25 Days of Christmas

Summary: Botan based romance drabbles posted every day in December until Christmas. Crossovers are with: FMA IY DBZ YGO. Rating may change.

Rating for this chapter: T

Genre: Romance/Angst

Paring: Sesshomaru/Botan

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha!

Author's Note: Yeah, another chapter so soon. But anyway... I've had this idea for a while, and as they said like father like son like brother... why can't these dog demons keep their pants on? The world may never know. Word of warning though, not a happy ending. I'm going to be honest... it's like all those Kagome-finds-Inu-with-Kikyo stories.

Tagline: "My only light was your smile, and while I was clinging to this pathetic love... Sesshomaru! Tell me! Why did you betray me? Even though I would have betrayed the entire world for you..."

Chapter Seventeen: Betrayal

Botan's eyes teared up and a loud sob escaped her mouth. Her shoulders shook and she slid to her knees, hands covering her shameful face. Sesshomaru climbed from off of the wolf demon he was mounting and gave Botan a sorrowful look.

"I-" She let out a wail akin to a dying animal and wobblely made it to her feet.

"NO! I don't want to hear it, bastard!" She turned on her heel and rushed away from the room and from Sesshomaru's castle.

As she ran, clad in a simple forrest green kimono, she cursed her curiousty. If she hadn't been so nosy, she wouldn't have opened that door and found them together. But still... she had heard him call out her name. Just what was she suppose to do?

That beckoning voice guides me,
To a fleeting world running towards ruin.

"Sesshomaru!" She wailed out in a pitiful voice, tears clouding her vision. Suddenly, she tripped over a tree root and moved her hands in front of her to brace for impact.

I stretch out my hand in the mist,
And fall endlessly with my beloved.

"Ack!" She landed face first into the dirty ground and laid down, crying in physical and emotional pain. Her heart clenched as if someone were grabbing it and she let out another sob.

Seething despair, and a moment's ecstasy...
The true proof of awakening is the cry of death.

"Dousite!" Her shoulders shook once more and she continued to sob into the ground. She heard footsteps and ignored them. Anything a demon did to her would be better then this self-loathing.

More brightly than if it were inlaid with gems,
Your tear sparkles with countless dazzling sins as it falls.

"Crying smears your face." A cold voice said as she turned her head away from the source.

All for the sake of you, dancing eternally in madness.
So deceive me and scorn me,

"Go away!"

Try to hurt me, but these feelings will not change.
Even God cannot see through this lie...
The overflowing madness becomes like a knife.

"I don't care about her."

Am I being punished?
The scent of roses lingers in the darkness,
As if to capture your cold eyes.

She sniffled, her face twisting in horror. "So you slept with her because you don't care about her! Sesshomaru, what the hell?!" She pushed her self up by her arms and turned to look at Sesshomaru, glaring at the demon before her.

"You carve your name into my heart only to to twist that knife while it's still there. If you think that I'm going to forgive you, then you wasted your time." Her voice was low and dark and she continued glaring daggers at the dog demon.

"Botan." Fresh hot tears slipped down her cheeks despite the fact she tried to hold them back. Her voice wavered as she spoke.

"My only light was your smile, and while I was clinging to this pathetic love... Sesshomaru! Tell me! Why did you betray me? Even though I would have betrayed the entire world for you..."

Next Chapter: Inuyasha/Botan
Tagline for next chapter: "Please don't take my sunshine away..."