Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Found In The Dark ❯ The monastery case ( Chapter 3 )

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Summery: Botan starts to think about her life, or what it once was, and goes into depression and no one seems to notice, except one person. This is going to be a Hiei/Botan story.

Disclaimer-I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, never had, and never will.

Title: Found in the Darkness

Chapter three: The monastery case

Botan and the others all stood in Koenma's office. The little toddler sat behind a large stack of papers.

"Well, it's good to see you safe Botan," he said in his small squeaky voice.

"Thank you Koenma sir," she said as she sat in a chair near the door next to Kurama.

He nodded at her and turned to the others. "Well we have a new problem," he started.

"When do we not?" Yuskue groaned. Koenma shot him a glare before continuing.

"A demon has escaped and is somewhere near the monastery in France. He is in a human form, which we don't have much information on. He is a lightning demon, and he had very blond hair. That is all the information I can give you. He has a very important item which we must get back at once!" he said.

"Must be his dad's, Yuskue whispered to Kuwabara. He snickered and looked at the toddler. "So, when do we go?"

"As soon as possible, Koenma said. Botan sighed and looked at him.

"Do I have to go?" she asked prying for him to say no.

"Yes."

`Darn it!'

Soon after the group left with Botan once again on Hiei's back. "Ok," Kurama started, "we will split up once we get to France. We will need some of us to go in under cover and the others will be waiting and watching making sure we aren't discovered and if a scene is made." Kurama said. The others all nodded. "Now the question is who is going in." He looked around at them.

"Let Yuskue and I go." Botan said as she stood up on the road they all stood on, and off of Hiei's back.

"Are you sure you're up to this Botan?" Yuskue asked. Botan nodded and walked over to them.

"Than I guess we need to find some robes, eh?" Yuskue said.

"Ok than. I, Hiei, and Kuwabara will be at the roof of the building, if no monks are there. If so, just know we will be nearby." Kurama said. Botan and Yuskue nodded and turned to the giant monastery surrounded by large gates.

"So, how do you think we can get in here?" he asked her as he looked at the locked gates. "I would feel bad about breaking into a holy place." He said sheepishly. Botan smiled and nodded.

"I think I know a way in. See over there." She said pointing at a big truck. Yuskue nodded. "I think that truck is filled with food that goes to the kitchen. We can sneak in that way." She said.

"I am not going to get in one of those boxes!" Yuskue exclaimed. Botan smiled again.

"No, silly!" she said playfully. "We are going to carry them in. You just have to knock out the men delivering the food, steal their clothes and change into them. Than we can sneak in., Yuskue sighed.

"Either way, I feel bad about this. Oh well, He said as he rushed off to the nearest man who was about to come out. He hit him in the head, lightly, and he fell.

"Hey-" the other man started but soon joined his friend on the floor. Yuskue sighed and pulled off their clothes and threw one set of clothing at Botan.

"Quick, before they wake up," he said. Botan nodded and quickly got in one of the suits.

"A bit lose," she commented.

"A bit tight for me," Yuskue said. "Ok, let's take the crates of fruit over there." He said pointing at the big crates. Botan nodded and pulled the hat on her head, covering up her hair. Yuskue did the same and lifted the crate up with ease. Botan wasn't as lucky. "Lift with the knees," Yuskue said as he watched her. Botan eventually got it up and followed him slowly to the door. A man in a dark robe came up.

"My God bless you for all you do," he said as he opened the door. Once he shut the door Yuskue groaned.

"Now I feel bad," he said as he put the crate down and took the other one from Botan. He walked over into the kitchen and looked around. "Ok, it's clear," he said. Botan fallowed him as he opened the door for her and followed her. "Hmm, the food smells good. It must almost be dinner," he said as he looked at the bread in the oven. Botan nodded and looked out into the hall.

She gestured for him to follow her into the hall and to the shadows. "We need to find some robes," she murmured. Yuskue nodded in agreement and looked around.

"I am not about to knock out a monk!" he hissed as one passed, not noticing them.

"You won't have too." She said as she opened a closet. "Looks like they keep extras." She said.

They both quickly got out of the uniforms and into one of the robes. Botan pulled out a rosary from the pocket and looked at it. "Beautiful." She said. Yuskue pulled on her arm.

"We need to find this guy soon. This thing itches." He said scratching his chest. Botan stuck the rosary back into the pocket of the robe. They walked out and into the hall nodding at a passing monk. Botan looked at the stained glass windows and she smiled. Something about this place was soothing. "In the courtyard they would hear monks chanting. They walked by and Botan pulled the hood down farther to cover her face. Soon they would be eating and if she recalled demons didn't need to eat.

"Hello brothers. Care to walk with me to the dinning room?" a man said as he stopped them.

"Um, sure." Yuskue said.

"I need to see the lavatory first," Botan said in a masculine voice. The man nodded. "I am new here, please point me to the lavatory." She said.

The man pointed at the wooden door and turned to Yuskue and started to walk with him to the dinning room. Botan rushed in that direction, to give the impression that she needed to go. On her way she passed a tall man with his hood down. Instead of a shaved head it had blond hair on it. He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her into the bathroom. He locked the door and pulled her hood down. His deep blue eyes seemed to look into her soul.

"You are not a monk or human! What do you want?!" he hissed close to her face. Botan shuttered but prayed to God that Kurama, Hiei, or Kuwabara where near. "Tell me." His voice said softer, almost pleading. He was acting strange for an escaped, evil demon.

"I," she had to think of something, than it hit her. "Am here to help you," she finished.

"How, how do you know that I need help?" he said as his grip loosened. Botan celebrated in her head at the brilliant idea.

"Everyone needs help when they escape. And I plan on helping them," she lied. "You just tell me how you want help," she said as he let her go and she fell to the ground.

"I-I want to be free from my curse," he said. Botan sighed. Now days the demons where cursed and wanted to die or something other.

"What is your curse," she asked.

"At night, I go insane. I lock myself in my room and the monks think I am talking with God or something like that," he told her.

"What is that?" she asked pointing to something attached to his rosary. He pulled it out. It was a small ball with a button on the side. He pushed the button and put it on the floor, walked over and stood next to her. The ball opened up and out popped a large map.

"This is how I find my way around," he said as he pointed at a small blue dot. "That is me." Botan nodded. She walked over to the ball and closed it up.

"Let us go and eat, eh?" she said as she pulled the hood over her head. He nodded and did the same.

"Somehow, I feel as if I can trust you," he told her as they walked side, by side. Botan felt bad about what they were about to do to him. Maybe she could help him. The two walked into the hall and found Yuskue with his hood down and his head shaved. Botan blushed. She grabbed the demon's hand and pulled him with her over to him.

"What happened to you?" she whispered as they sat down next to Yuskue.

"They shaved my hair off," he said with tears in his eyes. Botan gave him a sympathetic look. "Don't pull your hood down," he told her. His eyes trailed over to the man by her. Botan fallowed his gaze and whispered to him.

"That is the demon," she said before turning to him. "You never did tell me your name," she said in a masculine voice. She could almost feel his smirk on her as he realized that was a fake voice.

"Tyne," he told her as he put a spoonful of soup in his mouth.

"Well, just to warn you, don't pull your hood down or they will do that to you," she said pointing at Yuskue. He nodded and looked at the front. He quickly put the spoon down as the head monk came into the room. His hood was down and he had piercing purple eyes. For some reason he reminded her of Nilo.

"Well brothers, let us thank God for this wonderful meal," he said as they all put their heads down and prayed. They heard `amen' come from the front and looked up. "I would like to welcome our new brother, Yuskue." He said looking down the rows to him. Many other heads followed, some covered and some not. They could hear many murmured welcomes from the monks before they started to eat.

Botan looked down into her soup and watched as the strangely colored liquid swished around. She could feel someone's eyes on her and she quickly looked up and looked around. Everyone was eating and chatting with someone nearby. She looked at the ceiling and smiled at the many angels that were panted on it, looking down at them.

"They put them up there about a week ago." Tyne said from next to her. She nodded at him and looked back at the food.

"How is it that you can eat this?" she asked him.

Tyne let out a chuckle, "you get used to it as the days go on."

Botan wondered what happened to the other food that they brought in but ignored it and stuffed a spoonful of the stuff in her mouth. She put her spoon down and decided to look around at everyone. Yuskue was doing the same. "The food is gross." He told her as they looked at the head monk. "I don't like that guy." He said.

"Just because he cut off your hair doe-"

"No not that," he said. Botan nodded in understanding. Something about him bothered her as well, but she couldn't place it.

"Yea, same here, he reminds me of someone I don't like." She told him. Yuskue smiled slightly.

"When can we sneak out and get some food from the kitchen, what about all that bread we saw cooking?" he said, his stomach giving a little growl in celebration of the idea. Botan covered her mouth so she wouldn't laugh so loud. Once again she felt eyes on her and she felt a shiver go down her spine.

"Do you feel like someone is watching us?" she asked.

"Yea, but I assumed that, that was Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei." He said. Botan thought about it, but decided that, that was it. Tyne put his empty plate down. She turned to him.

"I thought demons didn't eat." She whispered. He gave her another smirk.

"Got to keep up this human image." He said. Botan blushed slightly. "We can leave as soon as the head monk leaves, it is an honor thing." He told her as he looked up at the purple eyed man who was still eating. "He takes his time." He told her. She nodded and looked back at her food. Well she was hungry and this was food so, she ate some. It had a sickening taste to it.

"What is in this?" she asked Tyne.

"I think it has raw cow meat in it that has been soaked in water and then they added flavoring into it," he said. Botan pushed her bowl away and stuck out her tongue.

"Gross."

"Agreed." Yuskue and Tyne said together.

"Hey. I haven't met you yet. Who are you?" Yuskue asked.

"Names, Tyne," he told him.

"Mines-"

"Yuskue. Yea the head monk introduced you a while ago." He said. Botan's head shot up as they saw the head monk raise and leave, soon after many other men did. "They are going to the yard to pray." Tyne told them as he also rose. "But you can do as you wish at the moment." And he also left.

Yuskue and Botan where now alone. "So who do you think the demon is?" he asked.

"I already know. How could you not tell! Tyne." She told him. Yuskue looked confused.

"How can you tell?" he asked.

"We met before in the bathroom or more like he discovered me," she said sheepishly. Yuskue gave her a long stare.

"He didn't hurt you right?" he asked.

"My upper arms hurt a bit from his grip but other than that, I am fine."

"Why did he let you go?"

"I promised to help with his problem."

Yuskue's eyes widened. "What kind of problem?!"

"He goes insane at night. We could have Koenma help him or something."

"He escaped! He stole that, that, that thing! And you act as if he is in the clear." He hissed quietly.

"He isn't. He still is going back! But we are going to help him!" she hissed back. Yuskue let out a huff and sat deeper into his wooden chair.

"I wonder where the others are." He said.

"Don't get off topic!"

"No really, I haven't seen them. Let's go to the roof and see if we can find them." He said getting up and dragging her with him. Botan glared at the back of his head as he pulled her up the stairs that led to the roof. The two walked out onto it and looked around. The area was dark and there were few lights out there.

"Hello?" Yuskue asked gripping Botan's hand and making sure she was behind him.

"Yuskue?" Kuwabara asked as he came out of his hiding place.

"No you idiot I am your nose!" Yuskue said sarcastically. Kurama and Hiei came out next and stood in the light.

"What did you find out?" Kurama asked.

"Yea, Botan had a run in with the guy earlier. His name is Tyne and he is with the other monks in the yard praying at the moment." Yuskue said. The others looked at her and she looked down as if she were in trouble.

"You smell of two different demons. Who is the other?" Hiei asked. Botan and Yuskue looked confused. Hiei looked around and frowned. "Nilo," he said. Botan pailed slightly.

"Bu-but shouldn't he be somewhere far away, plotting or something!?" she exclaimed.

"It seems he already did." He said as he once again disappeared into the shadows.

"Who's Nilo?" Kuwabara asked.

"We need a plan." Yuskue started.

"Who is Nilo?" Kuwabara asked again.

"Yes, we need to get him alone." Kurama said.

"Who. Is. Nilo?" Kuwabara asked again.

"How about before nightfall, when he can think strait?"

"Hello!? Who is Nilo?!" Kuwabara said again.

"Ok. In about five minutes I bet they will finish praying." Yuskue said.

"Hello!!!"

"Ok. See you in the kitchen then." And the two walked back down the stairs.

"Hello?" Kuwabara asked weakly.

"Come on Kuwabara." Botan said dragging him behind her.

"Who is Nilo," he asked her.

"I'll tell you later. For now you need to stay with the others." She said pushing him in the direction that Kurama and Yuskue went. "Now where is Hiei?" she said aloud as she looked around for him.

He jumped down from the top of the roof on the other wall and walked over to her. "Nilo is here." He told her.

"I guessed. He is disguised as the head monk." She told him.

"What is he planning?"

"Revenge," she told him.

"I could have told you that. But how?"

"I don't know. I plan on staying as far away from him as possible."

"That won't keep you safe."

"But it is better than waiting for him to come for me."

"True." He said as he looked at her. As the years had gone on he had grown slightly each year a bit so that now he was as tall as her and Yuskue. He nodded his head. "What are you going to do while they do the work?"

"Pray for their safety and hope Nilo doesn't find me, even thought he knows I am here." She told him. She yelped when he griped her shouldered.

"He knows you are here?!" he hissed.

"Y-Yes." She said wincing. Hiei's eyes narrowed and he dragged her along with him as he pulled her with him down the stairs and into the empty hall. In the back ground you could hear praying, they past a statue of Christ looking down on them. Botan felt fear creep up her spine again. "H-Hiei?" she said trying to make him stop.

"What?!" He snapped. She pointed a shaky finger at the figure standing next to the statue.

"So, Hiei, Botan." He said. Nilo stepped out of the shadows. His head had been shaved but his eyes were purpler than before. Botan jumped behind Hiei in fear as he took a step closer. "I seem to run into you all the time. Now," he started as he came closer to them. "Where were we?" he said as he snatched Botan from behind Hiei and to his side. Botan let out a small cry as he gripped her upper arm tightly, the same place that Tyne did. "I knew you would come here when I heard Tyne escaped. I made a small deal with him and if I got you here than he could go free." He said.

"Let her go!" Hiei hissed as he pulled out his Katana (Is that it?). Nilo simply smirked and hosted Botan up on her shoulder. Botan closed her eyes and tried to focus on a place away from here, but Nilo stopped that.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you Botan, unless you want to be killed." Botan didn't know what he was talking about, but didn't want to find out. Instead she left her eyes closed and tried to think of a way to get away.

"What are you planning?" Hiei asked. Nilo simply smirked and pointed to the sky.

"We, are going to fly." He said as he sprinted off and into the yard, filled with monks. Many of them looked on with horror as he jumped into the air and flew off. Hiei ran in and saw Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yuskue standing next to a blond man.

"He has Botan!" he yelled as he ran to them.

"Where are they going?!" Kurama asked.

"I don't know."

"How do you not know? We have to help her, what do we do?" Yuskue asked them starting to panic.

Hiei looked at Kurama and ran off. Kurama soon took to the sky looking around for any trace for the two. Yuskue and Kuwabara stood in the yard holding onto Tyne. "Well dude. Looks like you got lucky." Yuskue said as he left him with Kuwabara.

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To Be continued

Oh, I am so mean to leave it there. Hehe. Please review if you wish. The next chapter will be up soon so be patient and it will come out soon.

Next time:

Botan starts to understand some things, about her past present and future.

Yuskue and Keiko have a discussion about his life…

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