The Biography of Hiei and Botan : Botan

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Yusuke Urameshi (demon): Botan... the things I could tell you. She was great. I met her when I had first died and I thought being dead wouldn't be so bad. It was her that talked me into doing Koenma's little tests in order to get my body back.

She was like a sister to me. I think you'll hear that a lot from people on the team. Botan was like the universal best friend. She had her quirks, but if one of us were in trouble, she would do anything to bring us back.

(Pulls out another cigarette.) She always looked happy. It would be very hard to really know what was going on in her head. (Chuckles a lightly.) She has been around longer than all of us, so I guess she's mastered at putting on a good facade every now and again.

Kurama (half fox, half nigen): The top ferry girl? I was wondering when you were going to ask about her. She's just as much involved as Hiei was, only the media loves to involve demons. It's just easier, isn't it?

Anyway, Botan is a fine girl, greatest I'd ever met. One of the first, actually, to not swoon over me in the first few seconds of our meeting. In fact, she just shook my hand and smiled, saying, "Nice to meet you, the name's Botan."

I would have to say that she was kind of a cheerleader for the Rekai Tentei during the Dark Tournament. She'd even cheer for Hiei, knowing that he would threaten her later.

But was she always happy?

No. Definitely not.

It's impossible to be smiling for your entire life, even if that life will never end. Sure, I've seen her cry before, but that was in extreme cases. When you are supposed to cry. But for the little things... like nightmares or just weird feelings... I found it very hard to see it.

There was this one time... after the Dark Tournament... that I saw that she had dark circles under her eyes. I invited her over for tea and drugged her tea. I know, it was a bad thing to do, but you only live once.

After she was under, I asked her if something was bothering her. The ferry girl looked around, even though she was under my herbal spell. "Is he here?" Her voice was trembling. I sipped my own tea.

"Who, Botan?"

Her eyes were eyeing the windows and doors with terrified curiosity.

"H-H-Hiei."

Her stutter was terrible.

"No, he's not here. What happened, Botan. You can tell me. No one is here except me and you."

She smiled at that a little.

"Promise not to tell?"

"You have my word."

The top ferry girl of Rekai smiled again and sighed with relief.

"I-I... I-I keep on seeing Hiei... in my head." She was crying a little. "He told me at the Dark Tournament to not tell his sister that him and her were related... but I saw him... in my head... and he was s-s-so s-s-s-scary..." She had to stop, and she handled herself very well. She wiped the tears from her face, her back straight and her mouth closed. Like a queen. "His teeth were so long and sharp... and I keep on having nightmares."

"What did he say to you in this telepathic message?"

She hiccuped.

"He said he would enjoy torturing me... if I ever t-told..."

Koenma (Son of God): Botan was very sensitive when I first met her. She'd cry at least once a week, but after a few decades, she got so much better. The thing is, with sensitive spirits, they never lose that sensitivity. If they wear their hearts on their sleeves, the only difference now is that they heart just looks like the rest of the shirt. It's still there.

Sure, Botan seemed as if she were normal, but she wasn't. If something made her angry, sad, or scared, she would do her very best not to show it then. Or... not show it completely.

I don't know how or what she would do if she was being plagued by too many emotions. Sometimes I really don't want to know.

Kurama: "Did he keep on sending you messages?"

"N-no... b-b-but I can s-still remember him... laughing... his claws... so long..." She wiped more hot tears off of her face. "I just... I just don't want him to try to kill me..."

I could see that she had been thinking about this for long time. So I told her. I had no choice.

"Botan... I'm going to tell you a secret, and I need you to swear that you won't tell, even though when you come out of this you will only have the feeling, not the fact."

"I'll keep the secret..."

I smiled reassuringly, even though she really couldn't see me.

"Hiei can't kill women." She blinked, and she was slowly beginning to grin. "It's against his code. He refuses to kill females."

Botan bounced in her chair.

"Really?"

"Really."

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Genkai (nigen): Botan, eh? I remember her. A bit annoyingly happy sometimes? Yeah, that's the one.

She's a good egg. She used to visit Yukina and I a lot. She actually taught me a lot of new dishes to cook and little tricks on how to keep the flowers happy. She was a bundle of joy, as much as I loathe that saying.

Yukina seemed to like her too. Botan would calm down when she hung out with the ice maiden. I've seen them sit in the trees or just walk in the forest for hours one end. Just talking.

George (ogre): This one time, Botan came to work, smiling and joking about as usual, but then she made this really, really dark joke. I asked her about it later, and she giggled and said that it was just something she picked up from a friend.

Kurama: I used a napkin to clean up her face and then I gave her the 'antidote' if you will. Within seconds she was back and happy as ever. She sipped her tea, which I replaced with the actual tea that I was drinking.

After that little lunch with me, the dark circles under her eyes went away.

After that small chat... Botan began to lightly poke fun at Hiei.

Enma (God): Botan, I remember when she first came to Rekai. She had died at such a young age, and she was so pure! We asked her if she would like to ferry souls, and she accepted our offer.

My son and her grew close, best friends. It was so nice to see Koenma finally befriend someone. He had always been a bit... nasally obnoxious. But she was able to see past that.

So, naturally, I awarded her the highest and most prestigious gift in all of Rekai.

Koenma: Another thing that most people don't know about Botan is that she was very self conscious about her body. You'd think she wouldn't be, right? She was always full of surprises.

Her worst nightmare used to be wearing a shirt with short sleeves or a dress that ended above her knees.

But now that I think back... in some of the last days I ever saw her... Botan was wearing skirts and short dresses. Not too much skin was revealed... but just the right amount.

Ayame (Rekai Spirit): Some of the girls were jealous of her legs. (Coughs.) I was one of them.

Kuwabara (nigen): Her body? Botan was hot, and I'm not just being nice. She was hiding a lot under her sweatshirts and jeans, I'm sure. I know that Yusuke asked what her bra size was once... but he never got an answer.

I remember now... that was how Hiei lost his soul.

George: There really wasn't any sign of things to come. Sure, history repeats, but this is a first as far as I know... but I'm no expert. Botan was so dedicated... and after she became the top ferry girl in all of Rekai... she was... she was bound to us forever.

Would I have done what she did?

Hell no.

I saw how Enma and Koenma reacted. I saw the bounty hunters and Wanted posters fly up in Rekai, Makai, and even Ningenkai. It was chaos.

And still... they were never found.

Sometimes I'll hear people talking about her. I hear them ask, "Do you think she's dead?"

No.

That's impossible.

Genkai: (Laughs darkly.) Rekai is caught between a rock and a hard place. To say the least.

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Mukuro (demon, once one of the Three Rulers of Makai): Botan? Hm... Oh! Her! I remember meeting her.

She had a message to deliver Hiei back when he was still my Second in Command. That blue hair and soft pink kimono stuck out like a sore thumb in my fortress.

And she shook my hand and politely introduced myself like we were just two normal people. Now, I know that you don't want a racism lesson, but I'm only telling the truth.

People of Rekai, and most nigens, look down on demons. Fear us. Think that we are primal and barbaric.

So when she shook my hand and started asking what kind of foods I liked and if I had ever seen certain movies... well, at first I thought she was insane, but then I realized something. Botan was tolerant. She was all loving.

Hiei was pale when he saw us talking. I could see him. But then I laughed at some joke she had made about Koenma.

That was when my Second in Command relaxed.

Keiko (mate of Yusuke Urameshi, nigen): Botan was the Maid of Honor at my wedding. She really is a guardian angel.

This is why I think we should just let her go. If she wanted to leave, then let her leave. Botan wouldn't do anything to hurt anybody! Human, demon, or spirit!

Enma: It's not Botan that we're worried about. It's Hiei.

Rekai History Expert (Spirit): In the Seven Days of the Two Worlds creations, Enma found that there were genetic defects in nigens and their offspring. Although the rumors were brushed aside, it was apparent that mating between nigens and spirits created... odd children.

Their skin would be darker, and much more course than our soft flesh. Most of the times, even the parents would reject their young, saying that they were abominations. And then there were the children who appeared to be normal.

Their skin was just as soft... but at an early age they would show signs of being... different. They would have a morbid fascination with death and blood of others. It depended on the genetics in question that would make the offspring lash out at the parents.

These were also cast aside in the nigen and Rekai society.

Ayame: Demons always stuck me as... scary. I'm not being racist! I'm not! It's just... they're always so dirty and cruel... how could you not have had doubts about them?

George: Botan was never really afraid of a stereotype of anyone. It must come from working with all sorts of souls. Young, old, black, Hispanic, Japanese, American, European... everything. Combined with her heart, you've got one tolerant soul on your hands.

Rekai History Expert: The nigens and Rekai spirits thought that the children just died after they were abandoned in the woods or crowded streets. No one thought that they would be able to thrive. They were too young... but... there were signs.

Dogs, cats, and rabbits started becoming sparse. The shadows at night became more and more intimidating.

It was when the small nigen children went missing that Rekai started to set up traps.

And that was when the first demon was caught.

The demon didn't have a name, but on his forehead was a triangle composed of three number sixs'. Hence the forbidden number of 666 in the nigen culture.

The demon had blood on his lips, his eyes dark and his body grotesque from birth, the environment, and what looked to be claw marks. As the Rekai officers stared at the demon, watching his eyes flicker about... they knew that there were more.

Hunters went out. The task was to catch them and leave them alive, but most of them just killed them. Demons began to fear Rekai, and that was when Rekai was back in control.

Enma used his divine power to create a new world. A world where all the rejected spawn of the nigens and Rekai spirits would be able to thrive away from the eyes of the other Two Worlds.

And Makai was born.

Yusuke: Racism? Never knew about it... but then again, not a lot of the nigens I work with know that I'm a demon.

Kuwabara: Demons? They really aren't so different from humans. We both bleed, we both feel pain, and we both can love.

And the both of us can die.

Kurama: Demons were sparse in the beginning. Rekai had killed most of them off, and whenever a nigen would come across one, well, it was either them or the demon.

There was a boom of sex. Not so much mating, but lots of offspring. Species developed. Clans. Territories. Rulers, and with rulers, wars. Makai was a barren wasteland. It is Hell, so to speak.

Why do you think demons fight so hard to get back to Ningenkai?

How would you feel if you were in Hell, but you were born there? How would you feel if you were in Hell, and there was no way out?

Yukina (Koorime, demon): Although you couldn't tell, my brother became very indebted to Botan. She made arrangements with Koenma so that I could stay with Genkai in Ningenkai. I didn't want to go back to the floating Island of the Koorime, and I didn't want to live in the real Makai.

Botan really did save my life.

Kurama: When I first met Botan, she never asked me what Makai was like, which was usually a first for most Rekai people. I never knew why until we all had to go into Makai. I saw her eyes as she gazed over the dry, barren land.

She already knew what Makai was like.

And she pitied all the demons that had to endure it.

Enma: I don't see what all the fuss is about. We gave those demons a World! They should be kissing all of Rekai's feet.

Rekai History Expert: Demons were often trying to break out. They hated it in Makai. It was only natural, after seeing the green foliage and blue skies of Ningenkai. After smelling the cool grass and the salt in the oceans. After feeling the smooth rock and the comfortable air. Demons were seen as greedy, wanting to be in a World that wasn't theirs.

It was only a matter of time before a demon did something really stupid.

It was only a matter of time before the entire race of demons created the terrible aura that flowed around them.

What am I getting at?

I'm talking about the Christmas Massacre.

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