STRANDED!!

The love of a Demon

Botan muttered those last words, just for Hiei's father to hear, before her head fell and her chests ragged pants stopped. His father smirked.

He may not be keeping his life, or the orb much longer, but at least the girl is gone.

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"LOOK OUT!"

SLAM! CRASH! BOOM!

Everyone in the plane were slung forward, one, by Yusuke's terrible piloting skills, and two, but the force of the plane to the water.

"How stupid are you that you can't land a plane!" Keiko was pissed. And everyone was getting annoyed.

Yusuke laughed. "Well at least everyone is ok…hehe…" He rubbed the back of his head. "Now, we have to find Botan and Hiei…they could be in danger." Everyone's faces became serious.

"Let's go!" Kurama jumped out the cockpit and started swimming to shore. Along with everyone behind him.

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Hiei was pissed. His father! His father was the one who…who…hurt Botan! He would not let himself believe that she was dead. "You cold hearted bastard! All you care about is power! How you ever had feelings for my mother, I will never know!"

Something in his father's eyes flashed, but as soon as they were there, they were gone. Hiei attacked.

Swords clashed and aura flared. His father, having the orb, had a better advantage, but Hiei wasn't about to give up and let Botan down.

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"Where could they be?" Yusuke was running blindingly. And before he knew it, he ran into another body. She was beautiful…yet she wore clothes that they had never seen. She must have been on the island longer than Hiei and Botan.

"Wait a minute! Do you know Hiei and Botan?" Kurama stepped forward. The poor girl looked like she'd been through hell.

"You mean the pretty blue haired woman and the cute black haired man?" Jewls said. Everyone sweat dropped.

She pointed towards a path. The exact path that Botan was dragged down and the Rekai Tentai took off for the center of the island.

Leaving Jewls smiling and waving behind.

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Hiei's sword went down and just barely missed his father. He growled as his father landed next to Botan. "It's been fun Hiei, but I need her body now, I'm not finished with her yet." His father undid the chains around Botan's now bruised wrists and waist, and picked her up bridal style.

He looked down at her face. "She truly is a remarkable creature is she not? I can see why you love her my son."

"I'm not your son." Hiei snapped. "Now put her down!"

"No can do Hiei, she's mine now, do you not have a use for her? She's already dead, what's the sense in keeping her, unless-"

"Shut up you son of a-"

"Ah, no need to get jumpy, I was only implying." His father was to damn cocky for his own good. Hiei snorted and lunged at his 'father'.

His sword drawn, his eyes fixed on the figure ahead of him, he got ready to strike. His father's eyes widened. He didn't think Hiei would attack with Botan in his arms.

Hiei brought his sword down and metal met flesh. With his arm cut off, (sorry for the…um details…heh) he dropped the girl and then next thing Hiei saw, was the love of his life, falling to the ground only to damage her already lifeless body even more.

"Botan!" His voice was drowned out. He was thankful when Botan didn't hit the ground but instead in the arms of his best red headed friend.

He landed on the ground. "Kurama?" He was confused, but his face remained emotionless.

Kurama nodded in acknowledgement. "Hiei." Then Kurama looked down at Botan and all the color from his handsome face drained.

Yukina ran up to see what caused his stiffness. And she stopped upon seeing Botan's pale face. Her eyes grew big and tears started to well up in the corners.

"Botan…" Yukina reached a hand out and touched the beautiful girls face. It was cold…

Keiko and Yusuke, along with Touya and Jin all gathered around Hiei and Kurama, who had the young deity in his arms.

Hiei's eyes were covered. He turned around sharply just in time to see his father slowly get up from the ground. His eyes, filled with tears, glowed a deep purplish black.

Botan was dead. He would have to just get the orb back for her. He unwrapped the bandages around his right arm and summoned all of his demonic energy.

He would kill his father, he was never around anyway. (When he was little…his father was never there for him is what he means)

"Dragon…"

"Hiei…can we just, the girl, there's a cure!"

He didn't want to hear his father's lies anymore. "Of the darkness…"

His father got up fully and started to run for the entrance of the castle. "FLAME!"

The dragon shot out of the deepest hells of Makai, and aimed at his father. The dragon was raging with Hiei's anger. It was like Hiei's evil, angered side. And when it came out, it took everything and aimed it at one target.

The one thing that caused the most pain. Not even the dragon ripping from his body hurt as much as the known fact of losing Botan.

The dragon raced forward and swallowed his father whole. No screams were heard, only the sound of fire left behind from the dragon. And in the center of the fire, was the orb.

Let it burn to hell with the rest of the island. Hiei turned around and smirked, but it was immediately wiped off at the saddened faces of his friends along with the one girl who stole his heart.

He already admitted it…and if felt good to get off his chest. Love was not a weakness, but when you have something to protect, you become stronger, more invincible. And protecting Botan was what made him stronger.

He took one step and the ground started to shake. "What's going on!" Kuwabara shouted.

Hiei looked around. "The island is collapsing!"

"We have to get out of here!" Jin already starting to fly out a window shouted from above.

Hiei took Botan from Kurama's hands and started to run, along with Kurama who grabbed Yukina, Yusuke who grabbed Keiko, and Touya, Kuwabara, and Shizuru running on their own.

"How the hell did you get here in the first place?" Hiei shouted to the fox behind him.

Kurama smirked. "A plane that Yusuke stole." Hiei rolled his eyes.

"You have got to be kidding me…"

Everyone made it out of the castle and down the path leading towards the plane. Yusuke and the others met up with Jewls who was already at the shore.

"How are we supposed to get off of the island?" Yukina said when Kurama put her down. Yusuke let go of Keiko.

"I can fix that!" Came the voice of Koenma.

"'Bout time pacifier breath!" A portal was formed and Hiei walked in first with Botan, and the girls followed suit, along with the rest of the guys and Jewls.

"I'd watch it if I were you Yusuke, or I might just leave you on the island." Koenma scowled.

The portal disappeared and everyone's destination: Rekai.

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"Well…everyone seems to be in perfect condition." Koenma said examining everyone in his office.

He took on look at Hiei's tear stained face, along with the others and looked at the bundle Hiei had in his arms.

"Botan…" Disbelief clearly shown on his face, Koenma walked over to Hiei and looked at the girl before him.

He examined her body and smiled. "We knew this day would come." Everyone was confused.

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"You see, we wanted the orb out of Botan's body as soon as possible, not knowing, however, when that was going to happen." Koenma explained. He told the Rekai Tentai about Botan's mother and the orb of Botan's birth.

"She was already dead, but over time of her paying off for being a ferry girl for over 1000 years, we gave her a human body, and she used it well. In time she forgot all about the orb. But it's a simple process really."

"We just gave her a new body and now she's in recovery. It will take the body a few hours to reproduce without the orb, but in time you'll have the same old Botan back."

The door to Botan's room was closed. And the only one occupying Botan's bedside was…none other than Hiei. At first everyone was shocked when he started crying over the poor deity, but they eventually came to realize his love for her.

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He opened the window. He heard Koenma's pretty speech and scowled. He left a note on Botan's bed as he lifted her into his arms.

Her body was warm and her cheeks once again held that rosy glow. He smiled. She was his Botan again. Well she would be when she woke up…

With that thought left to occupy him until she awoke, he stood on the windowsill, looked back once, and disappeared into the setting sun with the deity in his arms. Never again would she be anywhere without his telepathic link.

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He placed her on the ground. It wasn't a bed, but the grass was as soft as any bed out there. They were next to a lake. A beautiful lake in Makai.

He wasn't about to keep Botan in Rekai with the other idiots who would never give him some time alone with her.

Hiei took a deep breath and heard a moan. He turned to Botan. She was awake! He darted to her side and lifted her head into his lap.

Botan opened her eyes and at first confusion flashed across her gaze, but it was soon replaced with recognition and a warm smile.

"Botan…"

"Hiei…? Where am I?"

"You're with me, you're safe."

Botan was about to smile when she remembered everything that happened full blast. Hiei's father, the orb, her confession.

"I…" She lifted her head off of his lap and scooted away from him. How could she face him after just blurting out that she loved him!

Hiei was confused. What was wrong with her? Wasn't she glad to see him? Wasn't she glad to be alive?

"I…I love…you…"

He smirked mischievously in realization. "Oh, you're little confession huh? That's why you…oh kami, I get it now!" He was tempted to laugh. After all she had been through, that was the one and only thing that she could think of to be embarrassed about!

He would give her something to be embarrassed about. He advanced on her. And she squeaked and moved back even more, but she wasn't fast enough. Hiei crawled over to her, wrapped one arm around her shoulder, and the other around her waist and under her arm.

He pulled her close and crashed his lips to hers. It was sweet and gentle. And Botan's mind was at a whirl. All too soon he pulled back. Botan whimpered in protest. And Hiei smiled. He seemed to be doing that a lot…but only for Botan.

"I love you too." Hiei said. Botan eyes filled with tears and her heart and mind screamed and jumped for joy!

She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, long and hard. However, in Hiei's mind, that was going to be the only thing that was going to be long and hard.

Hiei was surprised at first, but leaned into the kiss, deepening it. He kept his arm on her waist, but moved it up a bit to her lower mid back, placing his other arm on her thigh.

He lowered her to the ground and put half of his weight on top of her. She wasn't going any where and he was ready to take her mind, body, and soul.

The End