Botan breathed in a big breath of fresh air. Her pink eyes were big and bright, and she looked at every thing as she walked down the busy sidewalk. Her blue hair swished as she walked, and she loved it when it did that.

I wonder when Koenma is going to give me another assignment.

She shrugged and crossed the street leading to the city park. She wanted to see all of the cherry blossoms that were out. The light pink flowers were always her favorite. A slight wind rustled the branches as she walked beneath them. She lifted her head and watched as a cascade of petals floated down on her head.

She didn't notice the small black haired demon that was sitting in an oak tree across from the cherry tree.

Hiei POV

Hiei stared at the beautiful woman standing under the cherry blossom tree.

Is that Botan?

He shook his head violently. He mentally smacked himself. He was not going to think of Botan as anything other than incompetent. But he had to admit, she was very pretty under that tree.

He saw a petal fall down on her nose. She paused and then sneezed. The she started laughing, and then stopped abruptly.

Hiei started when she stopped. He looked around quickly and looked for any threats. When he couldn't find anything potentially dangerous, he turned back to Botan. His excellent hearing could only barely pick up the words that she was whispering.

I'm so silly and stupid. I bet if Hiei is watching me right now, he's calling me a stupid ferry girl. I guess that's what I am.

He eyes looked down and Hiei could see her eyes begin to water. He was confused. He had never really cared about what Botan thought of him, but he had never stood it if someone cried for him. He could feel it tugging at his chest, her unshed tears, and an uncharacteristic want to apologize. He battled with himself, and then sighed.

Botan POV

Botan just couldn't believe herself. Here she was, crying because of Hiei. She tried to dry her eyes, but only succeeded in making tears fall. And that only made her cry harder. All of her confusion and anger at Hiei for not telling her what really happened just let go inside of her. The tears fell down on her cheeks unchecked.

"I'm sorry", said a deep voice behind her. She jumped, and whirled around. There, with eyes looking at his feet, was Hiei.

She choked on her tears and struggled to breath right. She hastily dried her tears on her sweater sleeve. The only thing worse than crying because of Hiei was letting him see her cry..

She couldn't bring of the anger back so she just stared at him. He looked smaller than the last time she had seen him. His shoulders were hunched over and he wouldn't look at her.

Suddenly he straightened and his eyes met hers. The same electric bolt shot through her that had in the hospital room. She froze, and so did he. His eyes widened, and she knew he could feel it too. It was like jumping headfirst into hyper speed. They were both moving super fast, and the world had slowed.

She didn't realize that she had moved when suddenly she was in his face. He didn't move or anything. He just kept staring at her as she moved closer. She wasn't even aware of it . All she could see were those beautiful red eyes. They kind of pooled in the middle, and she wallowed in them. She never wanted to look away. Just wanted to move closer...

Then her lips touched his and Hiei moved. Botan jumped back and touched her lips. It felt like she had been burned. Hiei jumped back too with a look of shock on his face. She watched him, waiting for him to slice her through. No doubt he would kill her after daring to kiss him like that.

She tried to contain the sudden giddiness in her stomach.

I guess near death experiences do this to me. Funny, because I've been near death for my entire life.

HIEI POV

Hiei just stood there and stared at Botan. He couldn't believe what just happened. His body wasn't responding to his brain. He was yelling at it, screaming at it move. To run away and never have to see Botan again. The feeling of Botan's soft lips pressing against his was branded into his mind, and that was the only thing that he could think of.

He could see fear in here eyes at first, and then a mixture of laughter. He frowned. What was she laughing about? Here he was panicking and she was laughing at him.

Baka Onna. Who does she think she is, kissing me like that?

He could feel his brain begin to function again. His first impulse was to grab his katana and slice the ferry girl through, but he controlled it, and tried to clam himself down. He couldn't kill the girl if he wanted 1000 years off of his probation. He put a straight face on and hid any feeling behind it. He would go to hell and back before he admitted that he had enjoyed the kiss. That he enjoyed the onna's company at all for the matter. He head meant his apology, but he truly wished that he wouldn't have to do it again. This was going to be an interesting mission.

Oh my god, I am soooo sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time!! I couldn't find my password to login, but I finally have. Please don't kill me.