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

       		   ~~~The Past - Memories~~~

      		CHAPTER 4 - LOVE LOST, LOVE FOUND

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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 would arrive. 

"Yusuke! 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 
heard 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 down. The 
bickering continued, with Kurama and Yusuke arguing about who was wrong and 
who was not. 

Very soon, quite a crowd of people had gathered around that group; while 
Kuwabara just stood there watching. Hiei, who wasn't used to stand in front 
of so many people, had practically flitted up a roof and crouched there 
silently. 

Suddenly, Yusuke's voice came out right and yelling. "Alright! We will 
settle this later and let's get moving over to Keiko's ramen shop!" 

About few dozen pairs of eyes blinked and focused on Yusuke. Slowly, the 
crowd began to disperse and the small group continued running. The Kurama 
and Kuwabara knew how notorious Yusuke's temper could be if he was really 
upset. 

It was an unusually calm day with no traffic jams or loud commotions. Even 
the sky was blue as cornflowers. Little did they know what they were 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 wasn't there! 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 could 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. On the other hand, Koenma was frozen to the 
ground. Nobody else was there, except the girl standing right in front of 
him. He was totally immersed and wrapped up in his own thoughts. 

All of them gazed 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 stared 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.

Botan tried to contain her laughter. She kept her face straight, but her 
complexion was slowly turning into a slight shade of purple. Botan squeezed 
her eyes shut, trying very hard to shove the thought that her boss was 
in love with someone. 

Koenma was still looking at 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 brown 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 before he gently asked Koenma what
the problem was. Just at that moment, the girl bade goodbye to her friends
and walked out of the shop. Koenma pushed his friend 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, an obvious confused expression lit up on her face. She 
began to say something, but bit it back. At last, 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. Koenma was acting too rash, but he couldn't control himself. He had 
missed her for such a long time... 

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 
He could almost feel the whispers of some people.  Misuko struggled out
and raised her hand. One swing and she 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. *Why? Why did she slapped me that 
sudden?* Koenma's mind was in a mess now. He couldn't think rationally right 
now... That shock was simply too much. Koenma always complimented himself on 
keeping his cool during difficult situations, but it had pushed him over the 
edge this time...

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 to 
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 had lost some of her usual cheerfulness, it was simply too 
melancholy to laugh at this moment. Koenma was... heartbroken. 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. Just before darkness closed over 
him, Koenma could see the faces of his friends staring at him. Koenma slowly 
let go of his consciousness... 

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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 have 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 raging 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 was 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. A strange 
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 would 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 an honest mistake. *That guy could have mistaken me for 
someone else.* A thousand 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 have 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 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 occurred 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-shihan, now Koenma-sama is still unconscious and we can't go on 
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. Suddenly, 
Botan's eyes grew wide. That thought had triggered something buried in her 
mind. 

"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. 

The chat continued without a hitch. At least with occasional arguing. 

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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 blurrer and blurrer 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 gone for their rest. 
Even Genkai went to her room to meditate.

Botan was feeling very uneasy. She hadn't mistaken that look on Yukina and
Koenma-sama's face when they thought of their loved ones. Botan herself 
never had any relatives so Koenma-sama and her friends were the closest 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 were 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 weren'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 floated. 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 was 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 left to survive 
on his own. He had to fend for himself. Hiei reached up a feel his Jagan
underneath his head-band. 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 wanted 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 saw him as a jerk.
In the distance, he saw a room still lit with an oil-lamp and he assumed 
that it was 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 finds 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 wants 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

Copyright reserved 1998 W. Siew Lee 

All standard YYH disclaimers apply to this fanfic. 

E-mail: Siew Lee <wsiewlee@tm.net.my>
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You got my bodyshakin'
Sends a shiver to my soul
I didn't get no warning
You got me shaking to the bone
I got my secret weapon
I'm gonna get you all alone 
So let your body lose control

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