Author: Now the next chapter!

Hiei: Are you done yet?

Author: Not yet but almost.

Hiei: Good, now so she can just write and be done I will tell you all to enjoy it or else!

Author: HIEI! Don't threaten my readers! Please enjoy the chapter you guys!

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Chapter 7

---Botan's dream---

She had found Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Genkai. None of them knew her. She was starting to panic. She had to find Hiei. Surely he would know what was going on. He would insult her she would tell him what was going on, and he would fix it, he would take her to Koenma since she for some reason couldn't find her communication mirror, and they would fix it. She wasn't really alone, and Hiei would fix everything even if he didn't really want to.

She had made her way to the park. Now for the tricky part, finding Hiei. She began calling his name. Finally she began screaming his name. Finally he appeared before her, but he looked different. He wasn't the Hiei she had gotten to know. He seemed to scorn her, and he looked at her as if she was some kind of bug that had begun to annoy him.

"Hiei! Thank Enma I found you. Do you have your communication mirror, there is something wrong with the rest of the team. No one remembers me. Why are you staring at me like that?" Botan asked concerned.

"How do you know my name human?" Hiei said.

"Because you work for Koenma, work with Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara. I bring you guys your missions. Hiei, please remember me," Botan said pleading.

"I don't know any humans, and I work alone," he said.

"Wait Hiei! Kurama is your best friend, how could you forget him!" Botan said before he could leave.

"Friends are a crutch for the weak, and I am not weak. Now leave me alone!" Hiei said before disappearing.

"Hiei, please don't leave me. I don't want to be alone again," Botan pleaded over the spot he had just vanished from.

Then she heard a chuckling behind her. Quickly she turned around. There was no one there, but she was sure she had heard someone. Unfortunately that someone had not sounded friendly.

"Who's there?" Botan asked trying to sound brave.

"Don't you remember me little human who works for Koenma. You somehow got out of my grasp, but I have found you again, and you will pay for leaving me," the voice said from behind her.

Botan spun around and saw him. He was tall with four black eyes, and a mass of green hair on top of his head. Botan gasped. He smirked.

"So you do remember me? I am flattered, but like I said you will pay. I will make sure no one will hear your screams ever," he said as he roughly grabbed her wrist.

"Please, don't hurt me," Botan pleaded.

"Too late for pleading little one. You are mine, and all your friends will forget you, you will be all alone again, and I will break you permanently this time," he said menacingly.

"NO!" she screamed.

---real world---

"NO!" Botan screamed sitting straight up suddenly.

"Botan, are you okay?" Kurama asked sitting up next to her.

"Onna, was it the dream again?" Hiei asked sitting up on her other side.

"It was just a bad dream, I'm fine," Botan said faking a laugh at herself.

"Botan, are you sure your okay. You scared everyone. Do you want to talk about the dream," Keiko said coming over from where her and Yusuke had fallen asleep.

"I'm fine, really. It was just a nightmare," Botan said.

"But you are still shaking Botan," Keiko said taking her friend's hand in her own.

"I'm fine, just need some coffee. Hiei, I don't want to drag you, so are you coming?" Botan said smiling.

"Hn," he replied getting up.

Then everyone noticed that Hiei and Kurama were both in boxers, and it dawned on Yusuke that they had both been right next to Botan the second she screamed.

"So did someone get lucky last night after everyone else went to sleep, or are the boxers a result of drunken daring?" Yusuke asked smirking.

All three of them blushed, then Botan and grabbed Hiei's hand and left the room with Kurama growling in their wake. Once they were apart from the others, Hiei dragged Botan to their room, and turned her to face him.

"Botan, what happened in the dream? You were terrified," Hiei said concerned.

"Nothing, really it was just a dream," Botan said.

"I don't believe you Botan, I have never seen or heard you so terrified in all the years I have known you, and the Detective's Onna was right, you are still shaking. I can still feel your fear, it hasn't left you yet. What is going on? Botan I can help," Hiei said taking her hand in his.

"It's nothing. I can handle it. I have been handling it by myself for long enough now. Please just drop it Hiei. I can't talk about it, I just can't," Botan said.

"Okay, but promise me that if you need me you will call. Even after this damn collar is off just say my name in your head, and I will be there. Promise me," Hiei demanded red eyes burning into Botan's pink ones.

"I promise Hiei," she said and then the two got dressed to go shopping.

After Botan got dressed she realized that Hiei had called her Botan. Quickly she turned to the fire demon, but he hadn't put his shirt on yet and she blushed. Then she realized she had seen him in less than that and she blushed brighter. Quickly she shook her head and focused on the question she had been planning on asking him.

"Hiei, did you call me Botan?" she asked.

"Hn," he replied.

"You did, didn't you? But why? You have called me Onna since the first time you saw me. In fact it was starting to grow on me, not that I don't want you to call me Botan, because that is my name, but I was just wondering," she said blushing again when Hiei stepped closer to her still half naked.

"Because of this," he said softly.

Suddenly he had wrapped his arms around her waist, and her arms wrapped themselves around his neck. He kept his eyes locked onto hers as he lowered his mouth slowly to hers. When his lips brushed hers her eyes drifted closed. He gently pulled her closer to him, and his tongue slipped out of his mouth and softly stroked her bottom lip. She immediately opened her mouth and he growled softly as he deepened the kiss pulling her even tighter against him. She kissed him back running her fingers through his soft black hair, gently pulling his mouth closer to hers.

"Hey what are you two doing in there? Hurry up the rest of us girls are ready to go!" Shizuru yelled through the door.

Botan and Hiei quickly jumped back from each other, and Botan blushed turning away from Hiei as he pulled his shirt on. Then the two walked out of the room, Botan forcing the blush from her cheeks.

"Are you ready to go?" Keiko asked softly.

"Yeah, oh wait no, I need my coffee!" Botan said smiling as she drug Hiei into the kitchen.

When they walked into the kitchen they saw Kuwabara and Yusuke each nursing a cup of coffee with a bottle of Aspirin between them. Botan laughed softly, and touched Yusuke's shoulder. She asked him if he had a hangover, and he nodded. Then she laughed again, and told him he deserved it because he had drunk at least six beers to himself.

"So Hiei and Youko each had like three six-packs and neither one of them has a hangover!" Yusuke complained. "And you and Keiko and Yukina don't have one either, and you three were wasted."

"YOU GAVE YUKINA BEER!!!" Hiei screamed causing the other two men to grip their heads in pain, and the rest of the gang to run into the kitchen.

The girls started laughing when they saw Botan trying to stop Hiei from killing Yusuke, and Yusuke trying to run with a bad hangover. Finally Botan remembered the whole distance thing and ran in the opposite direction jerking Hiei away from Yusuke.

"DRAGON OF THE-" Hiei began.

"DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" Botan screamed.

Hiei stopped and blinked. He hadn't heard Botan yell like that, ever. He looked back at her confusion in his red orbs. Botan was glaring at him. This just confused him even more and he cocked his head to the side giving her a questioning look. Just as suddenly as the anger had come it was gone and Botan was giggling. This just confused Hiei even more and he kept looking at her.

"You look so cute like that Hiei! You should be confused more often!" Botan said giggling.

The other girls then started giggling too. Hiei quickly put on a stoic mask, which made them all laugh harder. This made the two boys with hangovers grip their heads in pain, which made Kurama laugh. Finally everyone had composed themselves and the girls and Hiei left to go to the mall.

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Author: Okay so that was the morning after! LOL!

Hiei: Do I have to go shopping?

Author: Yes, you do.

Hiei: sighs Fine.

Author: The next episode is shopping, it will be up soon, so please review. Ja ne!