CHAPTER 13

Botan stormed out of her room and into the hall, intent on confronting Hiei about the thing on her neck. She wasn't planning on having a nice chat about it either. She was angry. How dare he! she thought, stalking down the hall. He insisted we didn't do anything like tat but now I know we did! How could he? This isn't happening! This isn't going to happen! She reached the boys room and swung the door open so hard it banged against the inner wall. She stepped inside and, clenching her fists at her sides shouted. "HIEI!" at the top of her lungs.

The fire demon came out of his room and glared at her. Why does she have to scream like that? "What do you want, onna?" he demanded.

She stormed over to him and pointed at the mark on her neck. "What is this?" she wanted to know.

Hiei stared at the mark a moment. He didn't recognize it. "How should I know?" he asked. "A hiky?"

"No!" she shouted, totally annoyed at his ignorance. Didn't he know what had happened? "It's a bite mark! I just noticed this a few minutes ago. Do you know what this means?"

That a dog bit you? He glared at her. He didn't like this game at all. "No."

"It means we did do something in that cave!" she shouted in his face. "And not just make out either! What do you have to say for yourself?"

He thought about that a moment. He still wasn't sure what she was implying but he had a guess. "You would make a horrible mate."

The ferry girl fell over. "That's not what I ment and you know it!" she shouted.

He turned sideways and folded his arms. He turned his head to look at her and asked. "Then what did you mean?"

"I ment how are you planning on fixing this?" she demanded, pointing an angry finger at the mark on her neck. "And don't you dare say 'let's get married'! This is serious!"

Hiei opened his mouth to reply then noticed Yusuke come into the room and changed his mind. "We'll discuss it later," he told her, turinng totally away from her. "Now isn't a good time."

Botan noticed Yusuke too and chose not to make a come back. Yuske didn't need to hear this conversation. "Fine," she said. "We'll talk about it later." But she really didn't want to. She needed this fixed now.

"Good," Hiei went into his bedroom, having the last word in the matter.

When Hiei's door clicked shut Yusuke asked from his spot on the couch. "What was that about?"

She turned to him and laughed nervously. "Oh nothing," she said edging toward the door. "It was a boring conversation anyway. You wouldn't want to know what it was about." then she turned and dashed the rest of the way out of the room.

When Botan was in the hall she got a little bit of distance between her and that room then stopped to lean against the wall to think. If that bite ment what she thought it did, it was living proof that what they'd done in the cave was both their faults and she couldn't just blame Hiei. He wasn't the only one responcible. As she stood there thinking, memories began to surface in her mind like flashes on a TV screen. The answer came to her and now all her suspicions were gradified. They had made love. How it had ended up like that she still wasn't sure but she figured she'd consented to it. He hadn't raped her at all. She'd never really believed he had anyway. She knew one thing. She could have stopped him but she hadn't. She'd wanted it too.

Oh my god! she thought, panicking as another memory surfaced. This one involved a questioned he'd asked in the heat of passion. "Botan, will you be my mate?" "Yes," she had answered without hesitation.

"Oh my god!" she exclaimed, now realizing the full truth of everything. "We are engaged!"

"Who's engaged?" Keiko asked, stepping around the corner. (she'd gone looking for Botan.)

Botan froze as her face tuerned red. "Uh... Um...," she satmmered, trying to come up with a good answer. "Nobody. I was just thinking out loud." she turned around to escape and... discovered Hiei standing right behind her. "Oh my god!"

He didn't like being yelled at. He arched an eyebrow and demanded. "What now?"

Botan turned from Hiei to Keiko then back to Hiei as she tried to come up with an answer. Finally she screamed, grabbed Hiei's arm and ran down the hall, dragging him behind her. She pulled him into the first door she could find open, the door to the broom closet, and slammed the door shut behind them.

Hiei finally pulled free from her grip and demanded. "What in hell are you doing?!"

She stood, staring at him with buldgy eyes, as she hyperventilated.

Hiei realized she was going to hurt herself or pass out if she kept that up. Why is she acting so weird anyway? "Hey," he said, taking her arm. "Calm down. Take soem deep breaths." She did what she was told and when she caught her breath he asked again. "What was that about?"

"Hiei," she gasped, still panicky. "I figured out something."

"What?"

She took a deep breath then burst out. "We're engaged!"

He gave her a look of disbelief. "What? What the hell are you talking about?"

She had to tell him. "I remember what had happened in that cave." she told him bluntly.

He gave her his full attention now. "You do?" he asked, looking expectant. "What do you remember?"

"I finally remember everything that happened in the cave and I know what we did," she looked at him and had a feeling he might already know this. "We made love."

His eyes grew wide. He believed her but tried to scoff it off anyway. "Ha! Why would I do that?"

She had the answer. "Well you were in heat," she explained. "Either way; we did it and during it you asked me if I would be your mate and I said yes, just like that..."

He was still in denial. "Why would I ask you that?" he wanted to know.

"I don't know," she said, pacing back and forth. "But it's the only thing that explains why I have your teeth marks on my neck..."

Hiei was silent as he started remembering what had happened. The question he'd asked her then also came to mind and he felt himself blushing as he realized what it ment. Son of a...

"We're engaged Hiei," she said again, slowly so the words would sink in. "We made a mistake and now we're engaged."

"Mistake?" he asked, looking at her. He didn't look too sure about that now. His memories had a little more detail then her's in words and phrases. Mostly he remembered something she'd told him without him even asking her anything. "Then why did you say you loved me?"

A/N

And all things begin to come together. They're remembering the incident now. Maybe they forgot it because they didn't want to remember it. Anyway. Some answers are being revieled. But will Botan be able to answer Hiei's question? You'll see. Plese don't hate me.