Chapter XX: The Wrath of Deity...
"Yusuke…no…" Botan cried.
"Are they…" Kira asked.
"No, they're not dead…they can't be dead…" Yukina cried.
The girls watched as smoke rose to the sky. Botan felt her legs gave under her and she found herself on the ground. Tears were pouring down her face and she was shaking violently.
"Yusuke…" she sobbed.
"Botan… look." Kira said.
Botan raised her heads and looked at Kira what was pointing. She saw four shadowy figures. They weren't closed enough to see their faces but she knew that Yusuke was not with them. She didn't know how she knew. Maybe because they were five of them to start with and now one is missing. Why did it have to be Yusuke? She knew that it was selfish but she just wanted her boyfriend.
"Where's Yusuke?" She heard Shizuru asked.
"We don't know…" Kuwabara said.
"My guess is he's with Miyuki." Kurama said.
"We find Miyuki, we'll find Yusuke." Kuwabara said.
"But we don't know where the bitch is." Hiei added.
"I'll go to Rekai and find out." Botan said.
Her head was hanging low and her bangs hid her eyes. She summoned her oar and was about to take off when Shizuru stopped her.
"Botan…wait."
"What?"
"I don't think it's a good idea for you to go to Rekai."
"Why?"
"I just have a bad feeling. I mean if Miyuki is able to take over Yusuke's mind, what makes you think that she didn't do it to Koenma."
"You might be right." Kurama said.
"Then how do you propose we found Yusuke." Kuwabara asked.
"Genkai…she might be able to help us." Kurama said.
"It's worth a shot."
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Meanwhile, Yusuke woke in an unknown bed. He looked around and tried to remember how he got there. He remembered seeing Botan and they were at Kurama's house. He remembered Botan, she was sitting on his lap then she left then Koenma's fiancée came up to him and that's all he remembered. The room he was in was dark with candles lit all over. The place looked like someone was going to do a sacrifice. He just hoped that he wasn't the offering.
He twisted his hands to get them unbound but he only succeeded on getting his skin bruised and marred. He pulled harder on the handcuffs but to no avail. He sighed in defeat. Minutes later, he heard footsteps then the door slid opened. He turned his head and none other than Miyuki.
"You?"
"Yeah! Me." She said.
"What do you want from me?" He asked.
"Oh! Nothing."
"Then why did you kidnap me?"
"Kidnap you? Weak and innocent little old me? Kidnap big strong old you?"
"Get to the point and tell me what the hell is going then maybe I won't kill too quickly."
"Are you always this rude? And in case you haven't notice, you're in position to make idle threats."
He snorted.
"Since you're so impatient to know your fate, I might as well tell you."
She paused long enough to see if she had his attention.
"You see, when I learn that I was betrothed to Koenma, I was furious…I"
"Cut the shit. Your life story doesn't interest me."
She glared at him.
"If you insist."
"When I met you, I knew I couldn't take you physically since you're obliviously stronger and faster than me so I decide to do it mentally. You might be strong but you mind is weak since all you do is think about your stupid girlfriend."
He ignored the comment about Botan and his mind being weak.
"That's still doesn't explain why you kidnap me."
"I'll tell you. Do you remember a demon you killed a few weeks ago?"
"I've killed lots of demons in the past three weeks. You need to refresh my memory."
"His name was Kinaya."
"Oh! That creeps! Served him right. He shouldn't have kidnapped Botan and tried to rape her. If I have the chance to kill him again, I will do it again without any hesitation."
She was furious.
"He was my lover and you killed him. But don't worry you'll join him soon enough but in the mean time, I can have some fun with you."
She crawled on the bed and her hand on his chest. He flinched away from her touch.
"Do you always molest your victims?" He asked.
"Depends."
"On what?"
"How good-looking they are and you, Yusuke Urameshi, are gorgeous."
She made a move to kiss him but he turned his head.
"Get your hands off me." He growled.
"Or what. It's not like you can kill me."
"Just think of it as a warning."
She grunted and left the room.
Botan and the others arrived at Genkai's temple. The temple was dark. They assumed that Genkai had already gone to sleep. After all, it was almost eleven o'clock. She knocked on the door and waited Genkai to open. They heard Puu's gibberish before Genkai opened the door.
"Where's Yusuke." She asked.
"We…he…" Botan started.
"Is something wrong with Yusuke because Puu's been acting weird all night? She said.
"That's why we're here. Yusuke's been kidnapped." Kurama said calmly.
Botan wondered how he could stay so calm when he almost got killed an hour ago. She on the other hand, was barely holding up. She pushed the thought out of her mind when she heard Genkai telling them to come inside.
A few minutes later, they were all sitting in the kitchen. Genkai had made them some tea. Kurama explained everything to Genkai while Botan sat there, with Puu in her arms, lost in her own word. What could Miyuki possibly want from Yusuke? It didn't make sense?
"Puu…" chirped the little bird.
The sound successfully took Botan out of her reveries.
"What's wrong, Puu?" She asked the little blue bird.
"Puu…"
"Don't mind him. He's been doing that all day." Genkai said.
"Oh!" Botan said.
"Well we better get some sleep. We have to look for Yusuke in the morning." Genkai said.
They all agreed that they needed some sleep. Genkai gave them some futon and sheets. Soon everyone was settled in. However sleep was elusive for the group. They were all wondering where their friend and leader was. When they finally fell asleep, they were rudely awakened by Puu. He was chirping loudly than before.
"Come down, Puu. You're going to wake everyone." Botan whispered to the bird.
Her calming voice didn't do anything to calm the poor creature down. If anything he was even frantic.
"Puu…calm down. Please…we'll find Yusuke. I promise."
Mentioning Yusuke's name must have triggered something because Puu just went wild. Then he did something that he only did at the dark tournament after Genkai died. Puu spoke.
"Where the fuck are you guys?" he said.
There was no mistake that the voice was Yusuke.
"Yusuke…" they all said simultaneously.
Puu's eyes were glowing and before any of them could react, he flew out of the window.
"Yusuke…Puu…wait." Botan cried.
Forgetting that she was barefoot, Botan took after Puu. She summoned her oar and flew after her boyfriend's counterpart. After a wild goose chase, Puu finally slowed down and pointed his ear to a run down house. Botan looked around. They were in the middle of nowhere.
"Hey, Puu…Is Yusuke in there?" She asked.
"Puu…Puu…Puu."
"Alright then. Let's find our boy."
She descended, instantly wincing as her foot landed on a twig. Botan surveyed the house. It looked rather clammy. They would have never thought of looking there and besides it was outside the city. The house had only two lights on. On was in the first floor and the second in the top floor. Her guess was that's probably were Yusuke was. She contemplated on her next move. She could wait for the others but what if Yusuke was in danger. She might be a great fighter but she did remember some of the things Yusuke had taught her. She quietly made her way to the house. She circled it trying to find a way in but there was none. The only opening to the house a window. She summoned her oar and slowly elevated herself to the window. She gasped as she came face to face with her worse nightmare. Here was Yusuke, half naked with an equally half naked Miyuki on top of him, kissing his chest. She didn't know what was worse. The fact that she came all the way out here to save his sorry ass or the fact that he was moaning…wait a minute. He was moaning her name. Yusuke was calling out her name. Her...Botan. Was it possible that he thought Miyuki was her?
But she didn't have time to ponder before she knocked over by Hiei. Hiei…when did he get here. She then realized that he just save her life. That flash that she saw was Yusuke's spirit gun.
Yusuke woke to the sound of Botan voice. He slowly opened his eyes to see his blue haired angel sitting on top of him with only a lacy pair of underwear on. He groaned inwardly. Damn, she looked good.
"Wake up, sleepy head." She sang.
He tried to focus his eyes. He watched as she leaned down and placed a kiss upon his lips. He didn't have time to react. She started raining kisses all over his face and chest. He pulled his hands, trying to touch her but they were restrained.
"What's wrong, Baby. Don't you like kinky sex?"
He was taken aback by that comment. Normally Botan will be blushing all twelve shades of red in perfect even steps if he even suggested something like that. But here she was asking him if he like kinky sex. Not only that statement didn't feel right, she didn't feel the same and her normal sweet lavender scent was replaced with something spicy. What the hell was going on? He couldn't remember anything not even how he got here and where the hell was here?
"Where are we?"
"Does it matter?"
"Why are you acting so weird?"
"What do you mean?" she asked, innocently.
"Well, let's analyze the facts, shall we? I woke up in a creepy house tying to a bed an you asking me if I like kinky sex. Don't you think that's weird?"
"Oh! Yusuke, live a little."
Flashback
"Oh come on, Botan. Live a little."
End of Flashback
Well he did tell her to live a little but he wasn't expecting this. He didn't know just by asking that he would a totally different Botan. Well, he guessed he should make the best of it. After all, it's not everyday he get to do this kind of thing.
"Not that I mind you taking care of me, but wouldn't it better if I could touch you?" He asked.
She looked at him critically.
"It's not like, I can go anywhere. My feet are handcuffed to the bed."
"Oh! Alright."
She reached under the mattress and retrieved the tiny key to the handcuffs. She released his hands. She put the key back and kissed him. He returned the kiss just as eager as her. He ran her finger through her hair and moaned her name. That's when he heard it. A tiny sound that sounded like a gasp. His attention was turned to the window. There, in the window was a girl that looked like Botan. But wait a minute, if Botan was out there, then who the heck was here kissing him. Just like opening a dam, the memories flooded back to him. This wasn't Botan. It was that girl Miyuki. Oh! God was he in trouble. He was caught cheating on his girlfriend by his girlfriend. Botan was going to kill him. Well the real one anyway. He pulled away from the fake one.
"What's wrong?" The fake one asked.
"You're not Botan."
"What do you mean?"
"He means I'm going to kick your sorry ass."
Both of them turned around to face a very angry Deity of Death.
"What the…"
She didn't finish her sentence because her face made hard contact with the deity's oar. Miyuki's body went flying across the floor.
"I don't give a damn you're Koenma's bride but when you touch what's mine. You crossed the line."
Yusuke made a mental to himself never to get Botan angry as he watched her kicked and punched Miyuki to a bloody pulp. Usually he was the one doing the rescuing, so he kinda like being saved for a chance.
"Is that all you got?" Miyuki asked.
"I'm just getting started."
Next thing he knew, she was firing a spirit gun. His condition was momentarily forgotten as pride took over. He didn't know Botan could do that. He only taught her how to do once but she fainted after firing one shot and it wasn't even a strong one. He watched in awe as she charged her Rei Gun.
Miyuki's widened slightly. This wasn't supposed to happen. She was supposed to have Yusuke. His stupid bubbly girlfriend was not suppose to be there trying to save him. This was all wrong. Oh! She just has to get rid of her. Taking over people's mind wasn't her only power, she was able to copy an opponent's attack too as long as the opponent wasn't a class A or S fighter. And there was no way, Botan could be that strong. They both fired the Rei gun at the same time. The effect of the blast sent them both crashing against the walls.
However the fight wasn't over by a long shot. Botan could barely stand up. The spirit gun took so much energy to conjure. She didn't have any more left for another. She tried to stand up but her body was crying from the pain. Still, she refused to give up. She has to help Yusuke.
"What's the matter, Botan?" Miyuki taunted.
She kicked the deity in the stomach causing her to fall and cough up blood.
"Botan…"
Miyuki turned and smiled at Yusuke.
"Oh! Don't worry. Once I took care of her, I'll send you to the pits of hell."
"Chhheee…why don't you try this one for size…spirit gun."
The next time Yusuke woke up, he found himself staring a weird ceiling. He then felt something on his stomach. He looked down and smiled. It was only Puu. The little bird must have fallen asleep on him but then that must mean he's at Genkai's Temple. He slowly sat up and his hands immediately went to his temple. He had the mother of all headaches and that loud snoring wasn't helping much. He turned around and noticed four other sleeping bodies. Well one of them was sitting and staring at him.
"Hey, Hiei."
The Fire demon continued to stare.
"How did I get here?"
"Don't you remember?" He asked.
"I remember everything else except how I got here."
"We brought you here."
"We?"
Hiei mentioned to three other sleeping form.
"Where's Botan?" He asked.
"She's in the room across this one."
"Thanks."
He got and stood still for a while. His head was spinning and he felt like he was going to throw up any seconds. However this discomfort paled in front of his need to see Botan. He slowly made his way across the room, careful not to step on someone's head. He managed to step out of the room without any accident and get to the other room.
Botan was lying on a bed. Her head was wrapped in a white bandage. She didn't have any bruises which was a good thing. He watched her in slumber. He could just picture when she wakes. She was not going to be happy with him. Oh well, he guess he just had to face the wrath of his deity when she wakes up. He stretched his tired body next to her and fell asleep in a matter seconds. Getting kidnapped was sure tiresome.
Botan woke up with a headache. She was achy and her mouth was dry. She needed to go to the bathroom and get some water. She tried to move but she was restrained. She looked down and saw an arm draped across her stomach. She relaxed when she saw to whom the arm belonged to Yusuke. How did they get here? Last thing she remembered was fighting with Miyuki. She wondered what happened to her. She'll found out tomorrow…well rather later today.
Botan gently pushed Yusuke's off her and get out of bed. The sudden movement caused her head to spin. She held her temple and winced. She could really do with an aspirin right about now. She slowly walked out of the room and looked for a bathroom. When she returned, she found Yusuke sitting on the bed. He smiled at her and she retuned with a small smile of her own.
"Are you mad at me?" he asked.
She had every reason to be mad at him but she wasn't because she knew that deep down, Yusuke would never hurt intentionally.
"I'm not mad at you." She said.
She sat next to him.
"Though I have to admit that seeing you with Miyuki caused some doubts in my mind." She confessed.
"Botan…"
"I was afraid of loosing you. I love you so much that I don't know what I'll do with out you."
"I'm sorry, Botan. I never meant to hurt and cause you to doubt me."
"I know."
She laid her head on his shoulder.
"I love you, Botan."
"I love you, too."
"Come on, let's get some sleep. We're going shopping today."
"Shopping for what?"
"Christmas."
"Oh! that's right. I totally forget about that."
"Well, you can do it today."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Goodnight, Botan."
"Night, Yuu-chan."
Author's Note: It's not the best chapter but i made a promise that i would update by the end of the month and I'm a girl of my word. There's a short epilogue that should be coming soon. watch for it. Please review and tell me what you thought.
