No Time for Apologies

Kurama Quickly Ran home in the hopes that Botan had gone there. He needed to tell her what happened; needed her to know the truth about what he had done. The last thing he wanted was for her to hate him.

Reaching his door he took a moment to pause and think of what he would say. Shaking his head he walked in, "Mother?"

"Hello Shuichi how was school?"

"It was fine, as usual, Is Botan here?" he asked

"No, I haven't seen her all day."

"I see," He melted into the couch as he sat down and sighed.

Shiori walked into the living room and sat on the arm of the couch and ruffled Kurama's hair, "are you alright?"

"Ah, Botan and I… We had a little fight, I was hoping to find her here so I could explain what really happened." He said unable to tell her the whole story.

"What happened?"

"Lets just say I was a jerk."

"Shuichi!" She shouted causing Kurama to wince and look up at her, "You had better go fix this. You two are best friends."

"I know Mother. I'll tell her the next time I see her." He said and stood up and walked to his room to sulk.

The next day at School Botan walked through the halls alone and sighed when she heard Maya laughing behind her. Then she saw him, Kurama was at his locker and she paused.

Maya smirked when she saw Botan and had yet another idea. She crossed the hall and leaned against a locker next to Kurama's; Botan's Locker.

Kurama looked over hoping to see Botan but was saddened to find that she was not there. "Oh, Hi Maya. Is there something you need?" he asked her in a bored tone.

"Well no but…" she looked at Botan through the corner of her eye and Smirked, "Oh! There is something in your hair." She lied and reached over leaning her whole body in and pulled an invisible sting from his hair. "There."

Botan turned away upon seeing this and walked off to her next class forgetting her books.

"Well, Uh, Thank You. Maya." Kurama said uncomfortably and pulled away from her, "I Really must be going." He said and headed for his next class.

"Oh, Yeah, He wants me." Maya said to herself as Jem walked up to her.

"So are you going to let me in on this plan of yours?" She asked.

"I should think it was obvious. I am making that girl think that Shuichi and I are an item thereby getting rid of her and drawing him closer to me."

"Oh." She smirked. "Good plan."

"Isn't it though?" Maya said. "We don't have too much time. I need to do something big. But what?"

Botan Sighed as she looked up at her ceiling getting lost in the stillness. Suddenly like an assassins knife a knock cut through the silence. She jumped slightly and looked over at the door wondering if it was worth it.

The silence came once more and she shrugged it off and went back to her staring but it was soon cut off by another knock. She swung her legs over the edge of her bed and walked over to the door. "Who's there?"

No answer, only a knock...

...She sighed and pulled the door open slowly, "Hello?" her voice stopped when, there before her stood the sliver haired fox demon, Yoko Kurama. "Y-Yoko."

"Y-Yes." He mocked, " Well, are you going to invite me in, My sweet?"

"Oh, Sure." She stepped aside to let him in, "But, Kurama, why are you here?"

"I thought you would be happy to know that I did not kill that pathetic excuse for a human." He smirked, "besides there are things far worse than death."

Botan looked at him dryly and smiled, at least he would not be taken away from her… not by Koenma anyway. Maya was another story. "Thank you for not killing him." She whispered and hugged him tightly feeling him hug back she pulled away.

He pulled her back against him, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave me." he whispered seductively in her ear.

Botan shuttered and smiled her hands burrowing into his soft hair as he attacked her neck with soft and hard kisses. "Yoko… I…"

"I know, I do too." He smiled and pushed her back onto the bed softly.

"Wait." She whispered looking up at him, "What about Maya?" She asked and he scrunched his nose.

"What about her?" he asked,

"Isn't she your girlfriend?"

"No."

"Why not? She is prettier than I am, and she's smarter… and she's…"

"She's not you." Yoko interrupted, "You are the only one I love, the only one who can see me like this." His ears twitched lightly and his tail swished. "I want you, My Botan." Yoko said and pulled her into a long passionate kiss...

...She sighed and pulled the door open slowly, "Hello?"

"Hey, Botan. Tell me how school was." Mariah smiled