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White Rose

Chapter 4: Who?

Botan quickly opened the door, stopped dead in her tracks, and fell to her knees. Kurama looked inside and couldn't believe his eyes.

There, on the floor, laid Yusuke and Rin. Lifeless.

Tears flowed down Botan's face. Their bodies were filled with bruises and cuts. How could anyone do such a thing to an innocent little girl?

Sesshomaru pushed past Kurama to get a clear view of what was happening. He stood next to the kneeling Botan and could only stare. His hand quickly reached for sword which wasn't there. The demons had taken away all their weapons. "We need to find my sword." Sesshomaru said.

Kurama growled. "What kind of person are you? How can you care more for a stupid sword than the life of your friend there?"

"I am not a person." Sesshomaru replied. "I am a demon who has a sword that can bring people back to life. Don't start making assumptions about something you don't know."

"You have Tenseiga?" Botan asked, drying her tears.

"Yes but its powers are currently being concealed. We will have to take their bodies and keep them safe until I find my sword."

Kurama quickly went to grab the bodies. As they made their way back to the hall Sesshomaru took Rin's body and Botan noticed how his emotionless gaze changed at the sight of Rin.

The trio had to go through a lot of halls and sneak into many rooms in order to avoid the demons following them. They were getting closer to the exit since the smell of the flowers was growing stronger. A slight breeze passed through them signaling the exit. They saw it, the bright light coming from outside. They were about to step out when an army of demons blocked their only way out.

Their red eyes gleamed with malice which were shining bright against their pale green faces. They quickly surrounded the small group. Botan, Kurama, and Sesshomaru were too weak to do anything and they were weaponless which didn't help the situation very much.

Sesshomaru and Kurama placed the bodies down and prepared to fight.

Kurama turned to Botan "Run."

She did as she was told and was running towards the other end of the hallway when she too was blocked by many more demons. She turned around to go back to her friends but by the time she got back both were captured.

They were harshly escorted to an enormous room. There was nothing but a throne at the end of a dark red velvet carpet on the other side of the room. Two guards were at either side of the throne. A door in the corner of the room was quickly opened and out stepped another demon.

He actually looked human with the exception of his pointed ears. His dark black eyes showed no emotion and his long white hair covered most of the left side of his face. He sat down and placed part of his hair behind his ear in order to take a better look at the trio.

Botan noticed that around his neck was the one thing that had led them to this horrible situation in the first place. The white rose pendant.

"Well if it isn't the all powerful Sesshomaru?" the demon said. "You look quite pathetic."

Sesshomaru snarled. "I don't need any weapons to render you useless, Ketsueki."

The demon, Ketsueki, laughed. "We shall see about that but I have other business to handle first."

Ketsueki stood up and walked towards Botan. He gently pushed her chin up to look at her. "You have beautiful eyes." He whispered.

Botan harshly pulled away from him. The image of her dead friends was still in her mind.

He quickly grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her against him. She struggled to get free but he was much too strong.

Both Sesshomaru and Kurama were being held back by demons under Ketsueki's command and were unable to aide Botan in any way.

"I'll make you a deal, my dear miko. In exchange for your power and obviously life, I'll let one of your friends go. And the best part is that you get to choose which one goes free." Ketsueki whispered to Botan when she stopped her useless struggle.

Botan's eyes went wide. Choose? How could she possibly choose between her friends? No matter who she chose, she would lose another forever. By choosing Kurama, Yusuke and Rin would still be dead. And by choosing Sesshomaru, Kurama would be gone. She couldn't bear to loose any of her friends. There had to be another way.

Ketsueki turned Botan to look at her friends while still holding her against him. "Who will you choose?"

Kurama and Sesshomaru were released and were made to stand their ground. Both looked at Botan who only turned away. Ashamed at what she was about to do.

"You should really hurry and make your choice before I decide to just take them both from you." Ketsueki said as he waited for her reply.

Botan shook her head. "No, I just...can't."

Ketsueki tightened his grip on Botan "Like I said, I suggest you make your choice quickly. My demons here are getting hungry for blood and who am I to deny them fresh food."

Botan gasped and with a single tear sliding down her face she looked at her friends before her. "I…choose…………"

Who will she choose? Kurama or Sesshomaru? Friendship or love?

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