AG310: as I read over the last chappie I realized that I should change it somehow. I made Boton way too depressed. Tell me if I should edit it please. The beginning of my plot is here.

Disclaimer: I own none of this lovely anime.

Boton looked into her reflection. There were rings underneath her eyes and her hair looked like unruly wire. She was in her pink bathrobe and she felt awful. A few minutes earlier she had relived her lunch and now there was a splitting headache.

As she ran the water, she began to think about what she had to say to Hiei but right now… She ran her hands underneath the faucet and allowed the coolness to take her. Lifting her hands to her face she allowed it slid down her face, down her neck and down her bathrobe. Turning the faucet off, she examined her self once more.

She reached into the mirror cabinet and pulled out a brush. Maybe this vacation will do her some good. Yeah…but knowing now that she could never be with someone she truly cared for without jeopardizing their life and those around them would be pretty difficult.

Number one thing to do on her list: find someway to apologize to Hiei within being burned to a crisp. She cringed at the thought. It wasn't too inviting. She could already feel her flesh bubble and become scorch as her hair flew up in flames like a touch as the heat traveled down her throat to her lungs. She could feel her tongue becoming scorch and dry. Shriveling up and crinkling as her eyes became dust. Another fault to having an overactive imagination is having a vivid one.

There was a knock and it startled her as she poked her head around the corner. "Just a minute." There was another knock only louder this time. Slipping into a blouse and jeans, she hurriedly made her way to the door. "Who is it?" Who in Kami's name could it be? Probably the gang to raid her fridge…again.

No answer.

"Yusuke? Keiko?" Boton clenched her hands over her ears as a piercing scream echoed throughout the apartment. It felt like her head was going to explode as her head became dizzy. She fell to her knees feeling like water being tipped over out of a glass already full. Her vision was becoming blurry as her body slumped to the ground.

She heard several voices and she knew they had entered her home. "Is this the girl?" asked one in a gruff voice.

"Yeah," replied another sounded like a female. "You think the boss really wanted her? I mean she doesn't look too pretty to me."

Boton winched in pain as she felt her head being pulled back. "ugh…please…stop…"

"Well I think she's got a mighty fine body. Nothing like the ones at the camp." The camp? They were from that Kami forsaken place. Then way are they still alive. Koenma had said that all of those involved in it was captured and executed without a trial. Oh Kami, help her.

"But Kumi," said the girl. "Why would you want to have her? The boss wanted her."

"Fly," replied Kumi a bit annoyed at the fact that she tried to ruin his fun. Boton's neck began to hurt now and her hearing was coming and going. There was little light in the apartment as the sky became dark. The little light provided by the kitchen gave Boton a fuzzy view of the female squatting by the door.

She was maybe, twenty-four or twenty five years old. She had long blood hair and deep blue eyes. Her face had some kind of marking that Boton couldn't make it out. It was something like a snake, a viper maybe on her left cheek. She wore a biker's outfit and they smuggled look on her face frightened Boton.

She stood up and walked passed Boton with her hands in her pocket. "What…what do you want," Boton said groggily. Kumi laughed and it vibrated throughout Boton's body making her sick to the stomach.

Kumi was about twenty-eight. He had short black hair and slanted brown eyes. His shoulders were broad and his waist was trim. He wore a black jean pants with a white t-shirt and leather jacket.

"You, deary. You see, the night you paid our 'special' camp a visit our leader got into some major trouble." He dragged her by her hair ignoring the screams of protest and pain. No one will hear her. The whole apartment had a shield around it. He tossed her onto the couch. Her eyes were wide with fear as she heard the female giggle.

"Your so rough sometimes, Kumi," said Fly twirling her golden locks. "You know how that turns me on."

Kumi just smiled. "Our leader was very powerful and you had him destroyed along with our entire gang." He bent down towards the frightened ferry girl. Her could smell her fear. She was drenched in it. Her heart was racing and her face was beginning to water up. He was right against her right ear now. "You took something very important from our boss. Our leader…his son." He leaned back and yanked her up, fire burning in his eyes. She tried hard to escape his grip. "Now, we're going to take something very important from you."

He dragged her down into the hall and slammed open the door to the spare room tossing her once again on to the bed. "Stop…please," she begged weakly, tears streaming down her face. She was weak…so weak. The horrible ringing was gone but she still felt strained even to keep her eyes open. Was this what Koenma was trying to protect her from?

He only smiled. "Our boss said he wanted you," he paused and moved forward as the girl tried desperately to move away. He pulled he down and knocked her cross the face making her go limp.

"…stop…don't do this…please."

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He didn't listen and pressed down upon her. He placed her hands above her head and smiled as he watched the tears fall. "But the boss didn't say he wanted you a virgin."

Koenma sat at the desk in total disbelief. "HOW IN THE WORLD DID THIS HAPPEN?!" he was dead when his father finds out. He was going to be singing in old Jammie Jones' looker. He's going to be swimming with the fishes. He'll be six feet under, pushing up daisies.

He looked at the blue folder in his hand as it did go unnoticed.

--

Hiei angrily walked down the sidewalk towards the apartment of that blasted onna. "Fox, this is no laughing matter," he growled at the red head beside him.

Kurama smiled looking down at his little fire friend. "Come now, Hiei. You have a job to do and it seems by what you had told me that Boton is certainly in some heat of trouble."

Hiei hn'd. "It's her problem not mine."

"Yes, it is her problem Hiei and Koenma entrusted you to watch her. Her life is in danger and you act like its nothing." Kurama placed his hands into his Jeans pockets. He smiled even further as he heard Hiei mutter.

"The onna's life has always been in danger since she joined the group," he said disgustedly. "In fact she placed the groups lives in danger numerous times." There was no need for a female to be in the group. They always complain and got in the way.

"You surprise me Hiei. I don't know you cared for us," Kurama said calmly ignoring the glares being sent at him. He was cool and collected. It didn't bother him that Hiei had a 'slight' anger management problem.

"I don't fox. You all could die right now and it wouldn't faze me. Actually it would make my life a lot less straining." Kurama laughed at this comment.

"Hiei, you're overreacting." They were almost there. The stars started to peak out now and the lights of the housing complex dimmed most of them.

"The toddler means to torture me." He narrowed his eyes. "This isn't a mission. This is prison." But as he said this, he felt an immense power coming from the onna's apartment. Without saying anything he sprinted off towards the energy as Kurama went to retrieve the other detectives.

--

Fly laughed as she saw Hiei. "So you're the one that had caught the girl's attention?" She flipped her hair back as she pulled out two daggers. "I'm sorry to disappoint you but she's Kumi's new little playmate."

Hiei glared at her as he got into a fighting stance and placed his hand on the handle of his katana. What as going on? The onna had left him only two hours ago and what's this? The bandana around his head was instantly burned off as his third eye shot open and glowed red. 'Onna.'

There was a slight whimper as he dodged the attack Fly sent him. 'H-Hiei?' it answered weakly. He could hear the sobs and the begging she was doing. It was tearing at him. He shouldn't have allowed her to leave him earlier.

Hiei took a step back then lunged forward his weapon extended as it clashed with Fly's own. Sparks flew as she used her free hand and brought up the next dagger. Hiei leaned back barely missing the dagger as it cut his bags a little short. "Your good," said Fly smirking standing straight. She placed a hand into her hair and pulled out a whip. With one flick of her wrist it opened and a bright light blinded Hiei. "But I'm better."

'Are you okay? Boton?" he may have been blind but he still had a chance. He wasn't going to let these people take Boton. She had done no crime except be too damn chirpy and even that didn't deserve the type of punishment.

'He won't stop…won't stop,' she cried. 'Help me...please…' the connection was lost.

That was it. He did a back flip and landed on the kitchen table. He was blind for now but he could still sense her energy that she so stupidly had not hidden. "What's wrong Hiei?" he heard her sneer. "Are you scared? Well you should be."

Keep talking, he thought to himself.

She raised her whip for one final attack and brought it down into one quick movement. But something was wrong. She looked down and there, right through her stomach was a clawed hand. It was pulled back swiftly and she held it falling to the ground. With her right hand she weakly waved it into the air as Hiei kneeled onto one foot breathing heavily. "I'll be back and I promise you that the little girl will never be the same!" and with that she disappeared into a portal.

Hiei wasted no time as his vision now had returned. He raced into the room and found her there.

She was wrapped in a blanket and the man was in nowhere in sight. Her clothes had been torn off her and discarded to the side. Furniture was tossed and turned and there were broken pieces of figurines on the floor. Her legs dangled off of the bed and her hair covered her bruised face into shadow.

Hiei cautiously walked over to the bed. It was his fault this had happened to her. He felt guilty. He was guilty. He had abandoned his job and this was the punishment. She had received it for him.

Gently and ever so carefully he lifted the girl into his arms and sent a message to the others. He walked out of the apartment hopping to never step foot into that Kami forsaken place again ignoring the puddle of blood that stained the bed.

--

"How is she?" the gang was in Koenma's office and the whole of the spirit world was in mourning. The most preppy girl in al the worlds, the ne person who always found a way to put a smile on their faces was now gone. "Answer damnit, Koenma!" Yusuke pounded his desk.

Koenma's eyes were watery but he didn't le them fall. "I don't know…She won't let anyone see her except Hiei."

"That's horsecrap and you know it! Just tell her 'get your ass up and go to work.'" Yusuke passed the room and kicked a nearby wall. Kuwabara sat in the couch silent too shock to do anything let alone say anything.

"Maybe we should leave her alone, Urameshi," said Kuwabara surprising them all. "She's been through a lot and right now isn't the time for your 'I'm the almighty Urameshi hear me roar!' thing." This was getting to him too and they all knew it. For goodness sake, he's speaking sense. He leaned forward in the chair placing his elbows on his knees and hands underneath her chin. "It's like we just lost something and if we do anything wrong even the slightest thing she may be lost forever." He looked up tears slowly running down his face. "And I don't know about you Urameshi but I'm not ready yet."

Yusuke only groaned miserably clenching his fist. "I don't care about Hiei in all this!" He pointed a finger at the small toddler behind the desk, sitting in a comfy chair, with a steamy cup of coffee, a large screen tv behind him. He was so comfy… "I blame you Koenma."

--

Boton sat on the bed looking blankly at the wall ahead of her. Her legs where tucked nicely under freshly cleaned sheets. Her eyes were blank. He had been standing in there for about two hours ningen time. Why was he here?

"Hiei," spoke Boton finally breaking the silence. "Thank you." He couldn't understand it. Why was she thanking him? He couldn't understand her. It was strange. Something in him, something unknown was longing to touch her to make sure sh was alright. But he knew he couldn't.

Whatever cheerfulness was in her had been stripped away for the moment and she needed time. Time to heal…time to move on…and maybe, just maybe time to forget. She has to move on and forget about this. Just thank Kami she wasn't gone right now. She hadn't run away. She hadn't thrown a tantrum. She was oddly calm and collected. "Hn," he responded after awhile.

He heard her giggle and turned to face her. She still wasn't looking in his direction by the door but a little to the left. "Its funny once you think about it." She held a long slender hand out in front of her face as if examining it. "Life seems to have a way to go against you sometimes. One minute you're enjoying life and the next your being raped." She laughed again softly placing her hand down and looking at the sheets. "I guess I got what I deserved. You were right in the drugstore I guess." Tears started to slowly fall as her voice was still steady. "Its funny…its really," she broke down into tears.

Pulling up her knees, she wrapped her arms around them and bent her head into them silently. "Its…not my fault! I don't…don't deserve any of this. I-" A warm embrace silenced her and she found comfort in it. Turning her head into the warmth she let her tears fall more freely.

"I'm…sorry, Boton." It was Hiei and he was…apologizing? "I had a bad feeling about today and I didn't go with it. And because of that you paid the price." Boton only nodded letting the tears fall.

"Hiei…"

He shushed her and pulled her closer. If anyone disturbed them now…he will kill them. They would be shown no mercy. They would be…destroyed.

Boton sniffled a little and looked up and him. "Hiei…I'm so scared. I don't want to live alone…I don't want to live alone." Hiei only smirked at the confused girl.

"Well onna, it seems the bakas are worried, the toddler is treading thin ice and I'm stuck with you. I guess we have one option: find another apartment and kill those blasted people who dare to hurt you."

Boton smiled and crawled out of bed. Her legs ached a little but she was smiling nevertheless. She did a quick change in the bathroom and looked as if nothing had happened but one could see it all in her eyes.

She marched out the room nervously but with Hiei by her side she was willing to give the world another try. It seemed her burden was now shared and an unspeakable chain of understanding was now built between her and the fire demon. The winter holidays were coming and she was still scared but just knowing Hiei would be there made things less frightening.

She looked down at the fire apparition and smiled. "What are you looking at baka onna." Yes, the badass Hiei was back. No more kindness for a while. And she giggled and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. He stopped where he was and looked at her as if she was mad but before he said anything she sprinted down the hall.

Hiei smirked and soon caught up to her.

She was happy again…for at least awhile anyway.

Someone was there to protect her now. Her knight in shinning armor…Hiei.

AG310: another chappie done. I'm quite proud of this chappie. I wish I had some ideas. The ending should be around chapter 15. Please no flamers. I'm scared. Read and review.

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