STRANDED!!

An act of Kindness

There standing in front of him was a broken Botan. Cuts and scrapes covered her body. This made his arousal disappear immediately. Her eyes slowly fluttered closed and she fell to the ground. Hiei frozen in shock didn't know what to do.

He ran over to her and picked her up into his arms only to have her disappear before his very eyes. He gasped. "W-what…?"

"HIEI! Where are you! Where did you go!" He heard Botan yell from only a few yards away.

"Hn." Hiei said loud enough for her to hear it. He would not be telling her what he saw or how he felt when he saw it. This island was one of the weirdest places he had ever been to. The moment he said 'Hn' Botan came running into the clearing.

"Oh, there you are! I was looking everywhere for you! You scared me half to death." Botan placed her hands on her knees and panted. Hiei was shocked, but it didn't show on his expressionless face. She was scared for him?

"Hn."

She suddenly looked up and glared. "Is that all you ever say? HN! What does that mean anyway!"

"Onna?"

"WHAT!"

"Shut up."

Botan swear dropped as Hiei started walking into the forest again. "Where are you going?"

"On our 'trip'." Hiei stoically replied. Botan asked no more questions and followed suit. 'This is going to be a looong day…' He thought as he moved trees and shrubs out of the way.

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"Got any fours?"

"Go fish." Yusuke grumbled as he picked up another card and watched as Kurama again beat him at go fish. Kuwabara was standing next to the airport window looking out standing next to Keiko. Yukina was sitting next to Kurama looking intently at the game, wondering how the fish could 'go' while Shizuru stood at the snack bar getting nachos while Touya and Jin arm wrestled.

"Got any threes Yusuke?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, take it already." Yusuke was grumbling even more as he threw down his cards and leaned back against the chair he was currently occupying.

"I do believe I've won again." Kurama said fixing the deck.

Kuwabara was currently laughing like a maniac. "Urameshi got beat again! Ahahaha!" Yusuke was fuming! He jumped up and started running after Kuwabara.

Kurama sighed as well as Yukina and Keiko. "There they go again." They all muttered. Touya was too busy beating Jin to notice the bickering. Shizuru walked over and plopped down on the chair Yusuke was occupying before and started eating her nachos.

"Where are they Kurama? I'm starting to get really worried." The young ice maiden said. Kurama wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"It's alright Yukina, I'm sure they're fine…" He was starting to doubt his own words.

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"YOU SON OF A BI-" Botan was cut of by Hiei's hand flying to her mouth and his other hand pinning her against a tree.

"Do not address me in such a manner onna, or it will be the last words you eat." Botan decided that she was not gong to be afraid of him anymore. She glared at him with equal force.

She bit his hand to free herself from his grasp. Hiei winced and let her go momentarily. She tried to scramble away but Hiei caught up with her and grabbed her around the waist lifting her into the air. She screamed.

"LET ME GO ASS HOLE!" She was beyond pissed. This fire demon was getting on her nerves major and all she did was bite him after he tripped her and made her lose her favorite necklace her mother gave her. Tears sprang her eyes.

It was the only thing she had left of her mother before…before she passed away. She went limp in Hiei's arms and he noticed her stop of struggle. He turned her around only to see tears streaming down her face freely.

He knew she lost her necklace, but why was it this important to her? I mean it was just a necklace.

Hiei let her go and backed away from her. "That was my favorite necklace." She muttered so low that he almost didn't catch it. Hiei was about to say 'so' but when the next few words came out, he just couldn't bring himself to do it. "It was my mothers and it's all I have left of her." The tears started to soften the dirt as they fell to the ground.

"I-" Then he saw something sparkle out of the corner of his eye. He walked over to it and not to let Botan notice he was quiet. He picked up the piece of shiny material that caught his eyes and walked behind Botan.

Botan was crying silently to herself when she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her neck and she would have leaned into them if they had not disappeared a second later.

Botan was about to turn around to face Hiei, but when she heard the clasp close and the coolness of metal against her throat she looked down and gasped. Her mothers' necklace!

"Hiei I-" Botan whipped around but saw no one there. She turned back the way she was facing before when she heard his voice bounce off the trees and into her ears.

"Are you coming or not onna?"

"I'll be there in a second!" She shouted back. She grabbed the necklace between her fingers and looked at the colors glimmer in the sunlight. It was only noon and Hiei would be wanting lunch, so she figured that she should be catching up sooner or later.

With that last thought, she ran after him as they walked onto they're journey of the mysterious island.

To be continued...