Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Found In The Dark ❯ School is not the safest place to hide ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Melimea here! Woo. Chapter (counting) seven is here for you now. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review. Oh and Jenly thanks you.

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.

*Gasp*: I just realized that I have left Shizuru out of this whole story so far. I need to work on bringing her in. So for now she is on vacation.

Title: Found in the Darkness

Chapter Seven: School is not the safest place to hide

Botan found herself sitting on the roof of Yuskue's school. She shivered as she remembered where she just was. She looked over at the shed where she stored her uniform for when she came here. She rushed over and opened it searching for her uniform. Quickly changing she put her cloths into her bag and turned around to see some student's coming onto the roof for lunch.

She rushed to the door and waved at the other students. `Time to find the others,' she thought as she rushed into the lunchroom. She looked around till she came to a bright red patch of hair. "Kuwabara!" she yelled as she ran in their direction. He turned around and looked confused.

"Botan? What are you doing here? Is there a mission?" he asked whispering.

"Um…No. I just um…Hey is that Keiko?" she said rushing over there. Kuwabara stared at her before turning to Yuskue.

"What do you think is wrong with Botan?"

"Botan is here? Why?" he asked. "And if Botan wants us to know she will tell us." He said as he looked over at her and Keiko sitting at a table sharing a bag of chips.

"Hey, what is up with Keiko and you?" Kuwabara asked after noticing that they weren't joining them.

"Eh? Oh we just want a break or something like that." He mumbled before biting into an apple he had.

"Sure."

Hiei stood in front of their school looking around for his victim. `She is here somewhere.' He thought as he covered up his Jagan and walked onto the school ground.

Keiko stared at Botan with fear. "So you are telling me that somehow you let it slip that Yukina is Hiei's sister, and now he is trying to kill you or something?"

"Well that is what he said and he was trying to do something to me earlier so if I was close to Kuwabara and Yuskue then I think they would protect me." She said stuffing another chip in her mouth. Keiko looked at her with pity before looking at the boys.

"Let's go tell them."

"Do you think that is a good idea, I mean I can't stay with them during classes and-"

"Yes you can. You are officially now the new student named Botan! Or at least that is what we tell the teachers today. You came from America and are new to the school and Yuskue and Kuwabara is your host."

Botan sighed and looked at the boys. "Well… I don't really have a choice." She said as they got up and walked over to them.

"Hey Botan, what are you doing here?" Yuskue asked as they sat down.

"Well, hiding from Hiei." She said quietly.

"WHAT! Did he do something?" Kuwabara asked. "What did shrimpy do?"

"You know you can't really call him that anymore." Yuskue said as he looked back at Botan. "What did he do?"

"I kind of let it slip that he was Yukina's brother and I promised I wouldn't and now he wants to kill me!"

"Yukina is his sister?!" Kuwabara yelled. He put his head in his hands and cried. "How can she be related to him!?" he asked.

"Don't know." Botan replied. "Can I hang around with you all? I can't go back or he'll get me."

"Sure Botan but how?"

"I am an exchange student from America and you two are my hosts." She said as she took some school stuff from Keiko who sat between her and Kuwabara. Botan arched an eyebrow but let the thought rest in the back of her head. She had other things to think of. "So what other classes are left?" she asked as she put the stuff in her bag.

"Well you were lucky and missed math, p.e., art, and Latin. So you have to come to literature next then Chemistry and then finally world history before the end of the day." Yuksue said as he looked at his watch. "They start in five minutes so lets go." He said as he put his bag over his shoulder and waited for her and Kuwabara.

"See you in literature Botan." Keiko said waving at her as she went down another hall. Botan waved back and entered a room with Yuskue and Kuwabara. On all the tables there was a book and paper.

"Great. We get to do essays." Yuskue groaned as he sat down and let Botan next to him. Kuwabara sat behind them with some other friends and started talking.

"Essays?! I haven't done those since… I can't remember." Botan sighed.

"That just says how old you really are." Yuskue teased. Botan scolded at him and then stiffened as a shadow appeared behind her. Yuskue looked up and bowed slightly.

"Hello sensei." He mumbled.

"Hello. Who is this?" the blond lady asked putting a hand on Botan's shoulder.

"She is an exchange student who is staying with me and Kuwabara for a while." She said.

"Since when do you two live together?" a boy sitting next to Kuwabara asked. The teacher shushed him and turned back to Botan.

"Well it is good to have a new student today. If you need help ask Yuskue. You do speak Japanese?"

"Yes, it is a requirement." Botan said putting space between her words so they wouldn't know how well she knew the language.

The teacher smiled at her before her face hardened and she went to the front of the room and stared at the other students.

"OK! Since you people thought you could just goof around the other day and embarrass me I have some revenge!" she said with a wicked smirk. "All of you, except for the new girl Botan, will write me a nine page essay on the revolution and turn it in at the end of class. Botan, you may read from the book, a story from Hamlet." She said with a smile when she looked at her. When she looked back at the others her face was hard and she looked ready to kill. "Get to work NOW! OH, and welcome again Botan." She said.

Botan looked at the teacher in fear. `That was a big, big, BIG mood swing!' she thought as she opened the book. She turned to Yuskue who was looking all panicked. "What page?" she asked him.

"335." He said as he licked the end of his pen and started writing really fast. Botan sighed and looked at the page numbers till she came to the page.

"Thanks." She mumbled as she started reading. She couldn't take all the silence, how could they stand it. All you could hear was the scribbling of pens on paper and sighs coming from the people. Kuwabara was whistling behind her and even that was annoying, but at least she was away from Hiei at the moment.

Hiei glared at the room he knew she was in. `Damn her! She had to run to those two! Now I won't be able to get to her. Hmm… but what if?' he smirked as he walked over to the red thing on the wall.

Botan jumped when she heard a bell ringing.

"Ok! No one panic, just go out in a single file line and get out side as fast as possible." The class shot up and they all ran around in different directions out of the room, not heeding what the teacher said.

Botan got lost in the crowd and lost sight of Yuskue and Kuwabara. She didn't know what that bell meant but it must be bad since everyone was panicking.

She felt herself pushed into the stairs leading to the basement and she stumbled backwards down them and into a door. She shrieked when she noticed that there was a fire where she was. Her mind could only think of one thing:

`Get out of here!'

She jumped up and looked around for a way out. The air was filled with smoke and she couldn't see the stairs she fell down. Panicked she tuned the other was and screamed with what she found.

"H-H-Hiei?!"

Hiei had been watching her as she fell down the stairs, not part of his plan, but it helped. She looked at him again and screamed out loudly making him cover his ears. He shot a hand out and covered her mouth. "Shut up!" he hissed at her making her be quiet.

Botan closed her eyes and waited for him to hurt her, but he didn't; at lease not at that moment. Botan opened one eye to look at him then the other. He moved his hand from her mouth and looked at her. "Um…what are you going to do to me?" she said meekly as she looked at the fire start to spread. She was panicked and wanted out of there as soon as possible, but she could only leave safely if he took her out of there.

Hiei looked at the fire he had created and then back at her. He had two choices: one was to let her suffer for a while get a few burns and such; or two save her butt. He stuck with the first one. He gave her one last look before he took of.

Botan's eyes widened as she saw him leave. "HIEI!?" she yelled looking around for him. "Oh please say he didn't just leave me here to burn!?" she said panicked now. In every direction there was some fire and she couldn't tell where the exit was. She coughed and squatted down trying to find a way. She found one, but if she went through that way she would get burned. "But it's the only way." She said to herself as she started to crawl across the floor.

Botan yelped as she got burned and her uniform turned to ash in some places. `How could you do this to me Hiei?' she thought as she started to cry as she crawled. Botan pulled herself up and looked around. "DAMN IT!" she yelled. She kicked off her shoes that were starting to catch fire and then took of her socks.

She rushed to the wall and hugged herself. "I AM SORRY HIEI! PLEASE OH PLEASE COME SAVE ME! I'M SORRY!" she yelled praying he would heed her call and help her. She sighed when she felt a gush of wind and someone near her. She looked up at him and lunged at him, clinging to him. "I'm sorry." She whispered as he ran out of the room quickly and up to the roof.

Botan let out a deep breath and looked at him. She turned red and balled up her fist. "YOU IDIOT! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME! DID I REALLY DISERVE IT?!" she yelled as he put her down.

Hiei looked at her before looking over at the fence that surrounded the roof and looked down at all the panicking students. He turned back to her and noticed she was crying.

"Did I?" she whispered again. Hiei frowned as he realized that he had somehow once again made her cry. He walked over to in front of her and cupped her chin making her look at him.

He did go over the line like that. He looked at her burns and the massed up uniform. He would of apologized if that was in his character, but it wasn't instead he answered a question that she asked before.

"I am happy." He said looking back up at her pink eyes. Botan sniffed and looked at him confused. She felt a small smile come back to her face when she realized what he meant.

"I-I am glad." She mumbled.

"I thought as much."

Botan smiled and rubbed her burned arm. "Um…shouldn't we try to get out of here?" He nodded and picked her up before running at the fence and up it before jumping down, Botan screaming the whole time. She put her head in his shoulder and didn't look, thinking that he was trying to kill her, again.

He landed on the ground safely getting many screams from the student's before he ran off still holding onto her. Botan looked up and sighed as he stopped at the temple again. She jumped down and ran to Yukina who appeared at the door upon their arrival. She noticed Botan's burns and clothing and she looked up at her in concern.

"Oh Botan! Are you ok? What happened?" she asked pulling her inside closely followed by Hiei. "What happened?" she asked again when they didn't reply.

"A fire at the school. Your brother saved me." Botan told her leaving out the fact that he also started it and let her roast in it for a while. Hiei just `hn'ed and left to the kitchen where there probably was some kind of food and such. Botan watched him leave before turning to Yukina. "Can you help with the burns?"

"Yea, no problem." Yukina said as she took Botan's arm and healed it then doing the same on her other arm and legs. "I can get you something else to wear."

"Oh! I am so sorry about your kimono! It got burned." Botan said looking at her now healed hands.

"It's ok. I have plenty." She said opening the door and letting Botan and herself in. "Koenma called earlier. He said he needed to talk to you about some kind of mission." Yukina said as they entered her room. "You want some pants and shirt or another kimono?" she asked opening her closet.

"I think I'll take the kimono. They are more comfortable." Botan said with a smile.

"Ok. This one you can pick out." Yukina said as she left. "I want to make sure my brother isn't doing anything bad."

Botan nodded as she watched her leave. She walked over to the closet and looked at her choices: purple, pink, orange, blue, green, teal, yellow, and black. "Yukina never wears black so I'll take this one." She said to herself as she put the kimono on the bed and walked over to the door to close it.

She turned around and jumped back into the door when she saw Hiei at her window. "W-what do you want?!" she hissed as he came into Yukina's room. Hiei looked at her silently for a moment before he sat on the bed.

"I have come here to take you to Koenma's. Yukina is making me." He said simply looking up at the ceiling. Botan sighed.

"Ok. Could you leave so I can change?" she said as she picked back up the kimono.

"I am comfortable, you leave." Botan glared at him before stomping out and into the bathroom. She slammed the door and glared at it as if it was Hiei. Sometimes he could bring out the worst of her. She quickly turned to look at her reflection before she grabbed a rag to try and wipe off some of the ashes and some blood from one of her many wounds.

She put the now dirty rag down in the sink and washed it off before putting it in the hamper by the tub. She then quickly stripped down and changed into the black kimono and twirled around to see if she looked good. She never really did care what others thought of her clothing or herself really, but she had been doing this a lot recently. And she never did understand why or who she cared about to change her looks or appearance. She put her hair up in a high pony tail before she opened the door and walked out to greet the now empty room.

She went over to the closet and looked around the bottom for some good shoes. She pulled out a small pair of sandals. She put them on her feet and strapped them on. She got up and dusted the kimono off getting all the invisible lent off.

"Why do you always care about what you wear?" she heard someone ask. She whirled around to once again see Hiei on the window sill. Botan looked at her feet not liking to look at his red eyes too long.

"I don't. It is just a habit of mine I guess." She mumbled. Hiei gave her a strange look before jumping back into the room.

"You ready?"

"Yea."

"Well then?"

"What?"

"Come here!"

"Not when you act like that!"

"Do you want a ride or not!?"

"NOT FROM YOU!"

"FINE!"

Botan glared at his back as he jumped into the tree by the window. She waited a few moments before she realized she did need him for the ride there.

"AH! Hiei wait!" she called out the window only to find it empty. "HIEI!?" she yelled trying to find him. He sat on the branch not far from the window watching her as she had yet to notice him. "HIEI!?"

"GOD WOMAN! MUST you YELL!?" he said finally.

"Oh! There you are. Hiei I need a ride." Hiei looked at her as if she was crazy, and was starting to believe it. "Um…please? I guess I am sorry for earlier?"

"Why should you be?" he asked with a smirk. They had been through this conversation before about a year ago and he knew she hated what she was about to.

Botan let out a shaky and heavy sigh. "Fine, because you are stronger, faster and better than me in every way and I need you." She said through clenched teeth. Hiei's smirk grew as he scooted over to her and let her climb on his back.

"Now was that so hard?"

"Yes." She mumbled as he took of to Koenma's.

To Be Continued

Well here you are chapter seven. I am still not sure how I plan on getting them together but it is slowly happening…in my mind. This chapter was a bit shorter than the others but oh well. Hope you liked it. I really would like for the reviews.

Next chapter:

Hiei and Botan meet a demon boy, in a city of demons.

Fighting among the demons.

And of course, the long awaited FLUFF of our favorite couple!

Cant wait.

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Melimea