STRANDED!!
Do you love me?
"Hey, hey, hey, shhh…you'll be fine." Botan didn't stop. She knew better. "You're a feisty one aren't you? No wonder you're the keeper of the demon orb."
Botan's motions ceased. How did he find her! She jerked out of his hold and ran over to the wall and was pressed tight against it. She stared at him in the middle of the room.
"Who are you?" He found her so quickly and she never even knew he came in. He moved through the shadows like a shadow itself. She blinked and the man disappeared. She looked right to left. She jumped and almost screamed when he appeared in front of her, but his hand prevented her from doing so.
His eyes were no longer brown, but a color of red and blue mixed. His hair was now black with red tips, almost like fire.
His body was pressed against hers. She couldn't move. Botan stared into the depths of his eyes. He reminded her of someone…but at this time, she couldn't picture who it was. She tried to think, but still no luck.
He had one hand over her mouth and his other was wrapped around her waist. He pulled her closer still. "Now I see why I feel his love for you." She was confused. "It's so strong, the connection is clear as ice."
She tried to speak but her voice was muffled. "He's here on the island with you, I meant to mess up you're flying, but I hadn't thought he would be with you." He smirked and removed his hand from her mouth.
And replaced it with his lips. Her mind was in a whirl. Who was he and why was he kissing her? He wrapped his free arm around her upper back and trapped her arms. She was secure and she couldn't get away.
This was wrong…she loved Hiei…Hiei! He looked just like Hiei, that's who he reminded her of!
She moved to get away but he only pressed her closer. He pulled away a minute later for air. "A kiss before you die my dear. You're just too beautiful." He still wanted the orb!
She tried to get free once again. "You're his father!" She spat. He smirked.
"You figured it out did you?"
"Botan?"
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He had to have a connection with her still. He just had to. He was almost to the castle and he still had no idea what this man wanted with Botan. But he wanted her safe.
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She heard him. It was Hiei. Tears stung her eyes and Hiei's father noticed.
"Hiei! Where are you?"
"Don't worry about me; I'm on my way, are you alright?"
She could feel it now. His father said he loved her…but was that true? She had to find out before…before the orb was stolen, there was no hope for her, her fate was sealed and she couldn't stop it.
Hiei's father let go of her in one swift movement. "You're in contact with him aren't you!" Botan slumped to the ground. It was so good to hear his voice, but she needed an answer.
"Yes Hiei, I'm fine. But I need to know something."
"Why can't you wait until I get you?"
"Because my fate is already sealed Hiei, I know that now, and you have to stop you're father."
"My father?"
"You'll find out when you get here…just answer me this question. Do you love me Hiei?"
Silence. He was silent and Botan felt fresh tears sting her eyes. She knew the answer, and she…
"I don't know…I really don't know Botan, you'll have to wait for an answer. I'm sorry, but I will save you!"
Tear fell freely now. She was suddenly jerked from the ground by her upper arm. The connection was lost. She winced at the pain. "You're gonna give me that orb Botan, whether you like it or not." He picked her up and disappeared.
The next thing Botan saw was a dimly lit room. Hiei's father placed her feet on the ground but not before turning her swiftly around and slamming her against a wall and chaining her wrists. She opened her eyes and stared at the eyes that looked so much like Hiei's.
He smirked and stepped away. "Objective…take the orb from the one woman that ever stole my son's heart." Botan's eyes widened at the statement and then she felt an immense pain in her chest.
He loved her…that couldn't be right. Her mind went blank on that thought and her eyes turned pale along with her face, and she watched as the orb started to descend from her body.
She screamed.
Hiei's father's eyes widened and then he smirked. He held out his hand and the orb flew to his hand. He now had eternal youth and power! Nothing was going to take that away, and even if Hiei managed to do that, there was no hope for the girl.
He held the orb to his chest and pushed it as hard as he could. The orb grew in awakening and then went to normal size disappearing into his body.
Botan looked up with what little strength she had left. She saw him standing there and would have smiled, if not for her weak state. It was almost time.
"I…I love you…"
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He saw and heard everything from the statement his father made to Botan's last words. He had no doubt when she asked him that question that she loved him. And it filled him with an unknown desire of happiness.
And if he didn't do something that would all be gone. "You son of a bitch!" That got his father's attention.
His father scowled. "You've finally showed, but you're too late!" He laughed. "There is no hope for anything now, this world will be mine and you and you're girlfriend will be lost to this world forever."
"I wouldn't be too sure." She spoke. Botan's voice was muffled a bit, but she still used the last of her strength to say what she had to say. "You see him now." Hiei's father looked at his son.
His aura was flaring. Black and purple, it flew everywhere destroying everything in the room except everything near Botan and his father.
His father's eyes widened. "That…is what happens when you hurt the love of a demon's life, when its mating season."
To be continued...