Hi! I'm back! I' m happy that you liked the previous chapter and I hope you'll like this one too. I'm sorry for not updating sooner. My keyboard died and I couldn't write.

Well, here we go!

A lonely wolf (III)

"Nakamaru!?" asked Botan. Her knees were going weak, risking letting her fall. She felt like she was going to collapse from the shock she felt at the moment, but before she could do it, Kurama quickly wrapped his arms around her waist from letting her fall.

"Botan!" Kurama called her. When he touched her, she was incredibly cold. He was troubled that something was wrong with the women he loved. If something would happen to her, he would die of sorrow; he wouldn't have a reason to live.

Botan was still trembling and had her eyes wide. 'No! It can't be! This has to be a nightmare!' she yelled in her mind. She was pale as snow.

"Oi, Botan! You okay?" asked the leader of the 'band'. All the males (even Hiei) present in the room encircled Botan and Kurama, with a look of concern on their faces.

"Botan! What's the matter?" asked Koenma. 'What could possibly make her so terrified? Wait…' he thought looking at the screen. 'Is it of…him?' he asked himself mentally. Koenma didn't know much of the deity of death and he never knew her past, what was she doing before she became a ferry girl. It was his father who hired the blue haired beauty, Hell, he didn't even knew why, but he never disobeyed his father's orders.

"Onna, speak up or we'll freak out with your silence!" (Yeah, a very good way to make someone talk) said the one and only fire demon. Hell, he respected Botan for her braveness and when he found out that the Kitsune loves her, he became more attached to her. Not every woman can win the heart of the cold King of Thieves: Youko Kurama! Kurama was like his brother and if Botan were to be his (Kurama) mate, she will be like his sister in law.

Botan still didn't answer. All were beginning to worry even more than before, especially Kurama. He was going to ask her again, when the door opened.

"What's going on?" There stood a red head ferry girl, Hinageshi. She was, as usual, wearing her priestess clothes.

"I heard some screams and…Ahhhh! Botan, what happened!?" when she saw Botan white as snow, shaking intensely, she panicked. Hinageshi quickly ran to her friend, only stopped when she looked at the screen. Her eyes widened.

"Ahhhhhh!!! HOLY CRAP! WHAT THE HELL IS HIS PICTURE DOING HERE!?" all heads (save Botan, she was still too shocked) turned to the screaming girl. Hinageshi was looking the screen with wide, and I mean WIDE eyes.

"You know him?" all males asked all together. Okay, they were surprised that the innocent little Hinageshi knew a bloody demon and that she had such a language.

"Unfortunately, YES! When I met Botan…" she turned to them and remembered of Botan. "Botan…" she whispered. She understood why her friend was in such condition.

Botan was holding her head in her hands. 'He…he…has to be dead…How can he …be alive…?' she asked herself. Kurama noticed that her legs were going weaker, so he slid his arms underneath her back; to put her on Koenma's chair. At first, Botan was startled, after she realized she was being carried by Kurama, which put her on the chair of her boss. She calmed a bit, but still she was alarmed.

"Botan…what's wrong?" Kurama's soft voice brought her to reality. Soon she realized she was surrounded by all her friends, looking at her with concerned eyes. She wasn't so pale and wasn't shaking like before.

"Botan" spoke the little ferry girl, getting all the attention. Her eyes were sad. "I think you'll have to tell them." She continued. Her voice was above a whisper, but still it could be heard.

"Tell what?" asked the orange top, Kuwabara. He was, as always, confused.

"I think you're right." said Botan. Her voice was weak from the shock. The guys were less worried when they heard her voice. Botan was getting better and she could move. She walked to the screen.

"His full name is Nakamaru Kuranosuke, but he never uses his family name. He is a bat demon and what you see is his 'human' form, if not to look at his ears." Sehe stopped looking at her friends. All were listening intently, trying to find the answer to the question that was in their minds. 'Whay Botan was acting so strange?' "Nakamaru is very powerful demon. Sensui, Toguro, Yakumo and all S class demons put all together don't have a chance against him." At this said 5 pairs off eyes had gone wide. It was an unusual silence in the room.

"What!?" Yusuke was first to break the silence. He nearly died when he fought with them(well, heh, he actually died fighting with Sensui) and here, he hears that this Nakamaru guy is MORE stronger then all of them put together. A nice way to start the day!

"It can't be! No one is that powerful!" said Kuwabara. Sensui and the others were the strongest demons he ever saw, if not to count Kurama and Hiei.

"It wasn't said in the report! How could you know?" asked the future ruler of Reikai. His mouth was open and his pacifier was nearly falling.

"With all respect, Koenma-sama, have you ever met him?" asked the blue haired deity. Her eyes were now dead serious and her tone was cold that sent chills on everyone's back. It was the first time when they saw Botan like this.

"Like you did onna." snorted Hiei. When Botan didn't answer, his eyes widened (if it's even possible). "You did?" his voice was now surprised. Botan nodded and turned to the screen. Nobody saw, but Botan's eyes were turning into a dark, violet color.

"That bastard killed my friends." She said coldly, her eyes showing fury and disgust. Her aura changed. It was sad, lonely, furious and hateful. Koenma, Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei stepped back.

Koenma was scared by Botan's change of aura. 'Now I know what not to do: make Botan angry.' he thought. Yusuke, on the other hand had other thoughts 'Oh shit! I hope she won't find out that I broke her oar, if yes, I'll blame Hiei!' Kuwabara was lauthing to him, nervously and thought 'And here I thought Hiei is the scarier person I ever met. Ha, ha, ha …Botan freaks me out.' Hiei was showing a calm façade, but inside was thinking something like this 'Hn, have to stop calling her" onna".' Kurama became sad of her change of aura. It wasn't a happy one; it was a sad, remorseful and lonely. He didn't want her to suffer, in his eyes she was shining when she smiled. He wanted to chase her misery away, to make her smile, but he couldn't; at least not now.

"How this happened? I mean, how they died?" asked Koenma. He wanted to know more about Botan and this was his opportunity.

"First, I think I'll have to tell you who and what I really am." She said after she calmed her fury. Botan turned to her friends. Her eyes changed to their normal, amethyst color. No one noticed this, except Hinageshi. 'It's time to show your true form Botan.' She thought. All were waiting for Botan to tell them. Botan closed her eyes and then reopened them.

"My name is Botan Okawari and I'm a wolf demon." It was silence before…

"What!?" shouted Yusuke. His best friend if not sister was a wolf! Kuwabara's and Koenma's jaw dropped. Hiei was shocked.

Kurama was speechless for the first time in his life. The love of his life was… a wolf youkai!

Yay! Another chapter is done! Please review! Oh, and the Okawari thing is my invention. Anyway in the next chapter I plan to write about who are Botan's friends and how they died. I think the title will be "Painful memories".

Ja ne! Bye, Bye!