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Chapter 4

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Botan awoke the next morning to the sound of her alarm clock going off. There was nothing more that she wanted to do than throw the stinkin' thing across the room and have it be smashed into a million little pieces, but instead, she just turns it off. Grumbling to herself, she tries to remember the last time she woke up to her alarm clock. Every morning her mother…

Oh.

Now Botan remembered why she set her alarm. Cause every morning her mother would wake her up to the smells of breakfast in the morning, Botan would come out to the kitchen to join her and they would sit at the table and just talk. Breakfast started in forty-five minutes, so she had to work fast if she wanted to avoid her mother.

In record time, Botan had eaten, showered, dressed, brushed her teeth, and was headed out the door. As she was unlocking the door, she heard her mother starting to get around. Botan wasted no time in getting out the door and re-locking it. But she paused as the night before flashed in her mind. She regretted what she said, but she wasn't ready to face her mother.

Flying to the palace, Botan wondered how Koenma would handle the news. Being the daughter of the ruler of the Netherworld, it wasn't going to be easy to tell the son of the ruler of the Spirit World. The realization of the truth was haunting her. Would Koenma tell his father that she was Yakumo's daughter? What would happen to her if he did tell his father? Botan could feel the color drain from her face as she got closer and closer to the palace.

Once inside, Botan headed straight to Koenma's office. Ignoring all shouts and calls and orders barking around her by everyone, she went straight inside. Sitting at his desk, sucking on his pacifier, stamping away like there was no tomorrow was her… well, after she told him the news, she didn't know anymore. Koenma was her best friend, but would he turn on her?

"Koenma, can we talk?" Botan questioned as she shut the enormous doors behind her.

"Not now Botan, I need to get these documents done and sent to my dad," Koenma answered, still stamping.

"And I need to tell to you about my dad," Botan shot back.

At those words, Koenma stopped, his hand pausing by the stack of papers that needed to be stamped. Putting his hand down, Koenma sighed.

"What do you need to tell me?" asked Koenma.

"I don't know how to tell you this…" Botan replied, rocking on the balls of her feet.

"Then just spit it out," Koenma ordered her, shocked that she was nervous.

"Yakumo was my father," blurted Botan, wringing her hands together, nervous about what was to come her way.

Sighing. Koenma placed his head between his hands.

"I know," said Koenma.

"I know that this could ruin everything but…" Botan paused. Koenma's words sunk in slowly. "Wait, you knew?"

"Yes, I knew the whole time. Your mother swore me to secrecy when she found out. We were protecting you."

"But I was his daughter, why couldn't you tell me?" whispered Botan, sinking into a chair, in shock. Her best friend knew the entire time that she was Yakumo's child and he never told her.

But that didn't answer her question.

"Botan, how well do you know the laws of the Netherworld?" Koenma questioned her.

"Not well," Botan replied.

"Well, it's not like ours. If the leader doesn't produce an heir, the demons will fight their way into power. It does make a difference as to who is in power. To be honest, we were lucky with Yakumo. He gave us little trouble until he tried to gather an army to take over the Human World and nearly destroyed the Spirit World. Raven and I weren't lying when we said we were protecting you," Koenma began.

"From what?" Botan asked, her voice pleading, as if begging for answers.

"From your father," the smooth reply came easily from Koenma.

"What?" Botan became more confused.

"Botan, do you like your life the way it is now?" asked Koenma.

"Of course I do…" Botan replied, thinking about her friends and mother.

"Well if Yakumo had known about you, he would have taken you from your mother and your friends. He may have even declared war until he got you. You would have been taken to the Netherworld and been raised to be ready to rule after Yakumo's death. You wouldn't have been able to leave, never would have seen your mother again, and never would have met Yusuke, and that would mean that you wouldn't have met the others. Which means, no memories of the life you have now," Koenma explained.

Botan sat in silence. Her mother HAD been protecting her. And she threw it back in her face. Her mother knew that she would lose her daughter if Yakumo found out. Then she would have probably had to have helped Yakumo… her father, take over the Human World. She wouldn't have known the guys or Hinageshi so… would she have been able to help nearly kill or destroy them?

"How else do you think you were able to survive so long with the Power Sphere inside your body? Had you not been half Netherworld, you would have died immediately. But since you had the power of the Netherworld and the will and fight in you, you survived," finished Koenma.

"So, thanks to my father, I survived the Power Sphere when it was in its Netherworld state?" Botan concluded.

"Yes."

Silence swept through out the room. Koenma noticed that Botan's eyes had glazed over. That wasn't good.

"Botan, you still here?" asked Koenma.

"Sorry, distracted," Botan apologized, shaking her head.

"Understandable, but I need you here with me," exclaimed Koenma.

"Yes sir."

"Good, now I need you to take this to Yusuke. And I have to get back to work," Koenma said, handing Botan a manila envelope, dismissing her.

Taking the envelope and walking out of the room, Botan wondered just what was in there.

Dun, dun, dun...

Oh what could be in the envelope...