STRANDED!

The Illness

She climbed up a tree and hid for dear life. Some how…her bag got up there with her. She smirked devilishly. She rummaged through it and soon found something that might not get her killed.

HIEI'S POV

I ran through the forest in search of the onna. She was getting on my nerves with that damn whistle. I hated that thing. Every time she used it…it was like her yelling in my ear a thousand megheards more…and we all know her voice is loud.

I sweat dropped…

She was really getting to me. I cannot stay on this island much longer with that ditzy onna! Or I might do something...that she might not like. I soon found her in a tree staring at me with a flicker of false fear in her eyes. Wait…false fear. She wasn't scared of me…?

"Hn…I will be sure to cut your throat nice and slowly so you can endure how pitiful your life really is." I said with a smirk.

"Not really Hiei." She said in a monotone. My smirk faded. Fast change of mood...

NORMAL POV

"And why the hell not!" He sounded like a married man accusing his wife of something she 'didn't' do.

"Because…" She smirked. "I have this." She held up a picture with Hiei in it and he was completely covered in mud. The color in Hiei's face drained. It was a camping trip. There were bunnies around him and he was smiling so goofily (Not a word...whatever) it was just soo cute!

"Blackmail…" She licked her lips.

Hiei started to back up before he realized. "You can't blackmail me! On this island, onna, you have no power over me. There is no one to see that picture."

Now the color drained from her face. Using this as a time to take the picture, in a flash Hiei tore the picture from Botan's hand and slashed it with his katana into a million small pieces. He smirked down at her before his smirk actually faded and he sheathed his katana.

Botan was staring at nothing…her eyes completely blank. She had one of her hands over her heart, while the other lay clutching at the tree branch. She was scared into shock. She turned to Hiei with her emotionless eyes.

"You win…" She said in a very un audible voice, but he caught it.

"W-what?" Great now he was stuttering. Damn the woman to hell.

"I said you win Hiei." Her voice was stronger now. "I can't beat you. Not now…not ever." Tears were brimming her vision. "I have nothing against you and your stronger than me…so why don't you just live up to all your threats and slit my throat now?" She was shouting now.

"I have nothing to live for anymore! I'm stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere with a hormoned raged fire demon and I really would rather die! So why don't you kill me Hiei. I'm not going anywhere." Botan stood as tears fell from her eyes.

Hiei was shocked. He was shocked in to beyond belief. "I-I…" Why couldn't she see that all his threats had only been empty? "I-I…I can't onna." What was wrong with her? Why these words? Why now?

"And why not!" She snapped. "You've wanted to forever haven't you!"

Hiei covered his face with his emotionless mask again. "There's food by the fire and I'm not helping you out of this tree." With that said, Hiei jumped out of the tree and went off to train.

BOTAN'S POV

He…he just disappeared like that. I don't know what I was thinking! I seriously could have gotten myself killed. I'm such an idiot!

I sighed and looked down suddenly feeling dizzy. That was a long way down. I bent down and positioned my arms over the sides of the branch getting ready for the long climb down.

NORMAL POV

Botan soon made it back to camp. She sat next to the fire and placed her hands around her legs and pulled them to her chest resting her head on her knees. She stared at the fire for a bit.

After a couple of hours past, she started to worry about the koorime. She stood up and a chill went up her spine at the coolness of the night. She had to find Hiei…she sensed something was wrong…

Botan ran towards the forest are of the island. She had to find Hiei. She had to. She knew she hated him, but she needed him to survive on this island. She moved shrubs and bushes out of the way in search of him. She was moving at a fast pace through the pitch black forest. She soon came across a light…the only light in the entire green forest. Botan got to the clearing and gasped. Hiei lay on the ground panting with sweat covering his body from head to his lower chest area. He was only wearing his pants for his training.

She ran over to him and knelt beside the fire demon. "Hiei?" She whispered next to his ear.

Botan hooked Hiei's left arm around her shoulder and carried him all the way back to the camp.

When they got back after a long and tiring journey, Botan was still worried after noticing that Hiei wasn't opening his eyes. She placed his head on a small pillow and covered him in a black comforter form her all mysterious bag.

"Onna…" She heard the weak reply from Hiei as he tried to reach for her with his hand only having it collapse back onto the sheet. Botan felt Hiei's forehead and took out a book Kurama had given her. It was on illnesses. She gasped when she saw the symptoms.

Hiei had a fever that could cost him his life.

To be continued...