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Chapter Eight
Botan was still having trouble sleeping. ' Why is it so hard to sleep?' she wondered to herself. She decided since she couldn't get some rest, she might as well watch TV. So she went into the living room and grabbed the remote. She pressed the power button and was surprised to find the tape playing. "What on earth?" She watched as it came to the place where Hiei kissed her cheek. She wanted to hear what he said so she turned the volume up all the way and strained her ears. It was useless. Botan sighed and turned off the TV. She then took the tape out of the VCR and searched for a place to hide it. She finally decided to keep it under her pillow and was about to go to her room when a red light caught her eye. She went to it and sighed again. It was Yusuke's camcorder. ' He must have left it here,' she thought. She was surprised when she found another tape in it. She put the tape in the VCR. It turned out to be blank. She put it back into the camcorder and went to her room. When she got into bed, she yawned. She rolled over into a more comfortable position and screamed. The ferry girl was looking straight at Hiei. "Quiet down onna!" he scowled. "You scared me!" she cried. Hiei ignored her. "Give me the tape!" he demanded. Botan glared. "No! You're going to burn it!" Hiei's scowl got worse and he lunged for the tape currently under the ferry girl's pillow. She was faster though, and she jumped out of bed with it in her hands. She ran to the VCR, for she had an idea. She only made it halfway, however, because Hiei blocked her path. She frowned. "Why do you want this anyway?" she asked, holding up the tape. "None of your buisness!" he snapped. He grabbed the tape but Botan held on to it. The ferry girl tried to pull away from the fire demon, but lost her balance and fell to the floor bringing Hiei with her. He landed on top of her, still holding onto the tape. "Get off," Botan said. "Not until you give me the tape!" Hiei scowled. ' He's as stubborn as a mule!' the ferry girl thought. "I won't give you the tape until you tell me what you said!" she argued. Hiei looked confused. "What?" Botan felt herself blush as she answered, "On the tape you whispered something to me while I was asleep." Hiei growled and tried to get the tape out of her hands. The demon desperately wanted the tape so he decided to distract her with a kiss. It worked, and he deepened the kiss before he got up and left. Botan sat up slowly after he left and scowled. ' That- that- ugh! That idiot! Why did he use such drastic measures!' she thought. Her heart was still pounding in her chest from Hiei's kiss. She was a little more than mad at the fire koorime. That didn't stop her from thinking about it, though, and she got into bed wishing he hadn't kissed her just for the tape. ' I'll have to talk with Kurama after I give Yusuke his camcorder.' she thought as she drifted off to sleep. Little did Botan know, as she was dreaming of Hiei's kiss, that the camcorder had been accidentally turned on when she had put the blank tape back in. And it had just recorded everything that had happened.
When Botan woke up the next morning, she took a quick shower and got dressed. As soon as she was ready she took the camcorder to Yusuke. "Thanks Botan. I owe ya one." Yusuke said as she handed him the electronic device. "You're welcome but I better not find it in my apartment again." Yusuke nodded and Botan summoned her oar. She then flew as fast as she could to Kurama's. When she got there she hesitated. ' Should I ask him?' she thought. She decided she might as well and knocked on the door. Her oar disappeared just as the door opened. "Botan?" Botan smiled. "Hey Suichi! Are you busy?" "No, come on in." Kurama waited until he had closed the door before he asked, "To what do I owe this pleasure?" The ferry girl hesitated but finally told Kurama everything that was bothering her about the things related to the tape. When she finished Kurama chuckled. "What's so funny?" "It seems that someone likes a certain fire demon." the kitsune teased. "What makes you think I like him?" Kurama smiled. "The way you two look at each other, for one. Just think about it for a minute." Botan did as the kitsune suggested. She gasped. He was right! She did like Hiei as more than a friend! "Kurama, how-how do you know these things?" the ferry girl asked. But the fox just chuckled in response. There was a comfortable silence for a little while until Kurama asked if she wanted something to drink. She nodded. The fox went into the kitchen and when he came back out, he had two ice teas in his hands. He then suggested they talk on the porch. So when they had gotten themselves comfortable, Botan asked, "What should I do about this?" "Tell him how you feel." Kurama answered. He chuckled at the ferry girl's frightened look. "Hiei won't kill you," he reassured. ' Yeah right,' Botan thought. But she knew the kitsune was right. So she finished her tea, bid Kurama farewell, and hoped that Hiei wouldn't kill her.
A/N: A couple more chapters to go! Ya know, Hiei and Botan make the best couple. Which, of course, is why I'm writing this. Anyway, thanks again for the reviews! Got more to write! See ya!