Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Found In The Dark ❯ Chapter 15 ( Chapter 15 )

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Title: Found in the Darkness

Chapter Fifteen: The Power We All Posses

What happens now will stay with us forever in our minds, souls, and dreams.

-me

All the demons and Yusuke looked at Botan as the ground around her began to shake. They knew it was her, only she had the power in her up that high, making the world they stood in shake in such a way.

She opened her eyes and they were neither pink nor purple, but the color she grew up with, deep green. She raised her hands in the air and a ball of energy appeared in her hands. The leader looked at her with large small eyes. He quickly lifted his sword and many demons around him had there souls and spirits lifted out of them and they went to the sword while their bodies fell to the ground.

Hiei and Yusuke used this as their advantage and started to go on killing frenzies killing all they could while the time was held. Botan felt something cold touch her skin from her neck to her navel. She could feel cold air meet her warm body but she didn't feel a scratch. Her skin instantly healed and the ball of energy above her grew more as he tried to strike her. He looked up into her deep green eyes and felt his body freeze. They were the most beautiful things he had yet to see in his thousands of years. He reached his large green clawed hand up to her face to touch it and once he did he screamed in pain.

He jumped back and saw the ball of energy come at him. He barely dodged and it went right through his left side. His arm was now missing and part of his side. The dark black blood ran down his body. He summoned on the spirits of his dead comrades and they instantly healed him. He smirked at her look of surprise.

Botan didn't even acknowledge her state of undress as she prepared for her next attack. Her tank top was now like a vest leaving her chest open for all to see who looked and her jeans were open to show her underwear while they lay on the floor soaking up the blood that was around them.

She summoned her dagger and ran at him with it raised high. Instead of striking she disappeared from site and appeared on his back clinging to him like a letch the dagger burred in his back. He yelled as he spun around trying to fling her off. He ran backwards into the crowed of his demons who struck her and him as they fought of Hiei and Yusuke. Hiei looked up as he saw them pass and he felt his hopes rise as he realized her plan.

Botan felt him running and knew what he was about to do. She smirked as she slid down his back dragging the dagger with her. She knew he would summon the souls and fix it and that would be the time she needed for her plan. As she predicted he stopped and summoned the souls.

Quickly she also summoned the sword and swung around and stuck him in the chest where his heart was supposed to be. He yelled in pain as the souls now headed for his heart. She jumped back with a smirk as the demons entered his chest and to his heart.

The spirits and souls would kill him that way. His heart could not take that. She felt hand circle her and she was about to attack until she smelled a familiar smell. She relaxed into the spice and let him move her shirt to cover her chest. "You have done well." He said. Botan smiled and let him run her to the back by Yusuke. They found all the followers to be watching terrified as she looked at them.

A few moments a loud yell filled the office and their leader fell, and then exploded. The pureness was not welcome to his heart.

Botan smirked as the demons all started panicking and running around. She closed her eyes and waited for Yusuke to do what he wished to them while Hiei held her up. "You make me proud." He whispered. Botan smiled.

"Do you care to tell me about this whole courting thing now?" she whispered back as Yusuke walked past them with a spirit gun ready.

Hiei looked down at her green eyes and nodded. "You must wait for now." He said lifting her up to where she got onto his back.

"Why can't you carry me the other way?" she pouted.

"I am not about to let anyone see you in this state." He said. Botan blushed.

"Oh." She said sheepishly her voice returning to normal, eyes going soft and pink, and energy dropping dramatically. Yusuke had the demons that were left all huddled in a corner pleading to live. Hiei snorted at there lack of pride but said nothing as Yusuke gave his speech about 'welcome to hell' and all that before blowing them up.

Botan sighed and closed her eyes waiting for sleep to take her after knowing that her loved ones were cared for and her friend's death was avenged.

Hiei felt her snore softly on him as she slept. He still couldn't believe that it was her who had just done all that. He now knew he had made the right choice.

Yuskue walked up to him with his fingers steaming, literally. "Well," he said dusting off his hands. "How long has she been able to do that?" he asked pointing to Botan. Hiei didn't respond right away.

"About nineteen hours." He said remembering that was when he chose to court her. Yusuke just shrugged.

"Well this is great! Now I am only one hour late...you don't mind taking care of all this with Koenma right?" he didn't wait for an answer. "Good. Bye now." He yelled running of to meet the love of his life, Keiko, who was now going to kill him for being late.

Hiei let out a breath and scrunched up his nose as the smell of death surrounded him and Botan. He jumped from one foot to the other and then ran off in the corridors passing Yusuke on his way. on Hiei please don't make me be late." Yusuke called from behind. Hiei stopped at the end of the corridor as Yusuke ran up to him.

"At the moment I am more concerned that she lives more than you living." He said as he ran off and through the portal at the end of the corridor five away from where Yusuke stood.

Koenma was sitting by the portal with his arms crossed and for once his mouth had nothing in it. Hiei looked down at him as he looked up at him.

"Glad that you all finished it..." he trailed off as he saw Botan now sleeping.

"She is the reason we are living right now." He said. "Now if you don't mind, the building is yours and I must go treat her." He said before running off. Keonma smiled as his best friend left on the back of the only man who seemed to love her in away in more than friendship.

He sat and then waited for Yusuke to come through so he could make him help clean it up before his father got home.

Botan felt her body be put down onto something soft and warm and she groaned as her wounds were touched. Her chest had a big one over the navel and her arms and legs were decorated with them. She would heal as soon as she got about ten more hours of sleep.

"Gods..." she heard someone breathed over her. She opened one of her pink eyes to see red eyes looking down at her. She looked around to find her ripped tank top on the floor and she lay with only her panties on. She felt a finger trace along her arm to her stomach where it traced her new scar. "What have they done to you?" he whispered as he buried his head in her hair and neck. "I could have lost you." He whispered again.

Botan realized that he was opening up now and she smiled slightly and put her fingers in his hair and pulled it back. "But you didn't." she whispered back as the flush quilt under her rubbed into her skin.

"But I could have." He breathed. Botan smiled and kissed his cheek. He moved his head back to her neck and kissed it were the mark he knew would someday be. She smiled and buried both hands in his hair enjoying his touch while she could. She opened her eyes fully to look around while she could focus. She was in her room. Looking up she found the ceiling was patched and you could hear rain pouring onto it. It was dark also. She realized it was night.

The room was empty and quiet other them her and Hiei and the occasional sound of a groan or moan. She closed her eyes as he licked her neck gently making her moan, but she didn't want Nilgato to walk in on something like this. "Hiei..." she tried.

"He is sleeping in another home." He said quickly answering her concern of being seen. She smiled up at him as he moved to kiss her lips. She instantly responded and felt his hands wander along her body. She moaned into his mouth and arched up as he cupped one of her breast.

"Umm..." she moaned as he squeezed it gently. She moved her hands to his face pulling his face closer to hers. He smirked against her lips as and then traced them with his tongue. She opened her mouth this time knowing what to do. He pushed her head back more and let his tongue sweep into her mouth. She moaned and moved her legs apart so his knees were no longer dinging into her skin.

He gratefully moved in-between her spread legs and bent knees and moved his head back to her neck. He growled as he remembered that he could not mark her yet. Not until his time was up. A month after the courting and the passing of test! That meant about three weeks until he could have his way with her. He groaned slightly and nibbled on her neck making her moan his name softly.

He pulled back and looked down at her and sucked in a breath. Below him was an angle. Her blue hair spread out around her, face flushed in a small blush, hands still in his hair, and eyes open only slightly having them look dark pink almost red.

She let out a small whimper when he didn't bend back down. He graced her with a very small but very real smile. She opened her eyes more and removed her hands from his hand and sat up on her elbows. She gave him a confused look but he started talking before she could get anything out.

"Botan..." he had to tell her now before she was gone. "Botan...I...I" he bit his lip. He couldn't get it out. What did that say about him? He couldn't even tell the most important person how he felt about them!

Botan cocked her head to the side and wished she could read minds so she could know what he wanted to say. She smiled at him and kissed his cheek.

"It's ok. But you have to tell me eventually." She said with bright eyes.

Hiei swallowed and nodded. He would, someday. But for now he would let her find out on her own. If she hadn't gotten it by now than something was wrong with her. Yet he was always good at hiding his feelings. He leaned back down and nestled into her neck and hugged her body to his.

Botan smiled and grabbed for the thick quilt in the bed next to them and put over them. The night chill finally had entered the room. And there wasn't half as much body heat as there was only a few moments ago.

Hiei shifted so he looked at her from the neck and was about to say something. "Botan..." he would surprise her with this one. "You need some training." Botan's eyes snapped open. Wasn't that what Genkai had wanted her to get. She now remembered the note. She looked intently at Hiei.

Could Hiei be 'him'?

Nilgato sat on the roof of his new home looking up at the clouded sky and the raindrops fell on his body some turning to steam at the natural heat of his skin. He had seen Botan in Hiei's arms as the two came in the village. He hadn't expected to see her like...that!

Oh, thinking about all our younger years

She was bloody and beat up, her blue hair and pink skin tainted with blood. He was young but he wasn't naive of the ways of demons. Hiei had told him about their missions once and now he realized that if they went away there was a possibility that they might not ever come back.

They were more than the people who had saved him, they had become his family. The short amount of time they had been together was enough to show that. Botan was both like a mother and a sister to him. Well a nice sister who wouldn't pick on him or anything, but the overprotective kind. Heh, if only she knew what Hiei made him do for training.

There was only you and me

He let a smile spread over his face. And Hiei was like the dad he always wanted, a father who would teach him the ways to go, how to fight, and all that he wanted to know. Hiei was also like a brother as well, protective and wouldn't let someone else hurt him without them going through hell after it. A smile spread onto his face.

He stood up on the roof and looked at the rising moon. He remembered his father too. His real father.

We were young and wild and free

He was a fire demon as well and stuck to a human body, unlike many demons in the village. He did that so that his wife would be happy. As a child she had told him that she loved his father no matter what he looked like. She had always told him that to. If he ever fell in love, love them for them, not there looks.

His gaze moved to Hiei and Botan's house. He had smelled the scent too. The smell that screamed back off. Hiei was courting her, traditionally. Nilgato smiled. Not many demons did that anymore. They didn't give there future mates a choice. The just bit their neck and if they didn't want to be tied down, they wouldn't let their necks be bitten.

Now nothing can take you away from me

His father had done that to his mother too. A mental image of her flashed in his mind.

Hannah.

That was his mother's name. Her brilliantly bright red hair always pulled back into a ponytail. She would were a pair of jeans and big shirt too with it. Her sweet voice filled his head with all the songs she sang to him as a baby. She had peaceful blue eyes that made you look to the sky and never see any difference.

We've been down that road before but that's over now

Gilon.

That was his father's name. His father had a dark aura about him whenever in his presence. But if you knew him he wouldn't hurt you. He always would be in a human form, unless fighting. He wore a black shirt that reminded him a lot of Hiei's. He had long black hair that he would have braided behind him, which his mother would do every morning. His piercing red eyes could bore into your soul and actually read your mind.

You keep me coming back for more

He loved them both dearly and wouldn't dream of replacing them, but he would let people take care of his as they did. He jumped down to the muddy ground, making the mud get on him and stain his clothing. He smiled and kicked the puddle before going into his home.

Inside there was an oil lamp hanging on the ceiling with a few bugs fling around it. He had a few boxes pilled in the corner stacking up high. He walked to the left into a sleeping room that Botan called a bedroom. He sat in the bed and pulled the covers over his head and sighed.

Baby, you're all that I want

Maybe tonight he could dream a pleasant dream. One that didn't play out their deaths. And one that didn't replace Hannah and Gilon, killed to Botan and Hiei being killed. He shut his eyes tightly as tears threatened to spill out onto his cheeks.

Demons never cry.

He didn't care anymore about the demon codes. He wasn't a demon. He was also human to...and humans cried.

When you're lying here in my arms,

Botan felt a weight on her as she opened her eyes welcoming the morning. She looked to see Hiei staring down at her with bright ruby eyes. She smiled over at him. "Mornin'" she said yawning. "Sleep well?"

I'm finding it hard to believe

Hiei nodded and got up looking down at her. He blushed slightly and turned his gaze away. Botan didn't say anything only pulled the covers over her exposed body. She coughed and watched him stand.

"Um...hungry?" she asked trying to think of something to say. He looked back at her.

"Would you believe me if I said yes?" She smiled.

"Of course!" she said with a cat face. Hiei was having trouble understanding how she, Botan, could posses a power that surpassed his own. He shook his head and closed his eyes. He didn't want to think of that. He had almost lost her the other night.

We're in heaven

Botan got up and tossed the quilt to the side ad got up to get on some clothing. She opened up the third drawer and pulled out a white bra and quickly put it on, still slightly embarrassed that Hiei had seen her in such a state of undress.

She closed the drawer and picked up her ripped duck-in-lake tank top and pouted a bit. She loved that one too!

She put it on the top of the dresser and then pulled out some tan khakis from the second drawer. She slipped them on and closed the drawer with her hip. She then opened up the top one and dug around for a good shirt of some sort. She pulled out a shirt with a sleeping cat on it and then a black one with a flame with a big evil smile on its face but a cute face. She turned to Hiei and asked: "Which one looks better?" she asked with a smile putting them up against her chest.

Oh, once in your life you find someone

Hiei smirked. "The flame." He said. Botan knew he would choose that one but she wanted to hear him say it. She put the one with the cat away and slipped on the other one. She turned to him and spun around.

"Well?" she asked with a slight blush. He arched a black eyebrow and nodded in approval. "Good!" she said clapping her hands together.

Who will turn your world around

She grabbed his hand and rushed out of the room with Him not to far behind her. "Is Nilgato up yet?" she asked as she pulled out some bread from a bag they brought with them before. Hiei shrugged. "Would you go get him?" she asked. He nodded and sprinted away. Botan smiled to herself as she got out some butter too. "I need a fridge." She said to herself. She buttered the bread and put them on a plate for them all to eat.

Soon two fire demons rushed into the room. Nilgato looked tired and had bags under his eyes but upon seeing food they disappeared and he grabbed a piece. "THANK YOU!" he exclaimed biting into the bread. 'Don't want to worry them.' He thought. Hiei didn't pick it up though.

Pick you up when your feeling down

Botan gave a piece to Hiei before biting into one of her own. "So what do you all want to do today?" she asked after swallowing her first bite. Nilgato who had little to no manners spoke with bread coming from his mouth.

"I want to meet people! And get some ice cream! Or what was it...SWEET SNOW!" Nilgato exclaimed. Hiei jumped up slightly.

"Yes! We are going to do that!" he said. Botan laughed at the two and finished her toast.

"Ok then...I want to bathe first...what about you two?" she asked. Nilgato looked confused.

"Bathe?" Botan face faulted.

"My lord! You don't know what a bath is?!" she exclaimed.

Nilgato nodded. "Well then!" she started dusting of her hands. "Come with me young man! It is time for a bath!" Nilgato looked scared.

"By the way she said that I feel like I should run..." he whispered to Hiei.

Now nothing could change what you mean to me

Hiei smirked. "It isn't that bad." He said trying to scare him and doing well at it. "Be careful with the soup, it can take off your skin, and shampoo makes your hair fall out, and most of all, it all makes you smell like a girl." He said. Nilgato yelped and tried to run off only to have the collar of his shirt caught by a reasonably strong person.

"Now where do you think you're going?" Botan asked as she lifted the boy from the ground to dangle before her. Nilgato blushed.

"I don't want to loose my skin and hair, and I don't plan on ever smelling like a girl!" he exclaimed.

There's a lot that I could say

Botan frowned. "What are you talking about?"

"Hiei said-"

"Oh! Hiei said!?" she said shooting a glare at Hiei. He didn't even flinch. She sighed. "Don't listen to everything he says ok?" she said. "He just doesn't like to smell good." She said with a smirk. She leaned down then whispered. "That's why he smells bad." Nilgato laughed and Hiei glared at her.

Hiei got up and shot out of the house making Botan wonder if she went to far somehow. She sighed. "Come on mister." She said with a pouting lip. "You get to smell good and have nice hair!" she said.

But just hold me now

She walked into the back room and opened up a sliding door that led to dirt stairs leading down. She let go of him and pushed him forward. "Just go down the stairs I need to grab a bag real quick." Nilgato nodded and started walking down the dark stairs while Botan quickly got a bag filled with shampoo, sponges, soap, and all the needs for a bath.

Nilgato waited for her at the bottom in the dark. He could hear the sound of running water and he smelled the smell of a hot spring. He smiled knowing that this was around for centuries.

Cause our love will light the way

Botan walked up behind him and smiled. "HEY!" she said making an echo sound around the room. Nilgato jumped a bit, not being able to detect spirit energy well yet.

"Uh...hey?" he said taking the bag. Botan smiled and held up two lanterns that were on. She handed one to him and took a lantern from him.

"You go over there and you will find a spring. You will know what to do with this." She said handing him shampoo. "This goes in your hair." Then she gave him the soap. "And this goes everywhere but your hair." She got out a towel. "And this is for when you are done, it dries you off. The lantern is for you and don't you dare come to my part! You are not going to see something like that before you turn at least...twelve." She said smiling. He looked confused but shrugged and took the stuff. "Have fun!" she said waving as he left.

Baby you're all that I want

"Uh...sure." He said. Botan took the rest of the stuff and headed to the other spring nearby. She put the towel down and the shampoo's and soap at the edge of the spring. She placed the lantern near the edge and striped off her clothing. She folded them and put them a little farther out so not to let them get wet. She put a foot in the warm water and felt her skin shiver at the sudden warmth.

She stepped in and grabbed the lantern which outlined her body. She walked to the middle and found the flat rock her mother always told her to use as a child. She put the lantern on the rock and watched the whole spring start to glow. She smiled and swam back to the edge and got all the shampoo's and soaps. She ducked underwater to wet her hair and then came back up gasping for air. She coughed the water up before reaching for her Jasmine smelling shampoo and conditioner.

She put it in her hair and let it sit for the two required minutes. While she waited she heard Nilgato get out of his spring and yell in her direction. "I'm going upstairs ok Botan?" he yelled.

"Sure, see you soon." She yelled back.

"Ok."

When you're lying here in my arms,

She grabbed a sponge and then the soap and rubbed them together till there were suds all over it and some on her hand that held the soap. She scrubbed her arms and neck with bubbles and giggled a bit as she remembered her mother used to this to her and then her she did it to her step brother. She closed her eyes and remembered all the good times they had and looked up waving to the heavens telling them 'hello'.

She then gently scrubbed her breast and navel with soap till she reached the water. She put the sponge on the bank and swam into deeper water and dunked down getting the soap off her body. She stuck her hands in her hair and moved it around, liking the feel of her hair underwater more then above on land. She didn't wear her hair down much and when she did no one seemed to notice much.

She came up and smiled as she could smell the soap, Jasmine and spice. She jumped. "Spice?" she spun around looking for him. And there he stood. Looking down at her with wet hair dripping as it hung loosely at the sides of his face. He looked down at her the light reflecting off of his bright eyes making them seem unearthly. "Um..." she lowered herself deeper into the water embarrassed that he had seen her, yet again in the nude. She covered her chest the best she could and tried not to notice that he was wet and only wore a towel on his lower half.

I'm finding it hard to believe

Hiei didn't even move his gaze from her eyes once as she did all this. He walked into the water, the towel floating up as he got in deeper. He eventually let it go and it sunk to the bottom after absorbing a lot of water. He walked up to her and cupped her chin moving it up gently to where she looked up at him. She had a pretty blush on her face and her hands still were shielding her breast. He sighed and leaned forward brushing her lips with his gently. He had to do the test soon. If not they both were going to go through a lot of pain and never get this over with. He pulled back and looked at her face which had closed eyes and her hands were shaking because she wanted to move them.

We're in heaven

"Botan." He said. She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Do you wish to know about the courting now?" he asked. She nodded yes. He sucked in a breath and got ready for the explanation. "I have chosen you as a potential mate," Botan gasped. "And by so I have given you the courting mark." He said gesturing at the red spot on her neck which had yet to go away. "That is why it hasn't disappeared yet." He fingered it gently making her lean into him a bit a close her eyes.

"So...what now?" she asked.

"Let me finish. As being a potential mate we both must pass certain test to prove ourselves worthy to the other."

"But you don't have to prove yourself to me."

"No, but if I don't other demons can take you if I do not and vice versa for you. We both have three tests to complete. You have already passed one of my test but I don't know about how I am doing on yours. You are truly strong in mind and spirit." He said kissing her forehead tenderly. "The problem is we are not to tell the other what the test are until they pass them so we must set up situations for the other." He said. Botan nodded in understanding.

"So these test...what do they have to be?"

"Whatever qualities you want in a mate." He said. Botan nodded again.

"Why did you choose me?" she asked as he moved her hair out of the way of the shoulder with the red spot. He leaned down to her ear.

"Why wouldn't I? I can see no one else half as worthy as you." He said kissing the shell of her ear.

"How am I worthy?" she needed to know.

"You have gotten my attention, I protect you without a second thought, and I..." he sighed. "I like you." Botan blushed.

And love is all that I need,

"I like you too." She said as she felt him lift her up and set her on the edge of the water. He took the sponge and cleaned up her legs and thighs. Botan blushed the whole time at the intimate act. "You really don't have to do that..." she closed her eyes enjoying the feel of his hands as they rubbed her legs. She needed to think of some tests. Her eyes shot open and she smiled down at him. One: intimacy. She wanted a mate who would show how he felt sometimes but not never. The second one...hmm. She felt him pour water on her legs from his hands.

She wanted a lot in her mate but she had to sum it down to three, and now two.

And I found it there in your heart

Two; love children. She loved kids and she planned on having a lot in her time. She once believed that since she was dead she couldn't give birth or anything, but over the years she had meet many ferry girls who had gotten pregnant. She had to find that out from Hiei somehow.

Three: Can say I love you. That would be a tough one for him. She knew he 'liked' her but didn't know if he 'loved' her. She knew she loved him. She had for a long time now. She felt him kiss her knee and pulled her back into the water. She felt him go to her back and hugged her to him. "Hiei..." she breathed.

It isn't too hard to see

"Hn."

"I think you just past a test." She said. He smirked and kissed her neck gently.

"Good, only two left." He said. And she only had two left too. He let go of her and reached for his towel that had sunk to the bottom. He lifted it out into the air and used some of his fire power to warm it up and dry it off. Botan walked back to the edge and pulled herself out letting him have a full view of her body for about half a second. She wrapped the towel around her body and gung out her hair. She put all the stuff in the bag and slung it over her shoulder.

We're in heaven

Hiei came up next to her and took the bag and walked to the door. Botan took the lantern that he had put on the ground and grabbed her clothes and quickly slipped them on. She wrapped the towel around her hair and smiled at herself.

Hiei wanted her to be his mate! She blushed and let out a giggle of joy. This was something she had never expected. She sighed as she remembered all the test she was going to have to take. And she didn't even know what they were. And at the same time she had to give him test without him knowing.

I've been waiting for so long

She rushed up to the stairs the lantern swinging in her hand. She walked up the stairs in her bare feet and got them muddy since they were wet and it was dirt. She shook her foot getting off what she could at the top of the stairs and stepped up into the house part of...well the house.

She looked up to see Nilgato sitting on a box swinging his legs side to side and eating some buttered bread. He waved at her and then jumped off leaving, a towel still wrapped around his waist.

For something to arrive

Botan smiled at him and turned to her room to put her towel up before it got all mildewed. She walked in her room to find a fully clothed Hiei sitting on the vacant futon by hers. She smiled at him and remembered the test. Hiei looked up at her. "I can't read your mind during the next month of courting." He said annoyed that he didn't know what she was thinking.

Botan smiled. "FINALLY! I have been waiting for the day you couldn't pry in my mind, and I get a whole month!" She said as she pulled her hair down and out of the towel that held it up. She let the wet blue crumpled hair fall around her face. "Ah...I hate my hair when it is wet. It gets frizzy and staticy!" She said with a pouting lip. Hiei watched her as she grabbed a brush from a bag and sat in the futon next to him and started to brush out all the tangles.

For love to come along

Hiei scooted up behind her and took the brush from her hands. Botan looked over her shoulder at him as he started to gently brush the tangles out of her hair. She sighed and relaxed as he got them all out. She flinched when he got a rat and tugged on it as he got it out.

He put the brush away and sat it on the futon with a thick blanket. He ran his hands through it gently making sure he didn't miss any of the tangles or rats. Botan relaxed completely into him as he ran his hands through her hair, now only because he wanted to.

Only two more test each.

Now our dreams are coming true

Hiei got up and offered her a hand to lift her up with him. She smiled gratefully and rose. Once she got up she instantly started to try to get the wrinkles out of her shirt. Hiei sighed. 'If she doesn't watch it she is never going to pass my second test.' He grabbed her hands and put them to her sides. She didn't seem to get it but let him do so. "So...where is Nilgato?" she asked finally.

Hiei looked around the room and out the window on the far side across from the dresser. "He is at his home changing." He said not really caring. 'He won't pass if he doesn't show much more emotion for him.' She thought, her thoughts shadowing his own only moments ago. Botan nodded at him and jumped up and down.

"Where are my tennis shoes?" she asked. Hiei pointed to the entrance of the house. Botan blushed, she always took her shoes off before entering a home, and it was tradition. She skipped over and slipped them on over her pink socks and wiggled her feet around in them.

Through the good times and the bad

Hiei walked out the door closely followed by Botan. They walked out into the dirt road waiting for Nilgato, both of them still had wet hair that dripped now and then. Botan occasionally would shake her head back and forth trying to get rid of all the water. Finally tired of waiting Hiei called out.

"Come on Nigato!" he yelled using his name for a rare moment making Botan smile. "We want to leave soon!" Soon enough a small blur of Black and green came before them, dust in his path.

"Sorry Sensei!" he said with a slight bow. 'Well he has his attention.' Botan pondered. Nilgato turned to Botan and jumped into her arms taking a stolen hug. He smiled up at her and climbed around to her back, his legs hanging over her shoulders. Botan smiled over her shoulder at him as she grabbed his feet so he wouldn't fall.

I'll be standing there by you

Hiei looked at the two with a small smile. They were all kind of like a family. "So Hiei, where are we going, the others are all still in school." Botan said bringing him back down to earth.

"How about going to get some...SWEET SNOW!" he said tossing his hand, balled in a fist, up in the air. Botan smiled and Nilgato imitated Hiei, looking back over at him making sure his hand was right. Hiei smiled inside at the boys admiration of him. He remembered when he told the boy he would be his sensei. Nilgato had jumped around and thanked him intently testing out the name sensei as he did so.

Nilgato smiled at him with closed eyes and high cheeks. In a way he reminded Hiei of himself when he was two hundred years younger. So energetic and full of life, not having a care in the world, how sad he was then never knowing the truth of this world, how he missed living so ignorantly.

Baby you're all that I want

Botan let out a loud bubbly laugh as the Hiei sighed and dropped his hand, Nilgato imitating him still. Nilgato swung his legs around a bit like a small child would, which he was in demon years and kicked Botan's shoulder a bit. She smiled when it didn't hurt and let him continue.

"So boys...sweet snow it shall be." Botan said to the two.

Hiei nodded and so did Nilgato as he jumped off her shoulders to the ground. "Sensei said he wanted you to train with us later! YEA!" Nilgato exclaimed. Hiei said nothing as he watched the young demon jump around with much excitement that he had once had. "You are going to be strong like us!" he said jumping up and down again. Botan smiled at the two before she grabbed Nilgato's hand.

"Shall we go boys?" she asked. Nilgato shook his head enthusiastically and Hiei nodded silently. "Then let us go!" she yelled smiling happily at the two. Nilgato said yes and Hiei just shook his head indicating a yes. "So how are we going to go there?" she asked. Nilgato let go of her hand as Hiei picked her up and the three looked off into the distance. "Ice cream man in the park?" she asked.

"The man with the stuff that taste like heaven?" Nilgato asked. Botan and Hiei nodded. "COOL!" he exclaimed. Botan smiled down at him.

"Ok...to the park then."

The small group consisting of Hiei, Botan, and Nilgato all appeared in the park. Hiei put Botan down and watched as Nilgato shamelessly ran around to the playground. He turned back to them as a little girl with pink ribbons in her piggy tails looked up at him. "Sweet snow?" he asked. The little girl let out a squeal and pulled on his long blue shirt.

"Play?" she said. Nilgato looked down at the girl confused. He turned to Botan with the confused look glued on. Botan smiled at the little girl as she came up to them.

"Little girl?" she asked, "Where is your mother?" the little girl shrugged as she hide behind Nilgato looking up at the 'scary blue haired lady'.

"Who is the scary blue haired lady?" she asked Nilgato. Nilgato looked down at her and smiled sheepishly.

"Ah...this is my...mom." He said. Botan blushed and pat his head. "So...where is your mother." He asked bending down to her level, which wasn't too much. She bent her head to the side and looked up at his green eyes with her cute amber ones.

"I don't know...she put me here the other day and I slept here..." she said her eyes watering. Botan bit her lip. Her mother abandoned her? She bent down and opened her arms up to the small girl.

"What is your name?" she asked her as Hiei finally came up behind them. The little girl looked up at him and almost screamed.

"AH...who is the scary man with blood eyes?!" she said before Nilgato clamped a hand over her mouth as a passing jogger went bye. The man looked at them briefly before continuing on by.

"This is...um...my dad." Nilgato said. "Don't worry he won't bite." He said with a smile. Botan and Hiei blushed slightly but said nothing. "So...your name?" he asked. The little girl nodded and sighed.

"My name is Amy...but my mommy used to call me a bitc-"Botan's hand shot to Amy's mouth. This was bad...her mother abandoned her and had called her bad things. She pulled the girl to her and Amy struggled a bit.

"Are you hungry?" she asked. Amy nodded. Botan smiled and stood up. "How about we go to a restaurant and then get some ice cream?" She said to them all. They all nodded except Hiei who kept looking at the little girl suspiciously.

Botan put the little girl up against her chest as a wind came along. "What about your dad?" she asked. Amy looked up at her pink eyes.

"My daddy left a long time ago when I was a baby..." she said with a sniff. This was Botan's luck. She smiled at the girl. "He left to...ah...Ameri...something."

"America?"

"uhuh." She said. Botan smiled. Maybe she could take her to someone who could care for her. She wasn't a demon so Hiei was out of the question, he already had Nilgato anyway. So...maybe god had sent her another gift. She thanked Koenma's father for all his gifts all the time.

"Well than...to the store." She said as they walked up to a coffee shop. "Or this will work...wait...I need money." She sighed. "What time is it?" she asked herself. She turned to her left looking around in the sky till she found the giant clock. "Hmm...Only one hour till school is out." She said. She shifted the little girl in her arms. Nilgato looked up at them.

"School?" he asked. Botan smiled.

"It's this place people who are young go to but most hate it. They teach you stuff you need to know, though some I see no reason for."

"Why do they hate it? Doesn't that help them if it teaches them something they need to know?"

"Well, I am not to sure myself. Yusuke told me of it." She said. Nilgato shrugged. "Why don't we go visit your sister Hiei?" she asked finally. Hiei shifted his gaze from Amy to Botan. He shrugged his shoulders indicating that he didn't care what they did. Botan smiled and then a thought struck her. Amy didn't know they were demons...so that could cause some problems. She was too young to understand so she might think it was cool. She walked over to Nilgato. "You give her a ride?" she said. Nilgato nodded and stretched his arms out letting her jump in them and cling to his neck.

I've been waiting for so long

She seemed to like to be hugged and held, Botan noticed. She walked over to Hiei. "Nilgato, can you two play for a while?" Nilgato nodded and started to put Amy don't, but the small girl clung to him like a lifeline. He sighed and stood up strait and walked over to the monkey bars with her still in his arms.

Botan turned to Hiei. "Should we tell her about you all?"

"You all?" he said with an arched eyebrow.

"Well you know, being demons and all?" She said shifting her weight from her left foot to right. Hiei simply shrugged again.

"I don't really care what you do about that." He said. Botan smiled and put a finger under her chin.

"Then...I guess it'll be ok to tell her?"

"hn."

Botan smile widened and she grabbed his hand and tugged on it gently. Hiei looked at her before sighing and moving forward so he was dragging her. Botan felt him tug her along. He stopped in front of the jungle gym where Nilgato and Amy were hanging upside down with red faces. Apparently neither one planned on getting off before the others.

Nilgato looked up at them and then hit Amy gently in the ribs with his elbow. She let out a small cry and swatted her hands at his face with her lower lips out. She hit him in the head making him swing back and forth. He pushed her and she did the same. Soon both children fell to the rocks below them with a small thud.

For something to arrive

Amy's eyes got big and watery and she held her knee which was bleeding. In about two seconds she started screaming. Botan let go of Hiei and ran to her, slipping through the cage like playground thing. She pulled Amy to her and put her on her lap as she herself sat down on the rocks. Amy sniffed as Botan looked at her knee. She smiled at the little girl before she put her hand over the scrape.

Her had a blue outline now and so did Amy's knee. Amy looked at her in wonder and her tears stopped only leaving her to sniff. She looked up at Botan with big eyes. She sniffed again before smiling at her. "I knews..." she started having trouble with her words. "I knews you was different!" she said. Botan smiled at the little girl. "You are an angel!" she said. Botan blushed and rubbed her back of her head.

"I'm not to sure about me being and angel..." Amy stopped her hand hugged the older woman.

"Thanks you miss!" She yelled hugging her. She pulled away and looked at Nilgato and Hiei. "Are they angels too?" she asked with a bright smile her gaze stopping on Nilgato. Botan nodded. What else could she tell her? Amy squealed and jumped up; forgetting that her knee had just been bloody and Nilgato caused it. She ran to the small boy and hugged him her head only going to his belly.

"Twanks you!" she said sniffing again. Nilgato looked uncomfortable for a moment before he pat her head not knowing what else to do. Botan stood up and dusted off her back and front. She walked over and squeezed through the cage and walked over by Hiei. Nilgato picked up Amy and joined them. "What all can you do?" Amy asked sniffing again. Botan smiled and walked over to them with Hiei not far behind.

"A lot. This is going to be fun." She turned to Nilgato. "Run her to Genkai's we'll be there soon." She said. Nilgato nodded a small smirk playing at his lips. Oh yes, Hiei was rubbing off on him. Soon the two were gone with a small trail of dust from the rocks. Botan smiled as she heard Amy's yell of excitement. She turned to Hiei with a bright smile.

For love to come along

Hiei picked her up bridal style. "Genkia's than?" Botan nodded. He pulled her more to him before he took off in the same direction of Nilgato.

Yukina was sitting in the living room happily talking with someone when the door at the front opened. She looked at her guest. "I am sorry they are already here." She got up with a slight bow. The woman in the chair in the corner smiled slightly.

"It's ok Yukina." The person said with an old voice. "I knew they would come eventually." She said as she let the darkness of the corner cover her features. Yukina smiled at the woman and walked to the front. There was Nilgato holding a laughing girl in his arms and behind him was Hiei carrying Botan in. They both dropped the girls at the same time and looked up at her.

It was kind of creepy really, but Yukina smiled and helped Botan up before she felt a little hand grab the bottom of her Kimono and tug on it gently. "Are you an angel too?" asked a little girl with pink ribbons in her red hair. Her bright amber eyes seemed to look into her soul. Yukina bent down to look at the little girl.

"Well who do we have here?" she said with a smile. Amy squealed again and jumped up and down her red hair going in all directions. Yukina smiled and pulled the ribbons off, for they already were half way off, and put them in a pocket of her Kimono.

"My name is Amy." The small girl said.

"Mine is Yukina." Yukina said. Amy smiled at her before running back to Nilgato and hiding behind him. Nilgato smiled down at her before he turned around and picked her up.

Now our dreams are coming true

"Come on Amy." He said smiling at her. "Let's play in the yard." He said. Amy, who had seen the size of the yard, squealed again and shook her head vigorously. Nilgato put her on his shoulder and held on to her little leg as he walked outside and Amy played with his long black hair.

Yukina moved out of the way of Hiei and Botan as the two walked into the living room. Before they got there Yukina panicked a bit. Did she want to see them yet? She remembered what she had said but...did she want to? 'Don't worry child. Let them come.' She said to Yukina telepathically. Yukina smiled and ran in front of the two and opened the swinging door. Botan walked in first and froze. Hiei who was behind her looked at the elderly woman with pink hair in the corner.

Botan let out a sob like sound. "G-Genkai?" she asked. Hiei walked around to her side to look at the old lady.

"Botan." Genkai replied. Botan's eyes brightened and increased in size as she stumbled over to the woman and bent down to hug her tightly. Genkai smiled at her in a gentle way and hugged her back. Botan was crying loudly in Genkai's chest. Genkai looked up at Hiei as his eyes narrowed slightly. Genkai let out a chuckle. She could smell his scent all over Botan, stronger on her neck. She wondered if it had happened yet.

She moved Botan's hair from her shoulder and looked down to see a red hicky. Well, they were almost there. Just had to wait for the test. She pushed Botan away as Hiei approached them. Botan sniffed again and as Hiei came up beside her she lunged onto his chest and continued to cry, happily though. Hiei didn't seem to take much notice, as if he was used to this.

Oh, Oh

"Well, old woman." He said in a greeting. Genkai nodded. "How long have you been back?" he absently rubbed the top of Botan's head as she sniffed and moved her head to the side so she could see Genkai. Genkai smiled at her before she rose up.

"For a while now. But I choose the stay hidden for a few days." She said with a gruff voice. She walked over to them and Botan moved her head up to stand up strait by Hiei. Genkai put a hand on her cheek and brushed a tear away with her thumb. "Talk to me later, you probably have some questions." Botan smiled and nodded.

Hiei didn't ask, and the fact that he couldn't read her mind, so he watched as Genkai walked over to Yukina. "Yusuke and his friends probably know I am here by now." Genkai said as she put her hands behind her back and walked around the large living room. "They will come after school." She said as she walked outside. "Now, you two care to explain the two children outside?" Genkai asked. Yukina was smiling at them the whole time as she followed Genkai outside.

We're in heaven

Botan sighed. "Glad she is back." She said. Hiei nodded. Even if not said he too had a soft spot for the elderly woman. Botan walked out followed by Hiei. The group all stood outside watching the two children running around. Nilgato, obviously holding back as to not hurt the girl.

Amy was squealing as she ran; hands in the air, mouth open, small dress flinging in the wind, and a look of pure delight on her face. Botan watched as Amy ran behind a tree and giggled thinking she had gotten away, only to scream a few seconds later as Nilgato rounded the tree.

Yukina laughed as she sat down on a bench by the side of the house, Hiei joining her. Botan looked at Genkai and smiled. "Nilgato is a fire demon me and Hiei are taking care of, and Amy is a girl who we picked up today...her mother abandoned her, but I think I know some people who can." She said looking at Yukina. Genkai nodded.

"Think carefully before you decide," she said. Botan nodded, not knowing what to say. "Now," Genkai started, "We should talk?" she said. Botan nodded again. "Come then."

The woods were silent other than a few bugs and birds that dared make a sound. In a clearing stood two women. One with pink hair the other with blue. They sat on the ground talking silently about something that seemed so important even the animals stayed quiet to hear.

"You know of them now?" Genkai asked.

Botan nodded as she looked at her hands. "My powers, they are strong. I do not remember how I used them, but I know that I did use them." She put a hand flat on the ground and picked up some dirt.

"Then I shall have to teach you. Like my apprentice you too need to learn to control these powers."

Botan slowly let the dirt fall to the ground. Genkai and her both watched as the once brown dirt fell as a bright green clump. Botan's body shook a bit. She bit her lip as the ground around the green dirt soon turned green till it reached some grass. "What all can I do?" she whispered.

"That is what I am here to find out." Genkai said. Botan nodded as she looked up at her. "These powers came when, Hiei started courting you?" Genkai asked, going on a hunch.

Oh, Oh

Botan blushed and nodded. With a small smile Genkai took her new apprentice's hands in her own. Botan's hands instantly turned blue without Botan's control and a spark erupted from her palm into the air about an inch from their hands.

Botan jumped back a bit but Genkai's grip didn't loosen, it tightened. Genkai looked up at her. "It seems you need a lot of work." She said. Botan mumbled something before she relaxed. Genkai's grip loosened and she started to instruct. "Close your eyes." She said.

Botan looked at her a moment before finally closing her eyes. "Now," Genkai started. "Do you feel it? Do you feel this strange thing within you?"

Botan nodded her eyes still closed. It felt strange. She saw something bright and something strong. It wanted out, to destroy, to kill, to leave her and concur everything. She tightened her hands around Genkai's.

"Now, tell me about it."

"It-it is bright...and...and it fells strong, like something gripping me...it-it wants out to-to do something..." She couldn't explain it. Genkai sighed.

"We do have a lot of work. Keep your eyes closed." Genkai let go of her hands and watched as they fell to her knees palms face up to the skies. Genkai rose up not dusting herself off. She walked away into the woods and to the house leaving Botan to fight with herself, inside.

Hiei was standing at the edge of the woods looking in when Genkai got there. Yukina was playing with Nilgato and Amy and some kind of rope they were jumping over. Hiei had his eyes narrowed as Genkai approached.

"What did you do to her." He said in a tight voice, his hands seemed to shake and he looked angry. Genkai now knew she was making a good choice.

"She is in the woods, fighting with herself...her," she searched for a word, "emotions are trying to get out. Considering you are her future mate I advise you to help her." Without hesitation he ran off to find her, and help her.

We're in heaven

To Be Continued

Well, I think this is good for now. I hope you all liked it and thanks for all the reviews. You know this song by now, after reading my fic, FITD, so I need not to explain.

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