Through with Love
Botan wiped the tears from her cheek as she walked out of the hospital and headed for the temple. Her heart cracked with each step she took as she replayed everything in her mind over and over again. Hot tears of rage pored out of her eyes without pause… And she started to trek up the three hundred steps to the top where the temple waited for her, where Kurama waited for her.
"Botan, My love. I am waiting for you. Come to me. Meet me on the top of the world." Kurama's voice softly drifted like an autumn leaf as it glided on the wind of winter. She could feel her feet moving faster, hitting the ground harder as she ran toward his voice. "Hurry, My love."
"I'm coming! Kurama don't leave without me." She whimpered as the stairs went on endlessly. With every step she passed another was added to the top. It was as if she were going up on a down elevator. "Please! I'm coming." She called to him unable to see if he still waited at the top.
"Botan! My flower. My Rose! Hurry." He whispered to her and suddenly she found that she reached the last step. "You made it." He smiled. "Now walk into the church. You'll be late." She looked forward and saw a small white church with a tall steeple and a bell at the top that rung and chimed. She ran toward it and a glittering light of gold and silver swirled around her and she paused as the ribbons of light danced around her.
"Kurama!" She cried but stopped when light wrapped her tightly in the fabric of a pure while wedding gown.
"Come, Botan. Come and be my wife. I am waiting for you." He called to her and huge mahogany doubled door flew open letting a flock of doves free from the path to reveal to her a handsomely dressed groom. "You love beautiful." He smiled and waited for her to meet him at the altar.
She walked quickly trying not to trip on the hem of her dress and stopped next to him and looked at the altar. "Oh Kurama. I have been waiting for you too." She took his hands in hers and looked up at him.
"I object to this wedding!" Maya stood up from the crowd and walked up to them and wrapped her arms around Kurama and smiled. "Kurama. Don't marry that little witch. Marry me." She whispered in his ear.
"Fear not, Maya my dear. This was only a clever rouse to get Botan to come to me." He smirked and spun Botan around where he pushed her onto the altar and shackled appeared around her wrists and ankles. "This is the end of her. She will no longer bother me or you." Kurama purred and pulled out a single red rose. "Have you anything to say?"
"Why are you doing this? Why are you hurting me like this? Was there a moment when you loved me?"
"How could anyone love anyone like you? You were never meant to find love and you never will." He took one final sniff of the rose before transforming it into a dagger where he plunged it into her… A single red rose petal broke away and fell into her limp had before soothingly drifting to the cold floor of an empty burnt down church.
"KURAMA!" Botan screamed the instant her foot hit the top step. She looked forward at the temple and walked toward it slowly. "FOX!"
Yusuke moseyed out and looked at her, "What's up Botan? Why are you yelling?" He yawned.
"I want that Fox! Bring him to me." She barked.
"Umm, Okay." Yusuke walked back in and returned moments later with the red-head.
"What's wrong, Botan?" Kurama whispered and took the few steps toward her to meet her.
"You want to know what's wrong! YOU. WANT. TO. KNOW. WHAT"S WRONG?"
"I'm… out of here." Yusuke walked, big-eyed, into the temple.
"Yes." Kurama said coolly and grabbed her hand gently. "What's wrong?"
"Don't touch me!" She yanked her hand away. "I can't believe you! I can't believe I even liked you! You are evil, nothing but a demon out to hurt people. You don't care about anyone."
"Now just hold on a moment." He growled only slightly, "Where is this coming from?"
"You have never been there for me. And you don't care about me. All you care about is Maya and you know what, you can have her! But you know what. You don't deserve love. For everything you have done in the past, you deserve Death! I hate you, Kurama! I wish you would just Die!" she screamed and hopped onto her paddle and flew back to spirit world.
"Harsh." Yusuke whispered to Kuwabara.
"Why would she say that?" he blinked when he noticed the Kurama was no longer standing there. "Oh no. where is Kurama?"
"He was just there." Yusuke said. "Come on we'll go after him."
Meanwhile deep within the dark forest Hiei glared out at the darkness and raised an eyebrow as her noticed Yoko sitting on a stump glowing in the moonlight. "Kurama?" Hiei leisurely jumped down toward his friend. Kurama just ignored him as he looked down at his hands. "Don't hold it in Fox."
"Kurama!" Yusuke and Kuwabara called and sprinted toward him when they saw him. "Hey, man. What Botan said, it's not true. You do deserve love and you don't deserve to die."
Hiei flinched and looked back at Yoko as he stood up, his tail swishing dangerously. "She wants me to be with Maya. Then I will. I'll so her!" he growled and jumped away.
"Dammit! Kurama, Come back!" Yusuke yelled.