinaxKuwabaraxHiei)

Summary: They were able to have some fun. In an act to cheer up Keiko (who had been annoyed by Yusuke's behavior), Botan ran off with Yusuke's swimming shorts leaving him in quite a predicament.

Author's note- Another Hiei appearance, Keiko has her fun now, and there is marshmallow roasting.

Chapter 3: Campfire Fun
Late in the afternoon, Yusuke returned with Kuwabara to the campsite. Yusuke was a little ticked off at the moment. Before arriving he had said mentally to himself several times he was going to rush into the tent and place clothing on before anyone knew what had happened. It was all planned out in his mind. The only problem was that there by the entrance of the boy's tent, stood Botan and Keiko.

Botan had such a triumphant smile upon that dainty face of hers. She was handling his shorts lightheartedly, as she held out the wet piece of clothing. Botan twirled it around and giggled every few seconds. Keiko was just as giggly, as she watched Botan. The two were waiting for him. They were mocking him, he knew.

Also, not to far from the tent were Yukina and Shizuru. Yukina was somewhat tired from her quick dash with Botan that she was seated at the picnic table. Yusuke knew, without having to be told that running by Yukina with only a towel would make "brother Hiei" extremely angry. He could not chance that. Shizuru was watching Botan act childish. There was a look of pure mischief on her face. Not a good sign.

A little distance away, Yusuke stood very quietly behind a large tree. The tree proved capable enough to keep him and Kuwabara hidden from the view of all the women. Yusuke's towel was wrapped securely around his lower body as he crouched down to remain concealed. Behind Yusuke, stood Kuwabara who was losing patience. Kuwabara placed his palms on Yusuke's bare back and lightly pushed Yusuke forward, hoping this would make him move. They both had been standing there for at least eight minutes.

Kuwabara was stuck there on account of the fact that if he moved, the girls would look in their direction and Yusuke would be found. It would actually be fun for him to watch Yusuke squirm uncomfortably, as the girls mocked and stared at him. The problem of course was that Yukina was there and he did not want her innocent mind to finally discover what the other girls were laughing about.

Kuwabara was not the only one losing his patience. Yusuke was tapping his foot repeatedly, a few angry groans escaping his mouth at times. In mid-tap, Yusuke turned his head quickly to the side, having sensed someone. Kuwabara mimicked Yusuke's action. Walking slowly towards them was Kurama and a displeased Hiei. Kurama had a composed smile, while the smaller demon by his side held a scowl.

Kurama had easily assessed Yusuke's predicament once he spotting Botan swinging the swimming shorts.

"I see we have quite a problem here," whispered Kurama. He was not going to reveal Yusuke's hiding spot, so he kept his voice to a minimum. Hiei looked at Botan, disgust etched his face as he watched her childish behavior.

"Yea, I got a problem, and it's in her hands," Yusuke voiced back quietly as he turned away from the boys and pointed at Botan.

Kuwabara scratched the back of his head in thought. He turned towards Yusuke's and voiced his idea quietly.

"Hey, how about we have short shit run and grab it?"

Yusuke turned considerably to eye Hiei. The fire demon simply called Kuwabara a fool and gave the spirit detective a cocky smirk.

Suddenly female laughter was no longer heard. Instead, it was replaced with questioning words.

"Where did it go? I just had it!" exclaimed Botan. Keiko was staring, a little lost at the moment. While in their puzzled state, Shizuru merely shrugged and said she had just seen a black blur. A modest amount of confusion settled around the girls.

Yusuke heard what was said and looked intently at Hiei. The cocky grin still there.

"He already has, Kuwabara," Kurama muttered.

Hiei swiftly threw the shorts at Yusuke. He walked past the large tree and toward the campsite, Kurama left as well. Graciously, Yusuke smiled and walked away to find a secluded area to put his shorts on. Kuwabara looked somewhat baffled, but was happy to finally move from behind the tree and approach Yukina.

The women's confusion left them as they saw Hiei and figured it out for themselves. They groaned slightly, knowing that their fun was over.

"How kind of you, Hiei," commented Kurama jokingly as they walked towards the campsite. Hiei's scowl quickly returned.

"Hn," said Hiei, impassive to what the fox was saying.

"For Yukina, I assume?" Kurama inquired, although he already knew the reason. He did not receive an answer, but a threatening glare as they took a seat at the picnic table.

The sky was dark and it was getting late. It was a warm night, with few short breezes. They were all still awake. Each one was sitting upon large dry logs near the campfire. They were all pleased with the solitude around them. The night was very silent. Sounds of only the firewood burning and cricket and frogs noises could be heard. Their campfire provided a decent amount of light, as the flames of the fire cast shadows behind them.

Botan and Keiko had on cute tank top pajama tops and short bottoms on. Shizuru and Yukina both wore a t-shirt with long pajama pants. The guys were wearing manly pajama attire. They were all very silent as Keiko finally opened the bag of marshmallows. They all had their roasting sticks ready.

Keiko had suggested the idea to roast marshmallows. Everyone could not sleep, because of the loud chirping crickets and the frogs croaking, so they all agreed. Hiei was not interested in taking part in their "it will be fun!" bustle and only sat silently on a tree branch nearest to them.

Placing her hand in the bag, Keiko pulled out a plump marshmallow. She positioned the soft snack at the end of her stick and pierced it slightly. Keiko picked up the bag of marshmallows and passed it to Yukina who was on her side on the large log. Yukina copied the same actions as Keiko and then passed the bag to Shizuru who was on her side, who then passed it to Botan.

After placing her white snack on her stick, Botan gently stood up from her seat and walked around the campfire and over to the boys. The boys were sitting on a log a little larger than what the girls were sitting on. The boys had generously retrieved the logs ahead of time, so they could all sit and roast marshmallows.

Paying no mind to the glare Yusuke was giving her (who still had not forgiven her), she handed Kurama the bag. Kurama held out his hand to grasp the bag and contact between their fingers were made. Botan noticeably blushed, as the fire's light glowed upon her petite face. Kurama smiled good-naturedly. She tried to smile back, but failed as she became nervous. Botan let go of the bag and returned to her seat beside Shizuru. At that instant Botan was extremely unsure what brought about that reaction in her. She sat still, as she stared cutely at her marshmallow in thought.

Once everyone had acquired a marshmallow they all extended their arms with the sticks in their hands, and allowed the flames to lick at the soft snacks at the ends. Keiko instructed Yukina, on marshmallow roasting, while everyone quietly watched his or her snack turn from a solid white color to a meager brown.

They waited for their tasty treat to cool before eating it. After cooling, delightfully they all ate their treat. Yukina fell in love with its taste. It was new to her and she enjoyed it. Hiei circumspectly watched her as she politely asked if she could have another. A little curious, he leaped off the branch and walked toward the bag that was being passed around. When Keiko was about to offer it to Yukina, Hiei made an immediate grab at it. A few marshmallows tumbled out of the bag, because of his forceful and graceless grab.

He lifted the bag, bringing it closer to his eyes so he could better examine the small white objects. Since Yukina was infatuated in the human snack, it made him somewhat intrigued to try it himself. Silence surrounded the area as all eyes were watching Hiei. He placed his hand into the bag to grab one. This caused more of the delicious treats to fall to the ground. Keiko frowned faintly, but eyed Hiei carefully; still not sure what had caused Hiei to want a marshmallow so unexpectedly.

Pinching the treat between his thumb and index finger, he put the treat up against the flames. The heat of the flames did not bother the skin of his hand and fingers at all. Botan and Kuwabara grimaced as they watched Hiei use his own method for roasting marshmallows.

The area was soundless as everyone sat wordlessly watching Hiei. The marshmallow he held between his fingers began to grow darker in color.

"It's ready, Hiei," spoke Kurama, who was trying his best not to smile at the short demon's actions.

Without allowing it to cool, Hiei plopped the treat into his mouth and engulfed the whole thing in one bite. They all watched as he chewed the tasty morsel. They also all noticed how his facial features were contorting into disgust. After three chews, he spit it unto to the ground.

"What is this crap?" Hiei asked, his face proof of his distaste for the snack.

"A soft confection," Kurama smiled lightly, "made of sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar."

"Human food. Its revolting," said Hiei.

Botan bit her bottom lip as she watched Yusuke's face turn to pure amusement. She wondered if there was going to be trouble and if she was going to have to guide some souls tonight.

"So how'd you like that, Hiei?" Yusuke asked, trying his best not to laugh. Hiei showed Yusuke exactly what he thought of the 'marshmallow'.

"Yeah, yeah, bite my ankles... But try using all your fingers the next time you wave!" said Yusuke.

Hiei turned away from the campfire and went back to his seat upon the branch of a tree. Once Hiei was seated, Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other. Suddenly they both burst into laughter. A tear from laughing so hard was practically waiting to spill from Yusuke's eyes. Hiei glared at them, but they could only laugh harder. Yusuke stood up and grabbed the abandoned bag of marshmallows.

"Hey Kuwabara," said Yusuke as he held the bag, "would you like some crappy human food?"

Kurama stifled a small laugh that begged to break out from his own mouth. Kuwabara stuck his roasting stick into the air, while attempting to control his laughter.

"Yea, attach that revolting stuff at the end of my stick," Kuwabara jokingly added.

Yusuke kick some dirt over the marshmallow that Hiei had spit out and then walked over to Kuwabara. He purposely forced his hand in the bag, which caused a few marshmallows to fall out again.

"Here ya go, lunkhead!" Yusuke mockingly added. He stuck the marshmallow on the end of Kuwabara's stick.

"You better not spit that 'crap' out," said Shizuru. She wanted to taunt Hiei as well, although it didn't appear that he was even listening to them. If he were, there would already have been two dead detectives on Koenma's palace front doors.

Botan was positively entertained, while Yukina tried to find the humor in it all. Yusuke and Kuwabara's laughter eventually settled down. Keiko, who was a little upset with the wasted marshmallows on the ground, carefully grabbed the bag from Yusuke.

"Jerk," mumbled Keiko as she was finally able to offer the bag to Yukina.

They continued to roast marshmallows quietly. Once in a while a few snickers would find its way out of Yusuke mouth, this caused Kuwabara to laugh again. Besides for the slight laughter every so often the only sounds heard were from frogs. Botan was one of the first to notice how close the frogs were when one jumped on her lap. She let out a loud scream, enough to make the poor defenseless frog temporarily deaf.

Screaming at the unexpected event, Botan threw her stick to the ground and jumped up. The frog fell to the ground and hopped hurriedly away. A few more frogs appeared. Keiko jumped as well as the flames of the campfire lit up the area revealing the frogs around them. Keiko squirmed as she looked at the green frogs.

Keiko pointed at an abnormally large frog.

"Gross, its so…"

"Cool!" Yusuke announced loudly. Kuwabara and Yusuke both tried to capture the frogs. The frogs were extremely fast and easily leaped away from Kuwabara and Yusuke's hands.

Yukina watched joyfully as Kuwabara finally caught one. She clapped her hands and went over to him. Yukina was about to congratulate him, when a yawn suddenly escaped. Keiko took notice to this.

"I think its time we head off to bed," Keiko stated.

Yusuke chased away most of the frogs. Some he had caught and released away from the tents. Kuwabara helped as well. Keiko put away the bag of marshmallows. Botan held a flashlight as Kurama put out the fire. With the fire out there was not much light provided besides for Botan's flashlight. It was very dark and Botan guided everyone to the tents with the flashlight.

They all slipped into their sleeping bags. It was only about ten minutes later when it was Keiko's turn to scream. A frog was croaking at her feet. Yusuke groaned and only turned in his sleeping bag. Botan didn't want to touch 'it'. Yukina clasped her hands around the small animal. She walked out of her tent and let it down gently outside their tent.

Now they were all weary, and thankfully were able to fall asleep with no more interruptions.

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