A/N Sorry to whoever was waiting for this chapter! Here is the next one!
Botan awoke yet again from another uncomfortable slumber on the rough ground beneath her and she sat up, nearly forgetting where she was. She felt a small sting surge throughout her and she nearly screamed, a leftover from the 'poison' of the dome was still overwhelming. She bent into a fetal position and stayed there seeking some comfort from the on-coming river of agony. What did I ever do to get so much pain? She had nearly forgotten that someone was accompanying her in the little bubble. She heard a sound of movement and all the events of the previous time she awoke came back to her.
"Kurama? Kurama, I need to ask you something." She was afraid of disturbing him since she really couldn't stand to watch him being bothered, but she really had to get out of this annoying leaf cell.
He was running through an enormous land of flowers and trees and different plants of any world he could think of. He was just running and taking in all he was seeing and feeling. For once, there was nothing in him like the guilt of lying to Kasaan or any mission Koenma had assigned him or even any project or homework he needed to finish for school. He could just breathe and not feel as if he should be doing something else instead. Finally free of all the feelings he felt wherever he was. Finally able to just run and not worry about anything at all. And the best part was that there was someone with him to feel the same way. He could see a shadow on the ground in front of him of someone on something that seemed like a stick. or an oar he thought to himself. He looked up to see a pink kimono on a slender girl with flowing blue hair sitting on an oar, doing turns and loops. She looks happy. She finally doesn't have to follow any orders. She gets to do whatever she wants... Like me! His heart felt light, his body like a feather and he felt as if a small breeze could lift him off his feet and into the same air as Botan. She landed in front of him and offered a ride on her flying device. He accepted and he followed her example of how to sit on it without falling off. Every time he did something wrong she would laugh and explain how to do it better. He could see the true twinkle in the eyes that seemed like they could not produce anything like it. He finally got on and she flew them high into the air. She smiled at the look starting to form on his face, he couldn't believe this is how it felt to fly. Even if it was on something, it was as if he was just there. Suddenly, Botan's face turned grim and she turned her head back to look at him with a look that was so physical it seemed to pierce his soul. The world seemed to turn to night and unfamiliar plants started to grow, replacing all those he knew. She roughly pushed him off the oar and he fell, unable to steer his new and heavy body away from bushes of unfamiliar thorns he was heading for. Botan sped away and didn't look back, not even as he was about to hit the first thorn of the black rose bush...
"Kurama!"
His eyes snapped open and he could almost feel the thorn on the plant he was about to hit.
"Kurama! You're alive!" Botan was feeling his forehead and checking his pulse when he awoke from his nightmare, and then immediately pulled her hand away. "Whatever it was, it was just a dream okay? It was not real. You're shaking!" She felt his forehead once again and her hand slid down to his cheek. His eyes slowly looked towards her, still remembering the look he received from them in his dream. When he met her eyes, she took her hand away from him and clutched it in her other one. His look was reluctant, and it looked as if he was scared of her. But he looked her over and noticing she wasn't the Botan from his dream he slowly moved towards her and hugged her, relieved she wasn't the one that harmed him before. A lonesome tear fell down his face and onto her hand. She twitched at this contact and noticing it was a tear, she pulled him away. But just enough to see his face clearly. A single line was marked on his face and his previous look was still hinted on his face. "Kurama.." her voice barely above a whisper.
"Promise me, no matter what happens, you will not try to hurt me? Never will you despise me. Please. Just promise me." He closed his eyes, not wanting to see what her eyes may say this time. Botan just stared at him for a second or two before realizing what he said.
"I promise..." She said this as she moved towards him to kiss him. His eyes opened just as she was about to do so and he saw the first Botan from his dream. I very happy girl. Their lips met for a while as both of them engraved the moment into each of their memories as the first of the many to come kisses they share.
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