'That stupid baka is following me. . .' Botan thought darkly to herself as
she angrily grabbed fruit and examined them, trying to pay attention to her
chores.
"Botan," Kurama begged as he neared her again, "please listen-"
"NO!" she screamed back, hurling an orange at his face. Which she then had to pay for.
She was happy to note, though, that the fruit was right on target.
Turning on her heal and storming into the crowed, Kurama was unable to follow.
He had to spend a few moments getting the orange juice out of his eyes.
By then, he had lost her.
'Damn it,' he cursed to himself as he tried to pick up her sent.
But with so many people it was nearly impossible.
"Looking for someone?" said a voice from behind him.
The prince whirled around to find himself face to face-
With a shirtless Yusuke.
Kurama looked his vizier up and down. ". . . What happened to you?"
"I've always been called the kind of guy who gives you the shirt off his back. . ." Yusuke smirked.
"That's a saying, you dolt."
"I know. It was supposed to be a joke."
"Ha ha. Now what do you want?" the prince glared.
"Gods, calm down. I'm here to help you with Botan."
Kurama's ears perked. "Really?"
"Yep. Follow me. We're going back home."
The prince said nothing as the vizier started to head back. Noticing that Kurama wasn't following, Yusuke turned and looked at him. "Well? Come on!"
"What?! Go HOME?! But I gotta find Mitsuk-"
"Then go home! Trust me!"
Kurama said nothing for a moment. "Will I regret it?"
"Nope."
". . . You have something planed, don't you?"
"Don't I always?"
"I really don't want to know," the prince sighed as be begun to follow his vizier towards the castle, praying that he was doing the right thing.
*
Botan stomped through the packed street, brushing against countless people as she pushed her way under an almost-empty display.
Sighing and leaning against the wooden wall of the display- which happened to be about cheese graters- the maid glanced back the way she came.
It didn't look like Kurama had followed her this time.
. . . Now if she could only decided if this was a good or bad thing.
"Looking for someone?"
Mitsukai whipped around. "Keiko!"
The other girl was leaning casually against another display, examining one of the cheese graters. "Not a very exciting product, is it?"
"What are you doing here?" Botan asked, stunned. "I mean- thanks for the basket! I'm sorry I haven't had time to visit or-"
"That's okay," Keiko interrupted, putting down the grater and walking over to Botan. "So what's new?"
"Nothing. . ."
"Right."
The maid gave her friend an odd stare. "What's wrong?"
"Why won't you go talk to Kurama?"
Botan's eyes almost popped out her head. "What?! How do you-? Never mind. I'm not going to! He lied! I HATE HIM."
Turning on her heal, Mitsukai began to leave when Keiko grabbed her arm. "Oh, no you don't! Yusuke put in a lot of work to set you two up!"
Blushing red, Botan turned around. "S- Setting us UP? Keiko, you and I both know that's not- not-! But it doesn't matter anyway. He's with Hari. Even if I- - I just don't have a chance with him."
"Why not?"
"Wha-?! Are you saying I DO?"
"Sure," Keiko shrugged. "I'm with his vizier."
"That's crazy!"
"But true."
"No- what's crazy is that you actually think I LIKE him!"
"You do."
"No I don't! This is stupid!"
"Botan, it is NOT stupid! You love him! Take a chance! Steal him from that Hari! Don't waist a moment, or she WILL win!"
"I don't want to talk about this anymore," Botan whispered, tugging her arm out of Keiko's grasp and walking quickly out of the display.
But Keiko followed. "Well, I do!"
Botan tried to ignore her best friend as she followed her, trying to tug the maid back towards the prince.
"Gods, Botan!" Keiko yelled- before beginning to sing.
"Oh gods. . ." Botan groaned. "Please- I don't want to listen-"
"You think you're going no where
When you're walking down the street
Actin' like you just don't care
When life could be so sweet!
Why you wanna be like that
As if there's nothin' new
You're not foolin' no one,
You're not even foolin' you!"
"Keiko," Botan muttered, rubbing her temples tiredly. "Just give it up."
"No!" the girl cried before continuing to sing, tugging Botan towards the direction of the prince again.
"So walk a little slower
And open up your eyes!
Sometimes it's so hard to see
The good things passin' by!
There may never be a sign-
No big, bright flashing light
Telling you to make your move
Or when the time is right!
So-
Why not?
Take a crazy chance?
Why not?
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?
Why not take a crazy chance?
Why not take a crazy chance?"
"I'll tell you why not!" Botan cried, tears of frustration beginning to well up in her eyes. "Because it *is* CRAZY! Because it *is* HOPELESS! That's why!"
Keiko sighed, and stopped Botan in her tracks.
Stepping in front of her best friend, Keiko grabbed the maid's shoulders, shaking her lightly, singing.
"You always dress in yellow-
When you wanna dress in gold!
Instead of listenin' to your heart
You do just what you're told!
You keep waiting where you are
For what you'll never know
Let's just get into a cart
And go, baby go!
So-"
"To him, I bet you mean," Botan said quietly as she side stepped Keiko and contKuramaed down the busy path. "No."
"Why not?
Take a crazy chance!
Why not?
Do a crazy dance!
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?"
"Keiko, stop it!" Botan's voice cracked. "It's over. It's too late."
"So you won't even try?!" Keiko cried, frustrated.
Mitsukai said nothing.
"Oh! He could be the one for you," Keiko sung, just loudly enough for Botan to hear.
"Oh, yeah! Maybe yes, maybe no!
Oh! It could be the thing to do.
What I'm saying is you gotta let him know!"
". . . I don't know if I can. . .there's no way. . . " Botan whispered, turning around to look at her friend with tear filled eyes.
Keiko shook her head in exasperation. "You'll never get to heaven,
Or even to a lake
If you don't believe there's a way!"
The maid looked away. "I don't know. . ."
Keiko turned Botan's face so she looked up at her. "Why not
Take a star from the sky?
Why not
Spread your wings and fly?
Oh!
It might take a little
And it might take a lot!
But why not?!
Why not?!"
Keiko dried her best friend's tears. "Botan, that bastard of a prince cares deeply for you. Go back to him."
The maid said nothing for a moment, looking away in deep thought.
'Kurama. . .'
Looking suddenly up at her friend, Mitsukai smiled a small smile. "Why not?"
Keiko beamed back. "Hurry then! He's going to be back at the castle! Yusuke told me!"
"You planed this?" Botan raised an eyebrow, but Keiko just smiled mysteriously.
"Now go! Go get your man!"
"All right," Mitsukai called over her shoulder as she turned and began to run.
Racing as fast as she could back to the castle, she sang as she went.
"Why not?
Take a crazy chance?
Why not?
Do a crazy dance!
If I lose a moment-
I might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?!"
*
I don't like Hilary Duff but the song was appropriate so there you have it!
Thanks for all the reviews. I'm so proud.
I got a question about Hiei and Yukina.
They'll come in about when Yakumo comes in the spice the story up.
That's the climax but one chapter at a time.
Arigato again and JA!
"Botan," Kurama begged as he neared her again, "please listen-"
"NO!" she screamed back, hurling an orange at his face. Which she then had to pay for.
She was happy to note, though, that the fruit was right on target.
Turning on her heal and storming into the crowed, Kurama was unable to follow.
He had to spend a few moments getting the orange juice out of his eyes.
By then, he had lost her.
'Damn it,' he cursed to himself as he tried to pick up her sent.
But with so many people it was nearly impossible.
"Looking for someone?" said a voice from behind him.
The prince whirled around to find himself face to face-
With a shirtless Yusuke.
Kurama looked his vizier up and down. ". . . What happened to you?"
"I've always been called the kind of guy who gives you the shirt off his back. . ." Yusuke smirked.
"That's a saying, you dolt."
"I know. It was supposed to be a joke."
"Ha ha. Now what do you want?" the prince glared.
"Gods, calm down. I'm here to help you with Botan."
Kurama's ears perked. "Really?"
"Yep. Follow me. We're going back home."
The prince said nothing as the vizier started to head back. Noticing that Kurama wasn't following, Yusuke turned and looked at him. "Well? Come on!"
"What?! Go HOME?! But I gotta find Mitsuk-"
"Then go home! Trust me!"
Kurama said nothing for a moment. "Will I regret it?"
"Nope."
". . . You have something planed, don't you?"
"Don't I always?"
"I really don't want to know," the prince sighed as be begun to follow his vizier towards the castle, praying that he was doing the right thing.
*
Botan stomped through the packed street, brushing against countless people as she pushed her way under an almost-empty display.
Sighing and leaning against the wooden wall of the display- which happened to be about cheese graters- the maid glanced back the way she came.
It didn't look like Kurama had followed her this time.
. . . Now if she could only decided if this was a good or bad thing.
"Looking for someone?"
Mitsukai whipped around. "Keiko!"
The other girl was leaning casually against another display, examining one of the cheese graters. "Not a very exciting product, is it?"
"What are you doing here?" Botan asked, stunned. "I mean- thanks for the basket! I'm sorry I haven't had time to visit or-"
"That's okay," Keiko interrupted, putting down the grater and walking over to Botan. "So what's new?"
"Nothing. . ."
"Right."
The maid gave her friend an odd stare. "What's wrong?"
"Why won't you go talk to Kurama?"
Botan's eyes almost popped out her head. "What?! How do you-? Never mind. I'm not going to! He lied! I HATE HIM."
Turning on her heal, Mitsukai began to leave when Keiko grabbed her arm. "Oh, no you don't! Yusuke put in a lot of work to set you two up!"
Blushing red, Botan turned around. "S- Setting us UP? Keiko, you and I both know that's not- not-! But it doesn't matter anyway. He's with Hari. Even if I- - I just don't have a chance with him."
"Why not?"
"Wha-?! Are you saying I DO?"
"Sure," Keiko shrugged. "I'm with his vizier."
"That's crazy!"
"But true."
"No- what's crazy is that you actually think I LIKE him!"
"You do."
"No I don't! This is stupid!"
"Botan, it is NOT stupid! You love him! Take a chance! Steal him from that Hari! Don't waist a moment, or she WILL win!"
"I don't want to talk about this anymore," Botan whispered, tugging her arm out of Keiko's grasp and walking quickly out of the display.
But Keiko followed. "Well, I do!"
Botan tried to ignore her best friend as she followed her, trying to tug the maid back towards the prince.
"Gods, Botan!" Keiko yelled- before beginning to sing.
"Oh gods. . ." Botan groaned. "Please- I don't want to listen-"
"You think you're going no where
When you're walking down the street
Actin' like you just don't care
When life could be so sweet!
Why you wanna be like that
As if there's nothin' new
You're not foolin' no one,
You're not even foolin' you!"
"Keiko," Botan muttered, rubbing her temples tiredly. "Just give it up."
"No!" the girl cried before continuing to sing, tugging Botan towards the direction of the prince again.
"So walk a little slower
And open up your eyes!
Sometimes it's so hard to see
The good things passin' by!
There may never be a sign-
No big, bright flashing light
Telling you to make your move
Or when the time is right!
So-
Why not?
Take a crazy chance?
Why not?
Do a crazy dance?
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?
Why not take a crazy chance?
Why not take a crazy chance?"
"I'll tell you why not!" Botan cried, tears of frustration beginning to well up in her eyes. "Because it *is* CRAZY! Because it *is* HOPELESS! That's why!"
Keiko sighed, and stopped Botan in her tracks.
Stepping in front of her best friend, Keiko grabbed the maid's shoulders, shaking her lightly, singing.
"You always dress in yellow-
When you wanna dress in gold!
Instead of listenin' to your heart
You do just what you're told!
You keep waiting where you are
For what you'll never know
Let's just get into a cart
And go, baby go!
So-"
"To him, I bet you mean," Botan said quietly as she side stepped Keiko and contKuramaed down the busy path. "No."
"Why not?
Take a crazy chance!
Why not?
Do a crazy dance!
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?"
"Keiko, stop it!" Botan's voice cracked. "It's over. It's too late."
"So you won't even try?!" Keiko cried, frustrated.
Mitsukai said nothing.
"Oh! He could be the one for you," Keiko sung, just loudly enough for Botan to hear.
"Oh, yeah! Maybe yes, maybe no!
Oh! It could be the thing to do.
What I'm saying is you gotta let him know!"
". . . I don't know if I can. . .there's no way. . . " Botan whispered, turning around to look at her friend with tear filled eyes.
Keiko shook her head in exasperation. "You'll never get to heaven,
Or even to a lake
If you don't believe there's a way!"
The maid looked away. "I don't know. . ."
Keiko turned Botan's face so she looked up at her. "Why not
Take a star from the sky?
Why not
Spread your wings and fly?
Oh!
It might take a little
And it might take a lot!
But why not?!
Why not?!"
Keiko dried her best friend's tears. "Botan, that bastard of a prince cares deeply for you. Go back to him."
The maid said nothing for a moment, looking away in deep thought.
'Kurama. . .'
Looking suddenly up at her friend, Mitsukai smiled a small smile. "Why not?"
Keiko beamed back. "Hurry then! He's going to be back at the castle! Yusuke told me!"
"You planed this?" Botan raised an eyebrow, but Keiko just smiled mysteriously.
"Now go! Go get your man!"
"All right," Mitsukai called over her shoulder as she turned and began to run.
Racing as fast as she could back to the castle, she sang as she went.
"Why not?
Take a crazy chance?
Why not?
Do a crazy dance!
If I lose a moment-
I might lose a lot!
So why not?
Why not?!"
*
I don't like Hilary Duff but the song was appropriate so there you have it!
Thanks for all the reviews. I'm so proud.
I got a question about Hiei and Yukina.
They'll come in about when Yakumo comes in the spice the story up.
That's the climax but one chapter at a time.
Arigato again and JA!