Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don’t Let Me Fall ❯ Crazy Demons ( Chapter 7 )

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He waited for Koenma to speak, and sure enough, Koenma said, "Your next test is to rescue Botan."

Love Me, Hate Me, Just Don't Let Me Fall

Chapter 7: Crazy Demons

Botan woke up to the sound of voices. She tried to remember what had happened, but the most recent memory she could find was being in Koenma's office. Sitting up, she found herself in a bed inside a small room. Outside the closed door, there were the voices.

"Is she awake yet?"

"You shouldn't have hit her on the head."

"The poor girl... You could've just asked her politely like a civilized person."

"She wouldn't shut up! Besides, she kept trying to bite me. Look at this, teeth marks!"

"You're going to have to moisturize that skin or else it will be permanently damaged."

"GAH! Really?!"

"Haha! That's what you get for volunteering!"

"He didn't volunteer; you forced him to come with you."

"Oh yeah... It's still funny, though."

"No it's not! MY SKIN IS TOTALLY RUINED!"

"Here, take this lotion! You better use it before you have a permanent scar! It's the Beautiful Suzuka's Special Homemade Lotion With a New and Improved Secret Formula!"

"You two are idiots. Vain, conceited idiots."

"You're just jealous because you're not beautiful!"

"If I looked as freaky as you two bakas, I'd kill myself."

"You're too kind!"

"That wasn't a compliment."

"Yes it was."

"No it wasn't."

"ACK! HELP! The teeth marks are turning red!"

"Look, the ferry girl's awake."

Botan saw Touya, Jin [1], Shishiwakamaru, and Suzuka walk into the room and stand at the foot of the bed. They stared at her, as if waiting for her to say something.

"Uh... where am I? What happened?" she asked, looking at the strange demons. She was relieved to see some familiar faces in her new environment.

"You're in Ningenkai," Suzuka answered. "In a ningen hotel."

"We kidnapped you!" Jin added, as if it were to most normal thing in the world.

"Only because Koenma asked us to. We're not psychopaths or anything!" Suzuka quickly said, not wanting her to get the wrong idea.

"I am not a psychopath, but the rest of you are," Touya stated. He was in a bad mood, having been stuck with crazy demons for so long.

"I am not crazy! I am beautiful! Beautiful, I say!"

"Suzuka! Why in Reikai is my skin turning blue?! Did you tamper with this stupid lotion stuff of yours?!!!" Shishiwakamaru asked. He was busy applying the lotion to the teeth marks on his arms and hands.

"Oh dear kami! Let me see that!" Suzuka exclaimed as he rushed over to teach Shishi the art of taking care of teeth marks.

Botan decided to ignore them and asked, "Why am I in Ningenkai? And, more importantly, why are all of you in Ningenkai with me?!"

Touya didn't answer her because he was too busy telling Suzuka and Shishi that they should be worried about fighting techniques, not beauty techniques. Jin, however, was happy to answer her questions.

"Well, you're in Ningenkai because that's where we decided to keep you! We're not allowed here usually but Koenma let us this time since we're helping him by kidnapping you!"

"Kidnapping me?"

"Yeah! He told us to kidnap you from Reikai so Hiei could come rescue you! Dunno why Hiei has to come though. Shouldn't it be Urameshi? Too bad it isn't. I'd get to fight him again! Fighting him was fun!"

"Oh..." Botan understood now. This was the third test. All she would have to do is wait for that fire demon to come get her. That was simple enough. She shouldn't have to wait too long since Hiei could use his Jagan to find her. "So, what exactly happened?"

Jin patiently explained everything. Koenma had contacted Jin, Touya, Shishi, Suzuka, Rinku, and Chuu and asked them to 'kidnap' Botan so Hiei could come and rescue her as part of a new training program (at least, that was Koenma told them). In return, they would be allowed to have fun in Ningenkai for a whole week before they had to go back to the demon world. Jin and Shishiwakamaru were the ones who went to take Botan from Reikai. On the trip back, they had a few difficulties and, to make a long story short, Shishiwakamaru got mad and hit Botan on the head and forced her into unconsciousness, which would explain why she couldn't remember anything and had a painful headache.

"Thanks, Jin," Botan told. That certainly cleared a few things up.

"You're welcome!" Jin said. Then he turned to where Touya, Shishi, and Suzuka were currently in an argument. "Oi, Touya! Where are Rinku and Chuu? I haven't seen them around lately!"

"While you and Shishi were gone, Chuu dragged Rinku off to some ningen bar. I haven't seen them since," Touya explained. "I have a feeling Chuu introduced Rinku to ningen alcohol... Poor kid..."

Jin, Botan, and Touya sweat-dropped, thinking that it was so typical of Chuu. Then, Botan turned her attention to Suzuka and Shishiwakamaru, who were now fussing over the teeth marks on Shishi's arms.

"You idiot! You're supposed to clean your skin off first, and then put on the lotion! You're going to damage your skin, and eventually cause wrinkles!"

"Well, how was I supposed to know that? Your homemade junk doesn't exactly come with directions, you stupid clown!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"

"A CLOWN! What, are you a deaf clown now?!"

"I do not look like a clown! I LOOK BEAUTIFUL! Say anything else and you are so dead. AND YOUR SHIRT IS UGLY! THE BLUE CLASHES WITH YOUR HAIR!"

"NANI?!"

Botan was mildly amused and slightly freaked out at their strange behavior. She muttered, "Are they always like this?"

Touya and Jin both nodded. Botan suddenly pitied the poor demons that had to put up with their extreme vanity. " Sheesh, do I feel sorry for you..."

Suddenly, Jin got a great idea. He smiled broadly and started flying around the room.

"Hey Touya! Wanna go somewhere while we're still in Ningenkai? Do you? Do you? Do you?" he called from midair.

"No, I don't want to go somewhere! I don't want to go anywhere in public with you! You're going to go crazy again!" he answered, annoyed at the hyper demon. This was certainly not a good day for the poor ice master. He hadn't even wanted to come along to Ningenkai in the first place, but the others had pressured him into it. Now he was stuck basically babysitting Jin and making sure he didn't accidentally destroy something.

"Aw, Touya, you don't mean that! Where do you wanna go?"

"Nowhere!"

"You gotta want to go somewhere! Don't be such a homebody!"

"I'm not going anywhere!"

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes."

"No!"

Jin flew over to Touya and picked him up off the ground by the arms. Then he started flying around, dragging Touya along for the ride.

"LET ME GO, YOU CRAZY WIND MASTER!!!!!!"

"Not until you promise to go somewhere and have some fun! You need to have a little excitement in your life. All you do is read books and talk about boring junk."

"NOOOO!!! I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, SO PUT ME DOWN ALREADY! Ack, WATCH OUT FOR THE WALL!"

Jin swerved just in time to avoid the wall. Touya cursed in several languages and glared at the wind master. As she witnessed this odd scene, Botan could guess that Touya wasn't in the best of moods.

"Say you'll go!"

"NO! Let go of me!"

"Not until you promise."

"Argh... Fine I'll go, you idiotic-"

"Haha! I knew you wanted to!"

Botan watched with a small smile on her face. All of this insanity was a nice change from being around a quiet, withdrawn fire demon for so long. She glanced over at Shishi and Suzuka, who were now in a heated argument over beauty products. This was going to be an interesting experience.

The wind master landed expertly on the ground and let Touya go, who started grumbling about crazy wind masters who needed to grow up. Jin grinned widely at Botan and asked, "So how about it Botan? Wanna go to a mall?"

Touya glared at him and said, "I said I would go somewhere, not a ningen mall!"

"Too bad! You're coming whether you like it or not! You want to Botan? Or am I going to have to fly you around too?"

Botan hastily said, "Uh, no thanks. I'll go!"

"Knew you'd want to!" Jin's pointy ears started wiggling, just like they always did when he got excited, and he took off flying again. "WWWOOOOOO! WE'RE GOING TO A MALL! YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Botan said to Touya, "He's, uh, very energetic... and hyper..."

Touya nodded glumly in agreement, feeling sorry for himself and for Botan. "This is why he's never allowed in Ningenkai. The last time we were here, he went on a rampage through Toys R Us because they wouldn't let him ride one of the toy cars on display."

Suzuka and Shishiwakamaru had heard Jin's announcement. "A mall you say?"

"Oh, I've always wanted to go to a ningen mall!"

Touya eventually got Jin to stop flying around, and the five of them set out to go the mall. Botan figured Hiei would be able to find her there, and since she had to wait for him, she might as well be having fun!

[1] I know Jin is supposed to have an accent, but technically all of these people are supposed to be speaking in Japanese and Jin doesn't have an accent when speaking Japanese. Plus, I have no idea how to write an accent.