Chapter 1

Look what I found

Botan was walking down the side walk in the park. The air was crisp and the birds were singing. It was winter and Christmas was a month from now. Botan sighed as she walked along the snow covered ground.

Her beautiful cerulean hair cascaded down her back. She kept it down to keep her ears warm. She was wearing a white snow jacket and black pants with black boots to match. She was truly on her way to find a stubborn fire demon. Why?Well...lets just say she had a tendency to annoy him.

"Hiei?" She shouted. Her breath became icy. "HIEI!" Her shouts caused him to fall out of his tree head first.

"Onna!" Hiei hissed. "Can't you see...that I do not want to be bothered by your annoying voice?"

She put on her sweetest smile. "Hello Hiei. I was wondering if you would like to come with me to the mall and go Christmas shopping." Botan said bending down to look him in the eyes, since he didn't seem to like the idea of getting up off the ground.

"Hn. Why would I want to go to a stupid ningen mall?" Hiei said turning away from her.

"Please Hiei? We could get some sweet snow and you could get a gift for Yukina." Botan said evilly. She was going to get the fire demon to come with her even if it meant using blackmail.

As if reading her mind, Hiei shot the Deity a death glare. "Hn fine...but if you say a word, I will slit you throat." Botan rolled her eyes and turned to walk in the direction to the mall. Hiei was walking silently behind her.

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When they arrived at the mall, people were going in and out left and right. Botan and Hiei had to squeeze through the crowd just to get to the front door.

"Onna...your going to pay for dragging me to this blasted excuse of a..." He never finished for Botan grabbed his hand and pulled him the rest of the way towards where ever she decided to take him.

"Oh Hiei look!" Botan shouted turning her attention to a display case next to one of the stores. The owner had his back to them.

Hiei looked to see what Botan was looking at. His face twisted into that of disgust and confusion. There on the display case was dolls. Dolls of Hiei, Botan, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara. With all their enemies. Botan picked up the one of Hiei and looked it over.

"Look Hiei...it even has your 'defy the laws of gravity' hair! And your eyes. Oh and it has you katana too!" Botan shouted. Hiei thought for a moment.

She took all that time memorizing his features? He shook it off and turned to the display and picked up the Botan doll.

"Look at this onna." Hiei said in a mock voice Botan used only seconds before. "It has your blue hair and you purple eyes. I wonder if it has you baka brain as well." Hiei threw the doll back on the case and grabbed Botan's hand about to attempt in taking her to the food court...but not before the owner turned to them.

"HIEI! BOTAN! HOLDING HANDS IN THE MALL!" The man shouted. They knew that voice and they would so never hear the end of this.

"YUSUKE!" Botan shouted as Hiei and her turned around. Yusuke was on the ground laughing his head off.

"Hn. Baka." Hiei muttered under his breath letting Botan go.

"Yusuke what the HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Botan shouted earning a glance from the koorime.

"I...Hahaha...was selling...haha...dolls...oh shit!" Yusuke shouted getting off the ground in attempt to run away.

Hiei was quicker.

"Yusuke Urameshi! We are not supposed to remind everyone about our past mission! They arn't even supposed to remember anything that happened!" Botan shouted as Hiei held Yusuke by the collar.

"Fine...fine I'll get rid of 'em. But don't complain to me and get you panties in a bunch." Yusuke said as Hiei released him.

"YUSUKE!"Botan shouted with fire in her eyesas she chased Yusuke around the mall attracting attention from everyone that was walking buy and didn't have the sense to just turn...and walk away.

Soon Yusuke ran out of the mall and Botan walked back over to Hiei. "Well how about that sweet snow?" Botan said and Hiei face brightened slightly.

Slightly.

They walked to the food court and spotted Kurama and Yukina. "Hey guys!" Botan said as Hiei and Botan sat at the table after getting Hiei his ice cream and Botan a cup of cocoa.

"Hello Botan what brings you and Hiei to the mall together?" Kurama asked slightly confused as to why Hiei would even stand to be around Botan for more than five minutes.

"Christmas shopping." Botan shrugged.

"And he agreed?" Kurama asked amused.

"Of course. With a little persuasion." Botan said looking over at the koorime as he sent her a death glare.

"Well we best be off...we have a lot of shopping to do!" Botan said cheerfully as she grabbed Hiei's hand and dragged him off into the mall...again.

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That night Botan walked back to her apartment after a long day of shopping with a very stubborn Hiei. She walked over to her kitchen counter and placed all the bags on the top. She sat in the stool and opened the mail.

When she finished she walked over to her bedroom and took out a lacy black book. It had a red and blue dragon on the front. She had it special made, fit to her own liking.

She opened the book and started writing, soon falling alseep with the night air from the open window caressing her features.

Later on that night Hiei had decided to visit the onna. He didn't know why but if she asked it was a simple 'I came to annoy the hell out of you.'

He saw the open window and jumped through it. He walked over to the onna's bed and saw her shivering. He looked at the window and noticed it was the cause. Why did she leave it open in the first place?

After shutting the window he noticed that something lay on Botan's lap. He walked over to her and picked up the book and began to read the page it was currently on. It read:

Dear Diary,

Today was a great day! I got to spend it with Hiei. He's such a stubborn demon...but still he's got a heart. We went to the mall for Christmas shopping. We came across Yusuke...uh...he was selling dolls. Anyway then we ran into Yukina and Kurama. We talked for a while. I wish Hiei would tell Yukina he is her brother. I mean I know Hiei has a bad past and all, but he can still tell her. It was a good thing I asked her if her brother has a bad past would she mind. She said she didn't so hopefully I'll be able to tell Hiei one day that she doesn't care about his past. I'm sure Yukina would love to know that Hiei's her brother but I'm not going to be the one to tell her. He is.

Hiei finished reading the column and wondered who wrote it. He turned the book over and looked at the cover. It had a blue and red dragon on it. For some odd reason the dragon reminded him of his eyes and Botan's hair. Then he noticed the writing on the top. It was written in a beautiful cursive.

ooo:Botan's Diary:ooo

To be continued...