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 6

Community Service

Sakuraso laughed hysterically, holding onto the table, and trying not to fall. "So, dad was hot, huh?" She winked, making her mother blush.

'He still is.' Botan smiled inwardly, getting up and going back to counter cleaning.

"How did you get out of this situation?" Sakuraso shook her head slowly calming herself down.

"Koenma never asked about the file, and I changed the records to make it look as if the regular reincarnation took place," Botan explained looking up and pulling an index finger to her lips. "Funny," she mused, "it actually started this whole thing for me, going on weird missions all the time, I even became Yusuke's assistant." She added.

"You mean, Raizon's dad. Right?" Sakuraso giggled, "What were you helping him with." She wondered standing up and going to the fridge for something to drink.

"Yusuke, was a spirit detective, and I would assist him on cases, he worked with. Your father and I met again on one of those." Botan murmured remembering hers and Kurama's second meeting. Sakuraso closed the fridge highly disappointed at the lack of food inside. "What was the case about?" She beamed at Botan.

"Your dad along with his friend Hiei, and a demon named Goki, stole the Mirror of Darkness, so Yusuke had to retrieve it from him." Botan said turning to the fridge with a sour look. "We don't have any food around here, do we?" She changed the subject looking at her daughter. "I guess I'll ask the boys to grab some." She dried her hands on a towel and left the kitchen, Sakuraso following. "So dad led the life of crime?" She asked Botan, not letting the subject slide.

"No, he never did, not in his human life anyway…" Botan trailed off. She went down the hill, and stopped a few feet from the forested line yelling, "Kurama! We need food, go wake up Yusuke and get some groceries!"

Sakuraso baked away, thinking that her mom must have gone nuts. "Are you sure, you should yell like that? "She put a hand on Botan's shoulder "You don't even know where dad is, and people might hear you." She asked, but the woman just smirked.

"Your dad has an excellent hearing, and there are no people around for miles, accept for us of course." She glanced back and nudged her daughter towards the house. "We should get back to cleaning."

Sakuraso dragged herself up the hill "You are going to tell me more, right? This was not much of a story mom…" 'And you never called dad, Kurama, before.' She complained getting a smile from Botan.

"Sure dear," she nodded, "but after, we make this place sparkling, O.K?"

"Nooo, we can clean and talk!" Sakuraso moaned, tugging on Botans sleeve.

"Oh! Alright…" The woman mumbled. "Your dad was trying to save your grandmother's life, when she got gravely ill, and the Mirror of Darkness that he stole could grant him any wish. So, with a little help from Yusuke he's healed her, but stealing this artifact was still a crime and he had to be punished…"

Kurama walked onto the hospital's rooftop, the wind blew through his rose hair and the cold nibbled on his skin, but it didn't matter. All he wanted was to thank the boy who just saved his life, and the life of his mother, a courageous and selfless thing to do, even though detective acted without thinking. He studied the area, realizing that he was alone. 'Yusuke must have left' the boy thought looking at the stars. He squinted noticing a flash of pink kimono on the horizon. "So here comes the punishment," Kurama uttered, as a bluenette jumped off her oar in front of him. "Nice to meet you young man!" She smiled. "My name is Botan, the pilot of the river Stix. It's a pleasure." She extended her hand and Kurama shook it lightly. "The pleasure is all mine, miss." He smirked getting a strange déjà vu. "Have we met before?" The red-head asked studying girl's expression. Botan looked equally affected, she pulled out a small blue notebook from her obi, and flipped through the few pages. "I can't say if we did," she responded slightly flustered. "Your name is Suichi Minamino, am I correct?" She eyed him slowly, noticing his rare beauty.

"That's my human name." Kurama stated, making Botan a bit uneasy. She flipped another page of her notebook. "A demon, known as Yoko." She read furrowing her eyebrow at the familiar name.

"Yes." The redhead smiled, "but you can call me Kurama."

Botan jerked her head up, her heart made a jump and plummeted into her stomach. "Did you say Kurama?" She yelped sprinting away from the boy, and materializing her oar, on instinct.

"Yes," Suichi hesitated slightly, "I'm sorry if I scared you somehow?" He blinked confused by her reaction. "I don't mean any harm."

Botan's oar disappeared, as she steadied herself, mind racing, "I came here to tell you… That you are in luck." She shuttered out remembering her mission. "We can't put you in jail or have a spirit world trial due to your family, so starting right now you're on parole."

"I see." Kurama nodded, still amused at her. "Is there any way I can be pardoned?" He asked gathering his wits and trying to push his luck a bit further. The deity lowered her head smiling, "I think if you'll help Yusuke on some cases, you will be…I can't say the same about your comrades." She barely responded, hopping on her oar and taking off into the sky. "I will inform you once your help is required!" She added flying away and disappearing in the clouds. Suichi shook his head, "why do I get the impression, she just ran away?" He muttered with wonder, turning around and walking back into the hospital, while Botan flew onward wretched with guilt. She closed her eyes as the memory of her greatest mistake flooded her mind. 'I can't believe, it's him. He looks so different, even his energy has changed… I hope Koenma never finds out…" She mumbled directing her oar to the nearest spirit world portal. 'Yusuke has school tomorrow, and I don't want to see Koenma, he just might get suspicious.' She flew past the River Stix and landed on a white, ornate building. 'Home, sweet home,' Botan exhaled and walked down round staircase, which led into a hall of all ferry girls' residences.

Kurama left his mother's side and went back home to prepare for next morning, he spent all night at the hospital pondering Botan's last words. "So it is community service now? I wonder what Hiei thinks about this." He thought on his way to school. 'Maybe it would be best to find him and ask him to cooperate with Yusuke?' He considered, walking up to his school' gate, but despite his concern that idea escaped him, when the classes have started and his attention went to books and numbers.

Botan found Yusuke on the school's roof sleeping like a log. "Hey get up! We need to get the Shadow Sword from Hiei!" She yelled kicking his side. "What the hell, Botan?! Can't the guy sleep!?" Yusuke bellowed rolling over and rubbing his eyes. "There is no time for that! Get your compass, we'll have to track him down. "Alright! I'm up." Yusuke murmured standing up, he took out the compass and followed the demonic energy it has detected. Botan rolled her eyes, and followed Yusuke, when an unforeseen sentence entered her mind. "I kidnapped detective's girl, so bring me the artifacts or her life will be forfeit."

'What?' Botan thought as she tried to shake off the telepathic link, while Yusuke complained about the compass acting strange. The deity ran up behind him. "Hiei is leading you to his hide out!" She explained and Yusuke smirked, "ha! That's cute!"

"No its not!" Botan cried. "He told me a terrible thing through telepathy… He kidnapped Keiko and he will not give her back, unless we bring the other artifacts."

Yusuke jolted horrified, "You kidding me!" He screamed and raced up the road, as Botan mounted her oar. "Yusuke, I'll be quick!" She voiced and flew out of sight. Kurama noticed a flash of blue hair outside his biology club' window. 'A job already?' He grinned, excusing himself and leaving the classroom. The deity was already standing in a hallway waiting for him. "We need your help Kurama. It's Hiei." She blurted out. "I'm sure you can track him down, I have to go back to Yusuke." Botan, didn't wait for his response, she sped out of the place like a rocket leaving Kurama alone. 'Looks like trouble" he guessed going back to the classroom.

Yusuke was in the middle of a fight, Keiko has been hit with a shadow sword, and could become a monster any second. Botan desperately tried to keep the demon eye on girl's forehead from opening by pouring her life energy into it, so Kurama walked up to the warehouse in a nick of time. He studied the situation, and it was apparent that Yusuke could lose against Hiei, so he jumped in front of his friend's sword, confusing the demon. He squeezed the blade, thrashed through his stomach, and flung a bloody wrist towards Hiei's third eye, blinding him.

"You traitor?!" Hiei wailed stumbling away from the redhead, but Kurama was nonpulsed, even as Yusuke checked on his condition. "You take care of Hiei, I will use my power to keep the girl from transforming." He waved off the detective, and went to Botan's side.

"You're not doing so well, let me take over?" The deity heard a familiar voice behind her. "Thank you…" she whispered backing away from Keiko and letting Kurama use his magic. The boy's hands glimmed with green light and the demon eye started to close more rapidly. Botan breathed the sigh of relief, she sat down next to Kurama noticing a huge bleeding gash on his stomach. "I should help you heal…" She uttered raising her hands to his wound.

"There is no need," Kurama replied smiling. "You lost a lot of energy, the best thing for you right now is rest." He shook his head.

"At least let me stop the bleeding." Botan insisted gliding her healing power over his wound. Kurama relaxed at her touch realizing how much better he felt, but also how much weaker was her energy flow. "You may stop now, I'll be fine." He turned to the deity making Botan's heart flutter with his gaze. She put her hands down, just as Yuskuke's spirit gun shut into the air, bouncing off the Mirror of Darkness and into Hiei's back, knocking the demon unconscious.

"Oh no!" Sakuraso whined when Yusuke and her dad came into the kitchen, with huge bags of groceries. "Have we interrupted you girls?" Kurama smiled putting the bags down. "Hurry up with the food I'm starving," Yusuke glared at Botan, who just gave him a discontented snort.

"Mom was telling me a very interesting story, now it'll take her a year to continue!" Sakuraso piped rummaging through the bags for soda. "How did you get back so fast, anyway? It only took you ten minutes, and the town is miles away." She wondered sorting through the groceries.

"We ran!" Yusuke said walking into the living room and sitting down in a corner. "Know what boys are doing?" He asked Botan who was about to chop vegetables. "Last I checked, they were with Kuwabara." The deity answered while preheating a skillet. "Why don't you go see what's up." She shrugged.

Yusuke stretched. "Alright, maybe I'll do that!" He jumped to his feet and walked outside.

Let's play a game… If I get a review, you get a chapter, If not I will finish this fanfic way too fast and everyone will be disappointed. Tell me what you think, ask me questions, give me some ideas and I don't mind getting some feedback on my grammar. Next chapter is Kuwabara's training session, along with some more story of Botan and Kurama, from his POV.