The Biography of Hiei and Botan : Mating
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I
Notes from Botan's Journal (spirit): It seemed like an unspoken agreement that Hiei and I should spend more time together. I mean, we were going to... mate with each other after all. Not that I really had problem with it. Kings and Queens married merely to bring dynasties together, not out of love.
That's what Hiei and I are.
We're not in love, per say, but in order to relieve Enma of his throne, we needed each other's blood.
And...
And I don't want to live alone for all eternity.
Mukuro (demon): When they left, I kissed Botan goodbye. It was all I could do to show her how grateful I was.
Kurama (kitsune): Listen, I had rocks and fire balls flying at me that Christmas Eve. Let me tell you something, if Hiei didn't do that out for love then I'll... I'll just let my reality shatter into little pieces.
Hiei Jaganshi (demon): Hn. Botan. I've never met anyone who was willing to mate when their... heart wasn't into it.
Actually, it made me feel disgusting. Like... like I was taking advantage of the ferry girl. Just by knowing that in a few months we would be bonded for life.
All eternity.
But... my demonic side... my darker half was losing control. Her blood would make me immortal. A gift that millions had died for. I would wake up, sweating, wanting to taste her on my tongue. It took everything I had to fight my most carnal desires.
Yusuke (demon): As the three of us stood back and watched the new Hiei and Botan, my thoughts drifted back to a few hours before.
When Hiei was losing control, his tongue swirling in Botan's mouth.
I had never seen the shrimp so worked up. He'd always been very calm, sarcastic, and dark. Not lustful, demanding, and slowly sliding out of control.
I mean, not that I'm trying to compare myself to Hiei, but... but when it comes to mating... I nearly lost my mind when Keiko said yes. I almost hiked up her skirt and took her on the restaurant table.
And that was the initial feeling. Just when she had said yes. Not a second after.
So... what I'm thinking as a rock nearly removes my nose is... how long did Hiei have to wait?
Rekai History Expert (spirit): In the early days of Makai, demons who were courting each other had a way of stepping up their feelings.
The females would promise themselves to the males, but they would make them wait. Days, weeks, months, even years. It was a test of self control, but in the end, every male fell to the desires of the flesh.
Ningens will never understand.
When a female says "yes" to mating with a male, the male demon's body is flooded with adrenalin and testosterone. Their body is ready the claim their mate, following by fornication.
So... if the test lasted more than a day... this is how it would feel:
Imagine that you're about to have sex. The most gratifying sex you'll have in your entire lifetime. But you have wait. Your heart throbbing, testosterone pumping, adrenalin flowing... for months. Years, even.
And you have to wait for your release.
The act fell through when male's with too much pride well prey to insanity.
Notes from Botan's Journal: We agreed to wait until Christmas Eve, in honor of the Queen. Now, we kissed before, but they were always controlled.
That night, I was a little bit frightened. He was holding me so tightly, his breath coming in short pants. He was losing control. It was scared that he forgot what we had to do first. That we had to get to Rekai and fight Enma.
I had to hold him away, my own heart fluttering as I tried to fight down the flush in my cheeks.
I was also a bit frightened at how much I was enjoying it.
Koenma (Son of God): A rumble threw me back into the Rekai building. I wiped off my face, trying to stop myself from shaking. I felt like I was high when I slowly walked into my Dad's empty office.
He had left in a hurry, so everything was still out. My brown eyes, a bit glazed over, landed on a television screen. It's picture was from one of the security camera's on the gate.
I slowly approached the flickering image.
On the screen, locked in time, was Hiei was Botan, caught up in the most passionate kiss I had ever seen.
Enma (God): I had been relaxing, just overseeing the Three Worlds when it had happened. The hairs on the back of my neck informed me that there was an intruder in the building.
Notes from Botan's Journal: Hiei and I soared into the sky, hovering above Rekai. I took of my pink kimono, revealing the white robes that Mukuro had made for me.
Hiei slipped on his crimson cape.
"I'll be right back." My voice shook slightly, my hands gripping my oar tightly. "You'll be waiting for me, right?"
"Hn."
He kissed my cheek, and something about that gesture made me smile. It was... it was so cute that I just couldn't fathom Hiei doing it, especially to me. But, he was making out with me a few moments before... as if my face couldn't turn any more red.
"Well, here it goes."
I leaned forward, falling off of the oar and into the air.
Koenma: I sat down in my Dad's big chair, easing myself down. Outside I could hear the confused screams of the ferry girls and ogres. I picked up the remote and hit rewind.
II
Mukuro: One that Christmas Eve, I gathered my soldiers and set to march to the very edge of Makai.
Notes from Botan's Journal: I was in free fall, my robes flapping in the wind. I closed my eyes, pressing my hands together.
I felt it.
The pulse.
I opened my eyes to see the very start of the Rekai building just millimeters away from my face. In the shake of a lamb's tail, I went through it. Falling through matter.
With a flex of my arms, I stopped. I was floating, white light buzzing around me. I held out my hand, and instead of summoning my oar, I called upon the staff. It appeared, carved into a beautiful twisted shape.
Gripping the gift from Adam and Eve, I slammed it into the main hallway's tile.
At first, nothing happened.
Then a low rumbling. A pulse of power overtook my body as the documents flooded the halls. They went through me as I began to power up again, walking causally to the balcony.
Koenma: I hit play. Hiei was standing, a red cape on his shoulders. He was placing, his face never looking down. Instead, his eyes were glued to the sky... or rather the Rekai building.
The camera shook, and the Koorime's eyes widened. If I was a shrink, I'd say that... for a moment, he looked terrified.
Mukuro: As we marched to the edge of our World, other demons came out of their homes. Some didn't ask, they just followed. When demons asked, they ran to catch up.
Enma: I figured it would be easy to get rid of the intruder. I just sent a little bit of my spirit to go out and get them.
Notes from Botan's Journal: I wasn't even twenty feet from the balcony when I was hit in the back. I couldn't breath as I turned to see... a tendril of spirit energy whipping itself at me.
I only had time to bring up my staff before it hit me.
Well... I was knocked to and over the balcony, in free fall once more.
Koenma: He left screen for a few suspenseful moments, but he soon returned with my prized ferry girl in his arms. She was panting, her pink eyes wide as she said something to him.
He growled, scolding him.
In my Father's darkened room, I felt like I was on a movie theater, watching a silent film. I wished I had a bucket of popcorn that I could munch on.
Their eyes looked upwards, focusing on something not too far away.
Hiei mumbled, tugging down his cape, exposing his neck. Botan nodded, smiling like she was a lost passenger on the Titanic as she pulled her hair back, clearing the path to the flesh that connected her neck and shoulder.
Notes from Botan's Journal: I was in the air, the giant tendril retreating. It was Enma for sure. He must have assumed it was a minor break in. But... we all know what happens when you assume...
Before I could focus my new found energy to regain the power of flight, Hiei had already caught me. We landed, our breaths short as the reality of what we were about to do sank down on us. Take down Enma. Mate. Become Gods.
"Enma... he hit me... I barely saw him coming..."
"Calm down. We can't panic. Not now."
I looked up at the balcony.
"Do you think he'll come back?"
"Hn. He will eventually." Hiei looked down, shuffling his feet. "We... have to mate soon."
He was tugging at his cape. I moved my hair away from the area where he'd claim me. It was surreal, such a special ritual being so causally prepared for. I took a deep breath, closing my eyes.
"Okay, just tell me what to do."
Koenma: As I sat in my lonely movie theater, the cries outside fading away, I felt as though I had become detached from my body.
Botan became flustered over something Hiei had said, frantically waving her arms about, arguing about what he had just said. The Forbidden Child stood his ground, his arms crossed tightly against his chest as his cheeks reddened just a bit.
Notes from Botan's Journal: "You bite me."
"What? No! You first!"
Hiei growled.
"Botan... the dominant age carrier does it first."
My face was redder than a tomato. My heart was out of control.
"O-Okay..." I put my hands on his shoulders, not believing what I was about to do. "Sorry if... if it hurts."
Another pulse came from the center of my rib cage, a white glow surrounding my body. Hiei touched my cheek, his face smooth as ice.
Seeing as how I was about to bond us together for life, I figured a little kiss wouldn't hurt.
It was supposed to be short, but Hiei grabbed me, yanking me closer to him. His new and altered demonic energy flared, mixing with my aura. He took my lower lip between his teeth, chuckling darkly at how bright I was getting...
I didn't even feel the wind whip and the ground start to shake.
Enma: When I saw my immortal ferry girl kissing that Forbidden parasite, I appeared before them myself.
Koenma: My face flushed when Hiei decided to deepen the kiss. Botan's face was red, and Hiei... I think he was laughing at her flustered state. But... her new aura... it blossomed. When he kissed her, Botan was as bright as a star.
I felt my eyes widen as Hiei's energy turned a bright red, orange sparks flickering in it as he licked her lips. Just by looking at him from the television, I could tell that he had surpassed S-Class. He wasn't full of demonic energy. No... he had risen above all known levels of power.
III
Notes from Botan's Journal: My breathing slowed as I stared at his neck. My heart tickled... it really did.
"The next time I see you... we'll be Gods."
I kissed his neck, opening my mouth as I plunged, sinking my teeth into his skin. My insides turned inside out as his blood poured into my mouth. Don't gag, Botan. For the love of life, Botan, don't gag! I just repeated that mantra as I swallowed his blood.
"Agh!" Hiei arched his back, grabbing onto me. "Kami!"
He screamed as he pushed me back. Blood dripped from my lips. I couldn't even focus on his face before he moved close to me, licking my skin. I had time to wheeze before he sank his fangs into my soft flesh.
My eyes burned, my blood on fire as his blood mixed with my blood. His aura becoming one with mine. It felt like I had been doused in gasoline and someone had lit a match. He was still drawing my blood when I blacked out, the last thing my eyes witnessed was the most glorious white light I had ever seen.
Enma: When I was finally fully in power, ready to get rid of the small parasite. But when my eyes opened, I was blinded.
Yukina (Koorime): A thick beam of light shot down into the ocean. It made a heavenly sound. Like bells.
Notes from Botan's Journal: My shoulders snapped, my legs elongating. My stretched, becoming longer and longer. My eyes opened to see white, then lavender. My lips opened as I sank back down to the ground, shuddering with raw power. My staff glowed as I regained my ability to think and to move.
"Hiei!" I screamed as I saw Enma towering over us, his entire form massive. I couldn't see the top of his head. "Hiei, where are you?"
Wind was sucked upwards, my robes blowing with it. His big hand was coming down, the velocity frightening. Without a moment's hesitation I brought up my staff to stop him, a barrier forming. I turned to see Hiei convulsing on the ground, his eyes wide as saliva dribbled from his lips.
"Kami!" He hissed, the cries emitting from him low and pitiful. Like a dying animal. "Fuck! Dammit!"
Enma's power was crushing me, the barrier getting smaller and smaller.
"Hiei! Come on! Stay with me!"
Tears burned from his eyes.
"It hurts so bad!" His back arched, his fingers jerking and twitching. "I can't! I can't! STOP!"
He suddenly stopped moving. His chest sank, and I was alone as Enma's hand got closer and closer.
IV
Koenma: The tape suddenly cut out as the screen turned white just seconds before it turned to static.
Notes from Botan's Journal: I couldn't cry. I was too busy trying to push Enma back. My power fluctuated as I started to start really thinking. My eyes kept flickering back to Hiei Jaganshi's still body. His eyes were open... but dead.
Hiei's dead.
The shield flickered, and Enma's hand was close. Five feet away.
Hiei's dead.
Three feet.
Hiei's dead.
Half a foot.
Hiei's dead an I killed him.
I let the barrier fall, tears slowly falling from my eyes as I watched Enma's mighty hand fly down, ready to obliterate me. Liberate himself. To continue living in his lie.
My head tilted downwards, my hands gripping the staff tightly.
"Hiei... I'm sorry..."
Kurama: Watching Hiei move and work for friends is like watching a masterpiece being made. Just like hearing a Philip Glass song sing in your ears. It was watching art.
When we first met, he kept his head up. He pushed his shoulders down and was confident and sharp. Quick, to the point, no messing around.
Botan was different. When Hiei first met Botan, his shoulders were raised slightly, his head tilted downward and to the left as he looked at her. Curious. Very strict and making sure that he stayed in the lines when he observed her, belittling her as he found more and more ways to learn about her, as he would learn about an enemy in battle.
My guess is, as I stand here and watch as Enma is failing rapidly and forced to kneel on the ground, that Hiei... when he... when he fell in love with Botan, there wasn't a force in the world that would stop him. When she was kidnapped that one time... when we all had to find her for the sake of the Three Worlds, guess who was the mos shaken by the event.
Not Yusuke, though he was clearly very upset.
Kuwabara was just angry.
I was quite enraged, ready to battle to get her back.
But Hiei, oh, Hiei wanted blood more than anyone. One of the first nights when we really had no idea what to do, he was pacing back and forth frantically. "Why would they do this?" His lips were pulled back. "How could the baka onna piss off anyone? Why would she let herself get caught?"
It wasn't long before he said, "I'm going to kill them."
Hiei Jaganshi: When her pure blood entered my mouth... my mortal body, it died. It was like ingesting fire. I could feel the ancient power eating away at me. No matter how much I screamed, no matter how much I tried to stay alive, to stay awake, to stay with Botan, I failed.
Notes from Botan's Journal: My eyes were squeezed themselves shut as I waited for Enma to crush my body, then throw me into the cells, into the most dark and damp place on the Earth. Forever alive and rotting. But it didn't matter. It hurt so much... so much pain that a human should never have to endure. I'm talking about losing a mate.
The second half of me was gone.
Gone forever. Because of my blood.
Fshh...
I opened my eyes at the crackle behind me. I didn't have time to breath before the hottest flames, hotter than Hell itself, rumbled up from the ground and shot upwards, burning Enma. My hair blew back as smoke filled my nostrils when it suddenly got very warm.
"Hn." I was finally able to look to my side. White flames blazed in the shape of Hiei Jaganshi. His skin was gone, his hair, his bandana, everything. All that was left was fire. Raging flames. Immortal flames. He turned to me, those red glints meeting my pink eyes. "Sorry. I left you alone back there."
The tears on my face disappeared as my power flared as I glowed with joy. He leaned in and kissed me, and I was so happy that I didn't even flinch. He didn't burn me, the flames merely tickling my face.
"It's good to have you back."
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