Hehehehe... finally dug out some time to post to the FFML. Anyway, C&Cs are
savaged all over the world of fanfiction writing. Besides, which
fanfictionist doesn't like C&Cs? I have got 'Memories' all churned out and
here's Part 4. Any YYH fans out there? So far, I'd seen very little YYH fics
in the ML postings. Mostly Ranma, I guess. Please give C&C on this fic 'cuz
it's my major fic so far. Those minute crossovers and Dragonball fics are
just to kill writer's block. BTW, here's my e-mail addy: wsiewlee@tm.net.my
. Please, I desperately need C&Cs. I need more pre-readers too for this fic.
(Dunno what happened to my main YYH pre-reader, haven't heard from her a
long time...)

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                       ~~~A Yu Yu Hakusho fic by W. Siew Lee~~~

                      ~~~The Past, The Present And The Future~~~

                           The Past --- Memories ( Part 4)

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Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and other related
parties. I'm 
not making any money out of this so don't sue me. Besides, I'm just writing
this fic 
for mere fun...

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Yusuke, Botan and Hiei were running and chasing after time. Poor Koenma... 
he would have to wait for a long time before they arrive. 

"Urameshi! Why can't you run faster?" asked Hiei who was obviously going at 
a slow pace of 30kmph.

"Hiei, not everybody is fast as you are and anyway, I'm pretty out of shape
myself." answered Yusuke breathlessly as he ran along the sidewalk, avoiding
pedestrians agilely. 

Just as they were busy talking, they went round a corner and bumped into 
someone or more precisely, two persons. Poor Yusuke was knocked down
first and he lay at the bottom of the pile of bodies. Before he went down,
he caught a glimpse of the two reckless people. It was Kurama and Kuwabara.

"Hey! Get off me! yelled Yusuke, already squashed below.

A scramble for space soon followed and on top of that, shouting voices were 
all over the whole place. One by one the entangled limbs straightened 
themselves out and the cursing began. 

"Hey! Are you guys blind?" yelled Yusuke, massaging his sore waist.

"We didn't see you!" answered Kurama.

"Heh! Must be that baka who has stones for eyes." interrupted Hiei coldly, 
smirking at Kuwabara.

Kurabara's face went slightly red and puffy, but he calmed. The bickering 
continued, with Kurama and Yusuke arguing about who's wrong and who's not. 
Kuwabara couldn't stand the bickering anymore so he shouted: "Shut up now or
I'll tear out your mouths!"

Everyone turned to look at Kuwabara and instantly kept quiet. They knew how 
notorious Kuwabara's temper was. They walked quickly over to Keiko's ramen 
shop. It was a unusually calm day with no traffic jams or loud commotions. 
Even the sky was blue as cornflowers. Little did they know what they are 
going to discover. A discovery of a lifetime.

When they reached Keiko's ramen shop, they looked around for Koenma. They
half expected Koenma to be sitting at some corner, sucking his stupid 
pacifier. Maybe eating a bowl of ramen or drinking some type of fruit juice,
after all it was summertime now. 

Koenma is gone! The Urameshi team searched around frantically because Koenma 
was never late or absent on meetings. In fact, it was always Koenma waiting 
for them.

"Oh no... don't tell me Enma-Daiou had grounded him again..." wailed Botan 
loudly, lapsing into another of her complaining modes.

Suddenly, Yusuke spotted Koenma standing near the counter. 

"Guys! He's there!" yelled Yusuke to the rest.

The gang hurried towards him. When they reached there, Koenma was standing 
motionless and they saw a trickle of blood running down from Koenma's nose. 
What the hell can make Koenma react like that? 

"Oh no! Don't tell me that Koenma was poisoned!" Botan at once checked 
Koenma for any ailments with her healing powers. She grabbed his wrist and 
felt around for a pulse. She found nothing wrong, except Koenma's heart was 
beating exceptionally fast.

All of them gaze to the direction where Koenma was staring at. Just at the 
entrance of the shop, they saw a beautiful girl. She was in fact, breath 
taking. Her long eyebrows were perfectly shaped and her complexion was 
spotless. Her oriental look made her very pretty, at least in a way. Her 
shapely figure was framed with the ordinary school uniform, but her curves 
still visible.

The whole group looked at Koenma dazed and then burst into laughter. 

"Ha! Koenma, now I could blackmail you into giving me a holiday now!" 
laughed an oxygen-deprived Yusuke. Even Hiei's mouth seemed to curve 
upwards.

Koenma was still looking at that that girl without a sound and he reached 
into his robe and pulled out a bloodstone pendant, hanging on a gold chain.
A single tear rolled down from his mysterious black eyes and landed on the
ground below.

The whole group stopped laughing as they saw how heart wrenching Koenma's
expression was. Yusuke took one step forward and put an arm around Koenma's
shoulders. Yusuke was quiet for a moment. Then, he gently asked Koenma what
is the problem. Just at that moment, the girl bided goodbye to her friends
and walked out of the shop. Koenma pushed his friends apart and raced after
her.

"Misuko! Misuko! Wait for me!!!!" yelled Koenma with a group of his friends
trailing behind. That girl turned around to answer but stopped when she saw
Koenma.

She was shocked, but she opened her mouth and asked: "Who are you and why
do you know my name?"

"Misuko, don't you remember me? I'm Koenma and this is the pendant I had 
once given you," As Koenma said that, he showed the pendant for Misuko 
to see. Misuko looked at him in disbelief. Koenma stepped forward to hug 
her.

When Koenma hugged her, he could still feel her familiar curves and skin 
under her clothing. Misuko was shocked to her very core as she really didn't
know who the heck this guy was. Misuko opened her mouth and screamed:

"Get your dirty hands off me, you hentai!" Koenma was shocked and he let go 
of Misuko. Koenma could feel several pairs of eyes boring into him behind 
him. He could almost feel the whispers of some people.  Misuko struggled out
and gave Koenma a stinging slap. Misuko stormed off angrily, disgusted at 
Koenma.

Koenma was still dazed but he was still reluctant to let Misuko out of his 
sight. He fingered the sore spot the she had slapped him and silently, he 
followed her from about 100m's distance. Misuko turned her head around and 
saw Koenma trailing her. Just then, a bus stopped by and Misuko got into it 
quickly. Koenma stood at the pavement, staring at the bus.

Yusuke and friends watched silently behind Koenma. Yusuke whispered from 
Botan asking if she knew anything about Koenma's strange behavior.

"If I knew anything, surely I wouldn't be standing here." whispered back 
Botan. Botan walked towards Koenma and she put a comforting arm around 
Koenma. 

"Let's go over to Genkai's temple and see how she could help you," said 
Botan. Koenma nodded weakly and collapsed.

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When Misuko got off the bus, her heart was beating wildly and thoughts 
inside her head was swirling all around. *Why did that guy seems so vaguely
familiar to me? That pendant... that bloodstone pendant, it felt like I
had once worn it around my neck. The cool sensation... The way how that guy 
had hugged me is also very strange, like a sense of deja-vu washed over me.*

"I must be going crazy over this. Most probably because of the school test, 
I had too much mental pressure on me lately." Misuko shook her head and a 
few times and began walking home. Misuko kept closing her eyes for some 
peace of mind from the uncontrollable thoughts inside her head.

Misuko had managed to walk back to her house after a series of dizziness. 

"Mi-chan, are you all right? You looked pretty pale to me..." asked Misuko's
mother, obviously worried about her condition.

"Yeah, I'm okay, okasan. It's a hectic day and I think I need some sleep."
As Misuko said that, she walked up the stairs and into her bedroom. She 
tossed her schoolbag on her sofa set and stepped in for a shower. Warm water
flowed down her Misuko put her face up for the water to gush on her face. 
Flashes of yellow, blue and red light began to visualize in her confused 
mind. She finished off her shower and got dressed up in her favorite T-shirt
and shorts. She flopped down on her bed and began drifting off to sleep. 
Began dreaming about red roses.

It was midnight. Misuko still couldn't sleep after that dream. The dream 
where Koenma had presented her a stalk of red rose. She lay tossing and 
turning in her bed, she was still thinking about that strange guy. Even his 
clothes seemed bizarre to her, like some type of Chinese-kung fu outfit; but
it was his the expression and the way how he looked at her... like the way 
how one could look at his lover. That look wasn't simply given to anybody. 
Misuko couldn't think about anything but him. By just at that expression, 
Misuko was sure that he wasn't any hentai who wanted to take advantage of 
girls.

Maybe it was just a honest mistake. *That guy could have mistakened me for 
someone else.* A thousands possibilities raced through her mind and she 
promised to herself that the next time she sees him, she will ask him the 
actual story. Soon, Misuko herself fell asleep at the image of Koenma in her 
mind.

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[Back at Genkai's temple...]

Yusuke, Kuwabara, Genkai, Yukina, Botan and Kurama were seated around a 
circle discussing what had happened today. Koenma was still laying on a 
futon nearby, in a state of near coma. Hiei was now where to be seen.

"I'm really worried about Koenma. I had always seen him in his funny or 
comical ways, but I had never saw him in this way before. It seems that he
is totally out of control this time." said Kurama in his usual graceful 
demeanor. 

"Hahahahaha.... Maybe Koenma was some type of crazed maniac that we didn't 
know?" laughed Kuwabara, just exactly at the wrong time.

*Bang!* everybody looked at Kuwabara with Botan's fist embedded in his head.

"Koenma-sama isn't that type of person." yelled Botan. "I'm also a girl but
why he doesn't even touch me before?"

"Just because you're too ugly to look at." answered Kuwabara cheekily.

*Crash!* Botan had grabbed her oar and slammed it down Kuwabara's 
again, this time with all her force. Two swollen bumps on Kuwabara's head 
began to visualize. 

"Stop acting immature, both of you. Botan, you know that Kuwabara was just
joking." interrupted Genkai. Botan heard that and threw Kuwabara a dirty 
look.

"It seems that the girl... what's her name again?... Oh yeah! Misuko; had 
some past relations with out Koenma. I never knew that Koenma had once a 
girlfriend." said Yusuke suddenly, saying out what everybody was thinking.
at the moment.

"Well, it seems that none of us knew that what had the girl done to Koenma
or more probably what had Koenma done to her under very strong influences.
It never occurs to me that Koenma had actually some girl he likes."  
interrupted Kuwabara sensibly this time.

Genkai raised a hand to stop the chat. Everybody stopped talking at once to
look at her. Genkai then said, "I felt a very strong presence of a strange
power somewhere in Tokyo now. It felt like... I don't know, it felt very 
strange. It's a powerful force throbbing away in the midst of the busy city. 
I think it has something in connection with the mission that Koenma had 
given you."

"Genkai, now Koenma-sama is still unconscious and we can't go with our 
mission without him. We haven't got all the details yet. I think we would 
have to wait until Koenma-sama wakes up. " suggested Botan.

"Wait! I think I know why Koenma-sama always looked as if I had stabbed him 
everytime I tease him for having so many girls falling for him in Ningenkai.
During his breaktime, he will occasionally look around for anybody and take 
out a bloodstone pendant and began staring at it." said Botan suddenly.

"Hah! How would you know if Koenma looked around for anyone and didn't see
you? He must be blind then," retorted Yusuke.

"Of course I was hiding in a corner..." Botan's face flushed a deep shade of
red as she said that. 

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The scene was foggy. Or maybe it looked more like a dream? Koenma found 
himself face to face with Misuko. Misuko, he had been dreaming and longing 
for her ever since that fateful day, but the dreams began to fade more and 
more. Getting blurrier and blurier each time he had last seen her. 

This time was very clear, no obstacles or hazy scene obscuring his view. 
Koenma felt himself kissing Misuko. A sudden headache took over him and 
before his eyes, Misuko was slowly fading away. Just before she left, she 
smiled.

Koenma could feel himself waking up and he let out a groan. His entire body
ached from fatigue. Koenma looked up and saw the whole group of friends 
surrounding him. 

"Koenma, can you tell us what had actually happened? Tell us and we could
help you to solve your problem." asked Yusuke gently.

Koenma could feel himself nodding in response. 

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As Koenma finished his story, he burst into tears and buried his face into 
his hands. Botan also wept and apologized to Koenma for ever teasing him
about girls. Koenma looked so broken that nothing could seem to mend him.

"We'll help you to find Misuko back." assured Kuwabara.

"One question, Koenma-sama." said Genkai, looking straight into Koenma's 
eyes.

"Yeah?" said Koenma, at last regaining his composure.

"You are in charge of the spirits in Reikai, so I think you might have 
overlooked this important rule." said Genkai.

"What important rule?" asked Yusuke, interrupting from the side.

"The rule is that once the person is reincarnated, memories of the past life
must be cleanse away. I sure there's someone special to do that." said 
Genkai, explaining the part where she thought that Koenma might had missed.

"Oh... I forgot... Genkai, you are right. I overlooked it." said Koenma 
sheepishly. Everybody else in the room face-faulted. 

*Clink! Clink!* The metallic sound of Yukina's tears dropping to the floor 
caught everybody's attention. 

"Why, Yukina? Why are you crying?" asked Kuwabara, holding Yukina's small 
hand.

"Koenma-sama also suffered the same fate as I had. Until now, I still can't
find my brother. Where is my brother?" Yukina said sadly. Yukina also looked 
the same as Koenma. That heart broken expression...

*Clink! Clink!* More tears that had formed into pearls dropped on the floor.
Kuwabara consoled her and promised her that he will help her find her 
brother.

The rest just looked at them, speechless.
 
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The meeting was long over. Yusuke and his friends had went for their rest. 
Even Genkai went to her room to meditate.

Botan was feeling very uneasy. She hadn't mistakened that look on Yukina and
Koenma-sama's face when they thought of their loved one. Botan herself never
had any relatives so Koenma-sama and her friends were the closes she ever 
had to a relative. Tonight, she learnt that losing someone you loved was 
painful, perhaps even more painful than Death itself. She heaved a sigh and 
pulled open the sliding door. She slipped into her slippers and went out to 
have a stroll in Genkai's garden.

Genkai's garden in the temple was very beautiful. Most probably almost the 
same as Reikai's imperial garden. Genkai really had green fingers, for 
managing such a beautiful garden with so many varieties of flowers. Botan 
walked around and stopped beneath a tree. Under the tree, there was a garden
bench. Botan stooped and dusted it. Then she sat on it and breathed in the
cool relaxing midnight air. The fragrant flowers were blooming full tonight
but Botan's heart simply wasn't there to enjoy it. 

Botan was thinking about what had happened today. The more she thought about
Koenma-sama and Yukina, the more she was worried about. Yukina was there 
crying tears everyday, meanwhile Koenma-sama was on the verge of going 
insane. Both of them had lost their loved ones. Consequences, consequences, 
they are very dangerous.

"How could Hiei be so cold-hearted to let his own sister suffer in silence.
Yukina's only consolation was Kuwabara, her now formal boyfriend." A wry 
smile touched her face as she thought of that. "Thank god that Kuwabara 
didn't know about this or he will practically rip Hiei into pieces." Botan 
stopped that thought immediately as the gory scene filled her head.

"Maybe he had reasons behind?" Botan thought of that but she quickly pushed
it off. Reasons wasn't the excuse to see someone suffer in silence.

"Since I couldn't do anything for Koenma-sama's case but I could do some for 
Yukina's problem." As Botan thought of that, she stood up and dusted her 
kimono. She raised her hand and an oar materialized out of the thin air. She 
threw it into the air and watched it float. She didn't want to use that 
whistle again because it will cause unnecessary attention. She stood there
in the night, wondering what to do next.

"Well, I would have to search the treetops one by one." Treetops... On an 
impulse, Botan looked up the tree that she was standing below and she found 
what she wanted --- Hiei.

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It had been a strange day, today. After being shocked from sleep by the 
damned whistle, he was dragged by Urameshi and Botan to see that baby, 
Koenma. What else? Koenma had fainted over some girl. What a joke!

Hiei was totally confused by the whole situation. Koenma had asked them to 
see him, but instead he had went down himself. It's a waste of time. When
that stupid blue head suggested they should go over Genkai's temple, he was
frustrated. He just leaped and went to Genkai's temple by himself. It is 
better than following them, the snails. At least he could reach Genkai's 
temple within 1 minute while they took two hours.

"That Botan! She is always annoying me with her baka ideas. She nearly burst
my eardrums using that whistle. And that was the second time." thought Hiei 
angrily. Of all sudden, he felt a fluster in his heart and his face felt 
hot, even he was a fire youkai.

"She was actually quite beautiful, isn't she?" A little voice spoke at the
back of his head. "Stop it!" Hiei commanded himself.

"You like her, don't you..." That voice told him again. The voice nagged at
him again and again. Poor Hiei simply couldn't get the head or tail of it. 
Then, the sound of footsteps drifted over. It caught his attention and Hiei 
lifted his head to see who it was. A figure dressed in a kimono and sandals 
walked up. It was Botan. Hiei debated whether to leave or stay. The 
footsteps were drawing nearer. Hiei couldn't escape now, so he just crouched 
there, on the top of the tree. 

She stopped coincidentally, below his tree. She was there, talking to 
herself. Hiei didn't like eavesdropping on other people, but it was simply 
too tempting, so Hiei listened intently. He was simply surprised that he 
heard his own name there. 

At last, Botan got up and dusted herself. She looked around and then glanced
straight up the tree. Hiei knew that he had been seen, so in a whirl of 
black wind, he stood before Botan.

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"Hiei..." she began. Hiei just looked at her and sat down cross legged on 
the stone bench. He looked just right at home with his usual serious 
expression. Botan also followed suite and she walked over to sit on the 
stone bench.

"Hiei... I think you would have to be ready to sit here for a few minutes 
because I have something to tell you." ventured Botan. Hiei sighed and 
nodded in agreement.

"Well, I think you had seen Koenma-sama's reaction today. Do you know that 
Yukina-chan also feels the same way?" said Botan cautiously, but Hiei just
kept quite, with no obvious reaction.

"Please, Hiei. I'm sure you won't want to see your sister in torture, right? 
Although I know that you may have your problems, but you still would have to
give Yukina-chan some type of explanation." said Botan, this time more
boldly.

"Look, woman. My personal affairs don't need you poking around. I know what 
to do and not to do." shot back Hiei.

"But...Hiei, think again. Yukina is really in a very pathetic state, 
especially this evening. Every second of her life, she was yearning for her
lost brother. " tried Botan again.

Hiei looked away, turning a deaf ear towards Botan's pleas.

Hiei, if you don't admit your real identity towards her at once, you are a 
gutless person!" yelled Botan, her eyes sparkled with fury.

Hiei looked quite angry and black flame began to erupt from his fist.

"Do what you want to me. I don't care more or less, I just feel sorry for
Yukina to have a jerk for a brother..." As she said that, she closed her 
eyes, waiting for the searing pain of Hiei's demonic fire.

Botan braced herself internally. *That baka... I won't give in so easily.* 
Seconds ticked by, it never came. Five minutes passed, Botan cautiously 
opened one eye and then another. She looked down at herself and found that 
she was still intact. She looked up at Hiei. There were no more flames or 
any energy radiating from Hiei anyway; besides, he looked calm.

"Hiei..." she said more gently this time. "Do you want me to talk to Yukina
about this?"

"No! I'll talk to her personally." answered Hiei. Then, his voice lowered to 
a softer tone. "Thank you, for making me realize things that I had not been
able to face it myself in the past." He finished that sentence; a gust of 
winds blew on her face and he was gone. Botan lifted her head to look at the 
star-lit sky and kept her fingers crossed.

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Hiei stood there as Botan tried to talk sense into him. He was still 
confused about his feelings on Yukina and ...Botan. Yukina was his sister, 
the only relative in this world he has. It hurt him to see Yukina in pain. 
He knew that Yukina was crying her tears of grief everyday, but he couldn't 
do anything about it. Who would want a robber, a thief and a criminal under
probation of Reikai for a brother. When Botan said about Yukina and him 
having a heart of steel; he had to face the reality set before him.

Botan was always so irritating. She should have died for saying such things 
to the famed "Forbidden Child". Just as he was going to teach her a lesson, 
his conscience overwhelmed him. Although Botan was being a busybody, but
after all, she was just trying to do something good.

At last, Hiei let go of his fury and replaced it with calmness, besides 
Yukina needed explanation. After saying that unHiei-ish speech, he suddenly
felt embarrassed and he flew off. He needed someplace to think of a way to 
tell Yukina.

Hiei flew to a deserted place in the magnificent garden and sat down. It is 
time recollect pieces of his life. He had been born into a community of
koorime. When he was born, he was thrown into a river and let to survive 
on his own. He had to fend for himself. Hiei reached up a feel his Jagan
underneath his head-cloth. His Jagan was specially implanted to search for 
his sister. 

Now, he knew where is his sister. After some consideration, he decided to 
tell Yukina the truth; after all, Yukina might be happy to know he was her
brother. But one question mark still bugged him. Why did Botan want to risk 
her life just to advise him on that? Botan really had good intentions or
maybe... she liked him.

"Nah! Not everybody had twisted thinking as you do." Hiei chided himself,
but he was still curious to know whether Botan really sees him as a jerk.
In the distance, he saw a room still lit with an oil-lamp and he assumed 
that is Botan's room.

In a second, Hiei reached that room. Sure enough, he heard Botan singing to
herself. Hiei put an ear close to the wall to listen to Botan.

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Botan heaved a sigh of relief. That encounter was close enough. With an 
exertion of Hiei's youki, he might as well charred her to the moon. She
considered herself lucky enough to survive. She was very tired today. After
been woken up to by George to send Yusuke a message early this morning, then
after that, Koenma's incident and now, Hiei. She felt as if she had just 
ferried 100 spirits in a day.

Botan folded her arms and began to walk back to her room, in Genkai's 
temple. In fact, the surroundings were very serene and beautiful. When she 
walked in the interior of her room, she took off her sandals and began 
undressing. As a habit, she would sing her favorite BSB tune. She sat on 
her futon and began talking to herself.

"Do I really love Hiei?" she asked herself. "He's cute, he's rude, he's 
exiting, he's..." she chanted a string of praises for Hiei. "Although he is
quite stubborn, but with the power of love, I'm sure that he will be moved 
one day." As she said that, she walked over to the lamp and extinguished the
flame. The whole room plunged into darkness. Botan smiled to herself in the
darkness. Hiei definitely was the model guy she was looking for.

Just as Botan was tucking herself in bed, a gush of cold night wind rushed 
into the room. Botan looked at the open window and saw a figure standing on
the window still. Hiei jumped and the next second, he was standing beside
Botan. He threw off his cloak and crouched next to Botan.

"Botan, is what you had just said is true?" As Botan heard that, her face 
flushed a deep shade of red. Botan didn't expect someone to be eavesdropping
outside when she said that.

At last, she gathered all her courage and spoke to him. "Hiei. Please be
honest with me. Did you ever liked me before?"

Hiei thought for a moment; then, he replied: "Well, sometimes you're 
irritating but I... I had found you attractive." On an impulse, Hiei put an 
arm around Botan and felt her soft delicate skin as he fingered it.

Botan shuddered at that touch. She had never been touched by a male, more
if by her bare skin. Hiei's voice lowered into an even softer tone that it
almost sounded like a whisper. "From now onwards, I'll like you forever..." 

Hiei climbed into the place on the futon next to her. Botan could feel his
warm body and he hugged her. Hiei bent down and gave Botan a kiss on her 
lips and she could feel herself eventually returning it. 

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A male voice in the utter darkness suddenly sounded. "Botan, can you keep 
our relationship a secret?"

"Why?" a female voice answered.

"Because I don't want that bastard Kuwabara and the rest laughing their 
heads off. "

"Well, I don't think that they will be that mean..." 

"Botan, promise me. You know that jerk Kuwabara always find fault with me."

"Alright, as you wish." A long silence followed.

The male voice broke the silence again. "Botan, have you even wondered why I
didn't want to tell Yukina the truth?"

"Actually, I still couldn't get the head or tail of it, Hiei." 

"I'm the Forbidden Child and nearly everybody in Makai want my life. If they 
knew Yukina is my sister, they will kidnap her in exchange for me. This is
why I want our things to be kept secret too. But now, I am now finally 
reaching S-class and I think I'll tell Yukina the truth."

The male voice asked again, "Did you regret being together with me tonight?"

"No, I won't regret it and Hiei, I'm proud of you for able to tell Yukina 
the truth."

Silence set in again.

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First version: December 1997
Second version: March 1998

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Author's notes:

1. I'm very sorry for making Koenma sound like a whimp here, but I thought
it was an 
interesting idea to write something about Koenma, since he rarely got *any*
place in 
fanfics. Many people also complained that Koenma is a bit OOC, but I like it
that way. Besides, the manga didn't really explain what is Koenma's typical
behaviour, so maybe I could play a fool here. I think that is the reason too
why my hits counter began soaring up to 30 visitors per day eversince I
posted up a message in some other place that I'm writing a Koenma based fic. 

2. Many a debates and flames had turned up in my mailbox after I released
part 3. Many of them kept asking why I put the story as a reincarnation fic.
Remember, this is my fic and I can do whatever I like. Just a joke... ^_^

3. Why a Botan X Hiei? Many people would ask. Most of them responded as
Koenma X Botan, but if I did it this way, the fic won't be interesting
anymore. A lot of debates sprang out about why Koenma used to work nearly
full time everyday and will always complain. My theory is that he has some
past. I'll (had) explain(ed) it in my fic. 

4. Again, I would like to repeat. I won't be writing *any* yaoi between
Kurama and Hiei, although many asked me to write one... Don't you guys get
bored of it after a while? Com'on, YYH fanfictionists! You all can do it!
Explore some other aspects of YYH! Anybody with a YYH drinking game? I would
like to measure this fic... ^_^ 

Of all, C&Cs are welcomed and appreciated. 

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Siew Lee
E-mail: wsiewlee@tm.net.my
URL (YYH fanfic): http://members.xoom.com/hiei/yyh.htm

"Life's like a box of chocolates."
Forest Gump.