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Chapter Ten
When the mission was over, and after being with Hiei, Botan took a long bubble bath. It was relaxing and soon she was in bed sleeping peacefully.
Botan spent the next day ferrying the souls of the dead, so when she got home it was late and she was tired. So tired, in fact, that she didn't even notice the four guys currently in her living room. That is until Hiei growled, "Where did you get that tape?" Kurama was sitting on the couch, smiling, Kuwabara was on the ground laughing, and Yusuke was standing in front of Hiei who had his katana at the Spirit Detective's throat. Yusuke didn't look particularly happy about it, and when he noticed the poor ferry girl he said, "Hey, Botan. Could ya call your demon friend off?" Botan frowned. "No. Whatever mess you got yourself into, deal with it." The spirit detective grinned. "I should have known you would take your boyfriend's side. Can't be helped." Botan stared at him. ' Did he just say boyfriend? Do I even have a boyfriend?' Hiei growled again. Kurama chuckled. "What do you find so amusing, damn fox?" he scowled. "Nothing," the kitsune replied. Botan was so confused. And she wanted to go to bed. So she asked, "What's going on?" The ferry girl was answered by silence. She looked around the room again to see Kuwabara sitting up, grinning, Yusuke was smirking with the katana at his throat still, and Hiei was glaring at Yusuke. Botan froze when she looked over at Kurama. The kitsune was smiling a soft smile but it wasn't him that kept her rooted to the spot. It was what he was watching. For there, on the TV screen, was Hiei kissing her to get a certain tape. She blushed a violent shade of red and turned to the spirit detective slowly. "How did- What's going on?" she demanded. Yusuke grinned. "I found a tape in my camcorder," came the reply. Botan frowned. "But I made sure it was blank the other night. Wait a minute, Yusuke, was your camcorder on when I gave it to you?" The spirit detective smirked. "Yeah, why?" Botan groaned. ' I must have accidentally turned it on when I put the tape back in,' she thought. ' That must be what Yusuke was talking about when he said "boyfriend".' It was then that Botan felt another presence in her mind. ' Onna, what do you know?' ' Hiei?' ' Yes, onna! What do you know?' The ferry girl could sense Hiei's impatience. ' Um, I may have accidentally turned the camcorder on... Sorry. I didn't notice.' The fire demon smirked. Botan yawned. She was still extremely tired, but she knew she wouldn't get to sleep anytime soon. She noticed Kurama's smirk and asked, "What's up?" The kitsune turned to Hiei and said, "You two finally got around to it huh?" Hiei scowled. "What do you mean, damn fox?" Kurama chuckled. "Calm down, Hiei. The others probably have no clue as to what we're talking about." The kitsune had a look in his eyes that seemed to say "It's about time!". An awkward silence followed until Kuwabara spoke up. "Are you guys talking about that string of energy tied around Botan and Hiei?" Hiei growled softly. Kurama chuckled again. Yusuke laughed. "Did you two do something naughty? I hope you aren't expecting a baby Hiei!" Botan summoned her oar and hit the spirit detective in the head. She then sat down on the couch. Hiei gave the spirit detective a small cut on the cheek with his sword, and disappeared with a death threat. When he reappeared he was behind Botan. ' Shouldn't you be getting some sleep baka onna?' "I'm ok, really. Besides, I wouldn't leave you alone with Yusuke. You'd torture him," she replied. The fire demon "hned" and sat down beside her with an evil smirk. "Why don't we see what else is on this tape. We could even invite the detective's onna." At this comment Yusuke balled his fists. "You wouldn't." Hiei smirked. Yusuke was about to go after the fire demon when he noticed Botan fast asleep, leaning on Hiei as if he were a pillow. He smiled. Hiei saw this and looked down at the sleeping ferry girl. "Why don't we leave now so Botan can rest," Kurama suggested. Yusuke and Kuwabara nodded in agreement and they left. Hiei picked Botan up and took her to her bed. He kissed her lightly and got into bed with her. This time he didn't worry about what she'd say if she woke with his arms around her. So he wrapped his arms around the sleeping ferry girl and went to sleep.
Botan wasn't surprised when she woke up with Hiei's arms around her. In fact, she liked it. Botan sighed as she thought of what she was going to ask Koenma. She needed a day off. Well, she could do without it, but she was planning on spending the day with Hiei. She gently sat up and got out of bed only to be pulled back in by the fire demon. "Hiei, I need to get ready." The fire demon growled softly, but let Botan get up. She found some clothes and took a quick shower. When she was dressed and ready, she went into the kitchen to make breakfast. Hiei was there already, eating cereal. Botan raised an eyebrow. "You sure did learn how to get yourself some cereal fast." Hiei smirked. He just kept eating and Botan got the feeling that the fire demon had been around Kurama a lot in the mornings. The ferry girl fixed herself something to eat and finished quickly. She then summoned her oar and gave Hiei a kiss. "I'll see you later." The fire demon answered by giving Botan a passionate kiss. She sighed as she flew her oar to the Spirit World. She took one last glance in the direction Hiei was going. Botan knew Kurama had guessed right about her and Hiei. No one else would know that the two were mates until a week later.
A/N: It's finally finished! It's officially time to party! Yeah! Anyway, thanks for all the reviews! And I hope ya'll liked. TTFN!