Botan morning

She grumbled and rolled over, falling off her branch. "Whoa!..." She landed in a large pile of snow. She stood up and dusted off the snow, and started walking towards the closest demon village. "The village may be dangerous, but if I know my laws right they go into a fighting truce on holidays. I just hope I got the right holiday..." She hummed Christmas carols as she walked, watching animals scurry about in the snow.

Soyuko and Siyam around noon

"Mom, I'm worried, she hasn't come back, and she hasn't called. She's never been gone this long before! Can I call the police please?" Siyam looked at her son, and she shook her head. "No Soyuko, we aren't trying to get her back. Remember?"

He nodded and his mother smiled, "Besides, she was just another mouth to feed. Now we are free to leave without her being a burden to us." He nodded again. It didn't feel right to abandon his older sister, but he knew he could not persuade their mother to see her differently.

The others

They were at Genkai's again, well the girls and Kuwabara were, Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei had left to do some shopping. They didn't go to a ningen mall though, they traveled into makai to go to a demon village. It was potentially dangerous, because it was the month of the red moon, AKA demon hunting season.

The girls sat inside by the fire, enjoying some hot cocoa, when Yukina spoke up, "Did Botan call any of you?" They all shook their heads. It was so unusual for Botan to not call back. They sat in silence until Keiko's cell rang, she jumped and picked it up, "Botan?" 'No. It's Yusuke. You'd better turn on the TV' Keiko groaned when she heard Yusuke's voice but turned the TV on like he told her to.

'Okay, turn on the channel 11 news, quick.' She complied and dropped the phone. On the screen there was a picture of Botan with bright red words beside it, warning, do not approach this girl. She is armed and dangerous. She is suspected for the murder of her mother and brother. They were found dead at 9:00 yesterday morning.

"Oh...my...god..." 'Hello?' She grabbed the cell phone off the floor and screamed into it, "What kind of shit is this? Botan a murderer! I'll kill who ever suggested it!" She could feel Yusuke wince on the other end, so she lowered her voice, "But that's bull. I called her house at ten and her brother answered the phone! How could he if he was dead?"

'Maybe the clock on your phone was off again. Don't worry, we'll straighten this out, k? We can go shopping later.' She nodded, even though he couldn't see it, and hung up the phone.

The other girls were starring at the screen in disbelief. The news anchor came on the screen again and started talking about a sale at the mall. "Can you believe that man would say that? Botan couldn't hurt a fly! Much less kill someone." Yukina felt small tear gems roll down her cheeks onto the floor. Keiko and Shizuru hugged her, while Kuwabara started at the TV in shock. "I'm going down to that station and I'm going to give 'em a piece of my mind!" He stood up and marched over to the door, he was about to bound down the steps when Genkai stopped him, "Kuwabara, be careful who you give a piece of your mind to, you're running out of a mind to give. I am sure Yusuke and the others are going to look into this, right Keiko?"

They looked over to Keiko who nodded, "That's right Yusuke said they'd do something about it. They're putting off their shopping trip and everything."

Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke

They were walking down the street, on their way to makai when they saw Botan's face on a TV in a store window. Yusuke whipped out his phone and called Keiko. He told her to turn on the TV and waited while the news report sunk in.

After promising to take care of it he hung up, "Okay guys, lets go what the hell that was about." He jerked his thumb at the TV to signify what he meant. Kurama and Hiei nodded, and they headed towards the police station.

After ten minutes of walking they reached the station, only to find it closed. "Well, you don't see that every day." It was usually open 24/7, but not today.

"Hn. Well just standing around here won't do any good. Let's just go to makai." Kurama and Yusuke sighed, what a one-track mind. But they continued walking towards the portal that leads to makai.

Botan

She had to hurry, the later it got the more dangerous it would be to travel. She sighed and wiped her brow, it was almost one in the afternoon. By now there would be no turning back and going home. Not unless she wanted to face her mother's next lie.

"I don't understand, I should have made it to that village by now! Grrrrrr, what did it do? Vanish!" She yelled and punched a tree. She hadn't eaten for nearly two weeks now, if she didn't reach that village soon she'd be in waaaaaayyyyy too much trouble.

She started running over a hill, then she saw it, a village. Not the one she was looking for. But a village. The only problem was, would she be safe there? "I'll never know if I don't check...but maybe if I monitor who goes in and who comes out then I can see what kind of demons they are!" She started climbing a tree and settled on the biggest hidden branch she could find.

She didn't have to wait long before some one came out of the village. It was a young man, probably only 18, and he was wearing the weirdest orange outfit she had ever seen. She leaned to the side, to get a better look, she didn't make a sound, or she didn't think she had, but he turned and looked straight at her. "Who's there!" She saw him pull out some sort of weapon and disappear.

"Kuso! I'm fucked now..."She hit her head on the tree trunk, she opened her eyes and looked around. She saw him standing right behind her, his weapon pointed at her. "Who are you. and what do you mean by hiding."

It was more of a statement than a question. She opened her mouth to respond when she fainted.

Hey, chappie 2 is here! I hope this is entertaining, I swear it gets better the further into the story you read. I'm not fond of the beginning myself, but I like the deeper chapters and I usually dislike most of my writing. .