Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho is a property of Manga Artist Yoshihiro Togashi and Anime Director Noriyuki Abe, I have no rights to it and I don't plan on wanting them, the artwork for this Fanfiction belongs to Azuki Shibakawa. Please don't copy the information. This work is T rated, but it is a Romance along with an Adventure. English is only my second language, so forgive me if there are any mistakes, I will update every week so bear with me and I hope you'll like this story.

Chapter 5

The Fox and The Deity

"Well, where shell I start?" Botan smiled getting comfortable on the pillow. "At the beginning of course! How did you two meet?!" Sakuraso shrilled happily waiting for the story to start, but Botan quailed. "Ahh… Well… I don't think that's a good idea." She mumbled uncomfortably. "Oh c'mon mom! You owe me!" The girl insisted beaming like a maniac and forcing Botan to give in. "You see our first meeting was not exactly what you'd expect…" Botan said, realizing that her daughter was not going to back down. "Oh well…" She slouched. "About 35 years ago, when I was still a simple grim riper, the spirit world got a new administrator…"

Koenma sat at his desk surrounded by a hip of papers, his head was screaming from all the work he had to do, due to the recent spirit world complications. 'At this rate Miss Sonata will need some help, maybe Ayame can do that?' He thought sorting through documents, when a green ogre ran into the room with a folder at hand.

"Lord Koenma! Sir! You have a new arrival, this one is from Makai!" He boomed, making spirit lord jump in his sit. "The demon world? I have no time for this…"Koenma glanced at the file, "That's not our department anyway." He stated.

"But Koenma sir, this one was killed by Special Defense Force." The ogre pressed driving Koenma insane.

"Then send this one to Hinageshi, can't you see I'm busy here!" Koenma wailed.

"I can't, she is on a date, sir." The ogre cried backing away.

The spirit lord rolled his eyes. "Who is on the roaster today?" He bellowed, mentally searching through the list of names.

"Ah… Botan Sir!" The demon recalled, "I'll bring her immediately!" He added with a yelp, running out of the office and through the castle, stopping by a room full of young ladies chattering and laughing together.

"Miss Botan?" He approached a blue-hair ferry-girl with amethyst eyes, "lord Koenma would like to see you in his office." He etched.

The girls gasped and circled the deity. "Oh wow! He wants to see you? I'm so jealous...!" A blond in the crowd yelped and the whole room burst with sounds of admiration. "Girls, please stop…" Botan blushed lightly trying to ignore her friends.

"But they say he's hot, you're so lucky…" Another girl awed. "Hurry up and go!" She pushed Botan into the hallway slamming the door in her face. The deity snorted and followed her escort. 'What are they getting so worked up about, for all I know I'm being sacked or something?' She brooded stomping down the hall.

Breathing in Botan cracked open an office door and peered inside. "You wanted to see me?" She whispered into an empty space. "Lord Koenma?" Looking around, she saw nothing, and started wondering what was going on, as a child's voice called out, "over here… Botan…"

The girl looked down. "Thanks! For once a ferry-girl is where she's supposed to be." A small, well dressed, toddler stood at her feet with a large file.

"Huh? You… Lord Koenma Sir?" Botan smirked trying not to laugh.

"Yes, and don't stare, this form is the best for you girls. It should stop you from bugging me for autographs or dates…" The kid frowned.

"A…ha…" Botan nodded chewing over the idea. Koenma handed her a file he was holding, and set back on his chair. "Anyway Botan I have a job for you." He pointed at the folder. "You'll have to retrieve a soul from Makai… All the details are there." He motioned at her hands.

"Huh, wait a minute, lord Koenma sir…" Botan blinked, "I thought Makai is not under our jurisdiction, so why…" She started.

"This one has been killed on our premises, but I'm swiped with work and can't deal with all of it, it's not a big thing, so you can do it." The toddler cut her off.

"But sir…" Botan protested. "Shouldn't Hinageshi be in charge of spiritual matters? The Makai souls is her department."

Koenma looked perplexed, he drew in a breath and shook his head. "Well, I'd send Hinageshi if she would be available." He replied.

"Eh… She is not?" Botan blinked.

"No!" The child lord sneered. "She is on a date with the latest arrival, I swear! What is it with you women? All you can think about are cute boys, aren't they too young for you…? Who was your last administrator?" He stared at Botan inquisitively.

The pour girl stepped back feeling confounded. "Ah… Your father, Sir, king Enma…" She stuttered out unsure.

"Well it's my job now." Koenma closed his eyes leaning back. "I have to deal with these papers, Miss Sonata will need help." He waved dismissively.

"Forgive me Koenma sir, but who is Miss Sonata?" Botan furrowed her eyebrows, recalling something she heard about this woman.

"A spirit detective I just hired, never mind her, it has nothing to do with you," Koenma pointed out. "Stop standing and get going." He ordered.

"But sir, I've never taken a Makai soul before?" The girl admitted sheepishly, shifting from foot to foot.

"You'll do fine, just get him straight through the process. The file is all yours." Botan was about to protest again, but Koenma's patience was running thin.

"I said, get going!" The spirit prince barked back, sending Botan out of the office. She walked outside the castle gates and opened the dreaded folder. There was some regular soul pick up information, only this time it applied to a different world, which Botan was not familiar with. In fact she's never met a demon soul before, working with ogres was a different kind of thing, they all looked alike, and she's never seen any one of them dead. Biting her lip she proceeded to read the data:

"Confidential files, catalog #1.

Name: Kurama

Couse of death: A spirit force shot, during a robbery by an SDF operative.

Species: A spirit fox (Yoko)

Wanted: In Makai and Reikai.

Crimes: Theft and embezzlement.

Abilities: Master of plants, poisons and healing.

Personality: Mysterious.

Guard against: Charm manipulation."

"What?! Well that doesn't sound like an ordinary job," Botan exclaimed surprised at the info, "I can't just bring and process him, what is Lord Koenma thinking?" 'I'm not sure he even read this file,' she complained in disbelieve and returned to the last line of her reading.

"Guard against charm manipulation?" 'What the what?' She narrowed her eyes skeptically, but there was no time to mull it over. This soul has already left its body and should've been taken through the judgment process as soon as possible, so Botan mounted her flying oar and took off tracking the lost spirit energy. Her keen senses tingled when she finally spotted a streak of silver light heading for human world.

'That must be him,' she thought following the glow, and squinting as she came to a stop in front of a giant tunnel. The ray of light has stopped as well, seemingly waiting for something. Botan came closer to her mark, "… Wow…!" She gasped transfixed by its beauty. The long silver hair and tail, a tall and well build body, cute, furry ears and the most gorgeous golden eyes glimming through her, it was simply mesmerizing thus Botan stood back, breathless, yet time was running out and she had to shake it off.

"Ah…H…H…Hello!" She stammered, "I… I'm Botan, the pilot of the river Stix, it's a pleasure to meet you!" This was her regular tune, sung to every soul, Botan picked up over the years, however the spirit fox did not budge. "Hello?" The girl repeated trying to get his attention, but still got no answer. "Hello!" She stepped closer waving her hands in front of his face, getting nowhere with it, her attention span reducing into nothing, when after a fourth "Hello," she did not get any response.

"Hey! Dead guy! I said nice to meet you." Botan yelled in his ear finally getting a slight turn of his head in return. "I'm sorry," the spirit fox smiled, "but I have no time to meet you." He started through the tunnel, making Botan squirm at the sound of his voice, nevertheless the girl composed herself rather quickly. "Where do you think you're going…? Hey!" She flew after him. "Miss, would you kindly SCRAM?!" The fox lost his patience, taking Botan by surprise. "Excuse me?!" She recoiled, "maybe you didn't get it? I'm your spirit guide." She sped up trying to catch him. "Oh I understand, but I have no need of one." The silver-hair replied smirking, and racing towards the exit. "Sure you do," Botan disagreed, as they both flew over a lonely park of the human world. "You are a spirit, are you not?" She emphasized, "and I have it in my file here..."Botan raised her folder, pulling Yoko to a stop. "My dear," he smiled mischievously, glancing down at two humans walking bellow, "thank you for coming for my soul, but… I'm off!" He sprinted down in a blink of an eye, and disappeared with a blinding spark. Botan shook her head, 'What just happened?' She thought noticing as a human woman touched her stomach and looked up.

'Huh? Did he just collide with her?' Botan studied the woman, who was now kissing her husband. "Oh no Wait!" A sudden realization nearly pushed her off the oar. "Oh no, no, no!" Botan shivered and flew down to take a closer look at the happy couple. "No, He did not just do that!" She called out in disbelieve.

'He merged with her? No, it's her child… He merged with her unborn?' Botan cried, mentally cursing herself, and her incompetence. 'Koenma is going to kill me?!' She thought tearing up. 'A spirit fox… Of course… I should've paid attention to his file, maybe we can fix it?' Botan sighed and looked at her hands. "Wait!" She froze. "Where is the file?" She whispered desperately looking around for the lost folder. "He… He… Stole… it…?" She shuddered miserably "Oh my world! Koenma is going to murder me!" She whimpered. "Now I'm definitely fired!"

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