Sorry its been so long.

Hiei cracked an eye at the sunlight pouring down on him from the slits in the tree branches overhead. He closed it and frowned. He was extremely tired, which was rather unusual for him. Normally he could bounce back from a restless night of sleep.

But not today. He groaned and sat up, avoiding the branch above him with his head.

I better go check on the ferry onna.

With a new purpose he stretched and jumped off the tree, blurring to the hospital.

Botan cracked a large pink orb to look around her. She was still in the hospital. She closed it and sat up, yawning. All night, she had had dreams. Weird ones. And none of them had anything to do with the night she couldn't remember.

Large red eyes stared at her from across the room. When she blinked, she could see them on her eyelids. All night, they had haunted her. Crimson eyes. His eyes.

She shook her head. Her dreams of him replayed again and again in her mind. It was very unnerving. She knew that she would do well to not mention them to anyone.

Her blue hair was like a blanket over her shoulders. She was ready to get out of bed. She swung back the covers and stood, proud that she didn't fall back onto the bed. She looked around the room, and smiled when she saw a fresh bouquet of flowers on her bedside table. She didn't need to see the card to see that they were from Kurama.

Further investigation found that her clothes were draped over a chair. She glanced around, and stripped down quickly and slipped on her jeans and t-shirt. She put on her jacket over it, because she suddenly felt a chill.

She sighed and walked out of the room. Apparently she was free to go, because no one stopped her from walking out the door. She smiled at all of the nurses and started down the street.

It felt good to get out of the stuffy, busy hospital. The fresh air was very relaxing. Birds were chirping all around her. Things were looking up for her.

Until he showed up.

Hiei got to the hospital and slowed down to a regular run. He knew that Botan was on the second floor, so he found a tree that reached to her window and climbed it. He didn't want to have to go in. The nurses were eyeing him, and there was gossip.

When he reached the window, he was startled to see her standing.

She must be feeling better.

Then she started stripping.

He froze and stared for a second and then shut his eyes quickly. He could feel a light blush creeping up on him. Stripping wasn't really the word for it, but more peeling off her nightgown and dressing quickly.

He knew that she couldn't see him, but he could tell that she was feeling like she was being watched.

He cracked an eye and found that she was fully dressed in jeans and a jacket. He couldn't say that he was embarrassed really, just mostly surprised.

I mean come on; he was supposed to be watching her. The chances were pretty good that he would find her not completely dressed at some point in time.

He jumped off of the tree when she walked out of the room. Sooner or later he would need to find a new hobby, other than follow dumb ferry onna's around and make sure that they didn't hurt themselves.

Back in Makai

"CHINKO!" A high pitched female voice pierced the still air. A very ticked off brunette woman was calling for her head supervisor in her latest mission- Vanquish Blue Hair. Blue hair being Botan.

"Yes? I mean, yes ma'am?" A small squeaky voice piped up. It came from a rather tall supervisor who had come form his office to the room where his boss worked. He knew that the mistress was mad, but why at him, he didn't know.

"Chinko, do you have any idea what you have done?" Itai Korbusu shouted at Chinko. She ran a secret organization for assassinations in the Makai. Secret from any official government agencies anyway. Any self respecting demon would have heard of them.

"Uh, no ma'am. I don't." Chinko was confused. Everything was going to plan. Or the plan that they had agreed to anyway.

His answer didn't seem to calm Itai.

"Don't you know anything? Now we are going to have to wrestle Botan out of Hiei's arms to get her. He was not supposed to be there!"

"Oh." Chinko had not seen this as bad. Just another problem on the road.

Itai groaned. The plan had been for the assassin to kill Botan that night, or at least bring her back to headquarters. But then Hiei had shown up and killed their best assassin. He had taken her to wherever, and the plan was ruined.

She put a hand over her eyes and tried to think of a solution. When she thought of one, she grinned. She looked up at Chinko.

"Find your best scout and send them to watch Hiei and Botan. You won't find Botan without Hiei somewhere around. Then we need to separate them. Keep them apart. I don't care, but I want Botan alive, here, in my office, without Hiei. Understood?" She glared at Chinko.

He just nodded, already intimidated into silence. Then he turned tail and ran, or walked fast, out of the office. That left Itai to her own thoughts.

She smirked evilly. This wouldn't be so bad. Heck, if they could get Hiei alive, he could be her servant. Her black eyes flashed slightly brighter. The future was looking up.