Hey guys! thanks for the reviews! I got 11 and on my first fic! That made my day! anyways I wanted to let you guys know I will be updating weekly between Thursdays and Saturdays so check for those three days…. Ok onto the fic!

"Woah Botan! What was that all about with Hiei?" Shizuru asked. No reply…. Shizuru called her name again and Botan looked at the girls her mouth wide open. "I don't know" Botan replied her voice dripping in fear. I mean come on she just licked ice cream that came off of Hiei….

"Hmmm… maybe you….. like him?" Keiko stated. Shizuru chuckled, Yukina stared as Botan blushed. "Aha! I was right! Botan likes Hiei! Botan likes Hiei!" Keiko teased at the fuming Botan by now Shizuru was laughing at her friends embarrassment, Yukina chuckled

"ALRIGHT!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!" Botan screamed the first time she lost her cool. "I don't like Hiei, but I'm just attracted to him, THAT'S ALL." Botan stated.

"Ok but isn't that the same as liking him?" Keiko asked trying to force the truth out of her best friend. But unlike her actions Botan is very witty.

"No, when your attracted to someone you like the way the look, and the way they act, but I do not like the way Hiei acts, he's such a downer. But that's not the real problem I can't stay in the ladies room forever!" Botan said

"Your right.." The girls stated in unison.

"Ok, I got a plan!" Botan said hope filled in her voice. "ok this is what we're gonna do…"

Back at the table the Yusuke and Kuwabara were still looking at Hiei in disbelief. Then Hiei got mad.

"Will you idiots stop staring at me" Hiei said with his infamous death glare.

"So whats going on between you and Botan? You two seemed inseparable today…" Yusuke stated calmly ignoring Hiei request.

"Nothings going on between her and me" Hiei said his voice lowering going into deep thought…'How dare the onna! What is she trying to do drive me mad? She's so…' Hiei's thoughts interrupted by Kurama's voice. "Well here they come now." Kurama said eyeing the girls suspiciously because Botan was laughing and Keiko and Shizuru were glaring at her.

As they reached the table Hiei looked away Yusuke and Kuwabara looking at Botan, Yusuke smiled smugly and Kuwabara looked disgusted recalling the past events and…

"BOTAN WHAT WERE YOU THINKING LICKING THAT ICE CREAM, THAT WAS SO NASTY LEAVE THAT IN THE BEDROOM!.." Kuwabara screamed so now everyone in the food court was staring at the table.

"Yes and I am dearly sorry for that!" Botan grinned. Hiei eyed her suspiciously wondering what the hell was she trying to do. "Umm.. ….Well….uhhh…what I'm trying to say…"Botan started and trailed off.

"What is it Botan? Spill it!" Yusuke said trying to pry out what she was hesitating to say.

"Huh!...Okay… well I want to tell you guys..that.." Botan began to say, ooh was this going to be good!

"COME ON SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!" Yusuke and Kuwabara screamed in impatiently.

"Well…..I'm madly in love with Hiei" Botan said blushing madly, even though she was pretending to pretend to pretend that she liked him. And then she kneeled next to Hiei, put his hand in hers, and looked him in the eye. Hiei was getting that feeling again when she confessed she loved him, that feeling of lust and hatred, he was going to kill her after this.

"Hiei I just want to let you know that I loved you for the longest but I wanna let you know that…. YOU'VE JUST GOT PUNK'D!!!!" Botan screamed. 'I'm really going to enjoy killing her' Hiei thought as he yanked back his hand and began glaring at her with the infamous I'm going to kill you look. By now everyone was laughing especially Yusuke and Kuwabara; they were rolling on the floor like dogs laughing: literally, Kurama gave an hearty chuckle as usual and the girls just stared at Botan and Hiei, Botan who were very embarrassed and Hiei who was still sulking.

"Ok guys it's now 9:00, I think we need to start heading home" Keiko said picking up Yusuke by the ear and Shizuru following with Kuwabara. "Ow let go Keiko, Your embarrassing me!" Yusuke wined.

"Oh hush you embarrassed yourself, Yusuke" Keiko said. "Yea sis let go.. Not in front of Yukina!" Kuwabara winced at his sisters' strong grasp.

Everyone was walking in silence in the cool wind and the shadows of the night; however Yusuke and Kuwabara gave a giggle from now and then from the 'incident'.

But Botan was in deep regretful thought though. 'Oh what have I done! I've probably screwed up any chance of being with him…What I don't want to be with him! Or do I? That's it! I just feel bad for punking him the way I did, and that I shouldn't have led him on!' Botan thoughts were running wild and the explanations for how she felt was becoming more stupid than the other and the first was becoming more obvious.

However Hiei was thinking one thing 'Oh I'm going to kill her'. Shizuru, Kuwabara and Keiko left and went down their block. After passing for blocks Yusuke left and was Hiei relieved from his annoying bickering about when he got 'Punk'd' by Botan. After that it was completely silent until thunder interrupted the stillness of sounds, and then it began to drizzle. "Aw man, just great!" Botan said and sighed a pitiful sigh. They small group was running to Botan's apartment since the wind kicked up and began to pour while lightening flashed and the thunder boomed. And then the lightening seemed to strike in areas close by until 'BOOM!' the lightening struck Botan's apartment. Her roof was instantly in flames and the smoke descended into the crisp air.

"Oh no.." Botan whispered as her legs gave out, her home, her only home was gone, she couldn't go back to Reikai, she gave her job up as a ferry girl and no one could take her in right now, was all she thought about , that she didn't realized who had caught her from busting her head on the pavement. All she could do was stare and it slipped out

"Where am I going to stay?"

Well well I see we meet again! Haha anywho I'm so sorry I took so long and that this chapter sucked but I was being really lazy and to clear up the confusion so you don't review met about the pretending to pretend to pretend part its like this…..

Botan pretended to not like him but she was pretending that she did but she was letting him know that she pretended not to like Hiei! Make any sense to you? ah oh well… please R&R!!!

Chibi Nica-