The New Me
It was to be one of those days where I had to deliver a message to the team. I was the message girl; of course it was my job after all. Although I wish I could be part of these missions. My name is Botan, I have blue hair and magenta eyes, and an ordinary life...sort of, my job is one of many, I have to escort the souls of the dead to the spirit world.
On one of my missions I was sent to care after a rather reckless boy named Yusuke. He has slick black hair and attitude on him, no respect for authority. He cares about his friends and Kayko, though he might not show it. Well, now he is a spirit detective, along with his best friend Kuwabara.
Kuwabara, well he can sometimes be really unpleasant, but he does make me laugh, he has taken a liking to Yukina. Who is Yukina you ask? Well I'll tell you.
Yukina is an ice apparition, she is Hiei's sister, but don't tell Anyone or Hiei will kill you, Anyway, Yukina has ice blue hair and red eyes and when she is sad her tears are gem like and very valuable. We do our best to make her happy. She lives with Genkai, an old and wise physic, in a temple.
That brings me to Hiei; I don't know too much about him, he keeps to himself most of the time. He is short, but don't let that fool you, he is dangerous. He is fast and carries a Katana, and let me tell you that he is good with it and he has a dragon technique, he can control the darkness, and can pretty much take care of himself. He loathes Kuwabara with a passion. Maybe one day they will get along.
Then the last person on the team is Kurama, or Shuichi, or Yoko Kurama, lets see, Shuichi is Kurama's human name, he lives with his mother on earth she has no clue that he is a demon. He took her unborn child's place in order to survive and has been attached to her ever since. Shuichi and Kurama look alike, but his third alter ego is the great thief Yoko Kurama, a fox demon, this is Kurama's true form, he has silver hair and golden eyes and a long bushy tail. He uses his death plants to kill his opponent. Hiei claims that Kurama is more "cut throat than he is" but I'll believe that when I see it.
Anyway that's all for introductions. I am on my way to my boss's office. Oops, my boss is Koenma, ruler of spirit world, well his father is, and Koenma is the prince. Anyhow, He is a baby, yes he can talk and everything, but sometimes he can transform himself into a teenager but he can't seem to get rid of that pacifier he keeps in his mouth.
"Sit down, Botan." Koenma said and I did as he told, but I wondered why
"Yes Koenma sir?" I asked
"I have a mission for you," he said
"Okay I'll get the others..." I said assuming that's what he wanted but he cut me off
"No! This is a mission fro you and you alone. They cannot find out about you." Koenma said. I could not believe it. I Botan was getting a mission; this would be my chance to prove that I belong on the team. "Now listen." He said,
"Yes sir." I saluted him with dramatics, hey, what's a girl to do?
"Here's the plan, you are going undercover, and you will live on earth as a human. I need you to keep watch over the area." Koenma said and I was puzzled. Why did he need me for that?
"The reason for this is so you can better watch for suspicious activity."
"Why?" Botan asked,
"A wave of demons is going to be roaming through the world looking for the some sort of key, someone has it but I don't know who holds this Key." He said, "You should be able to handle it." He said but I was still puzzled, why did I have to go undercover?
"What is the reason for all the secrecy?" I asked "and won't the boys wonder where I am after a while?"
"When did you start asking so many questions?" he asked and I shrugged waiting for my answer. "Because as I human girl you will be able to get closer to the humans, and no one can know it's you or the demon will know that I am involved and it will spoil the element of surprise. They think they can out smart me." Koenma said "you will also need to inform me about anything out of the ordinary."
"So my mission is to protect my friends from an unseen demon that is after a key. Sounds a bit strange but okay."
"And the guys won't asked where you are because I am giving you a vacation." He said and my heart jumped
"Really? Cool where should I go?" I was lost in thoughts of Hawaii, Egypt and France.
"No that is where I am telling them you are going." He said now go see the other ferry girls. He shewed me away and I met the other girl.
The poured a repulsive black liquid into my hair and covered my eyes with a towel. It was beginning to sting me so I cried out. They rinsed and dried my hair and dressed me up with spiky wristbands and a black chocker with a black pentagram in the center. I felt like coughing but I was okay, then they pierced my ears with hoop black earrings. Then they gave me a red and black mini skirt and a black belly shirt with a red star in the center.
Viola! It was the new me. I looked in the mirror and screamed because my beautiful blue hair was black with a red strip on the right side. I was a gothic punk person. I did not know how to be that way. I am a happy and perky person. Then it hit me, I will just act bad like Hiei, disrespectful like Yusuke, and calm, like Kurama... What about Kuwabara, yes, I will... I guess I had to leave him out of it. Sorry Kuwabara.
Then a pair of contacts were handed to me. I opened the case to see a pair of contacts that were Black with star shaped pupils. "But I don't need contacts, my vision is fine." I said to Koenma
"They are only going to cover your real eye color, we can't have any mistakes." He said, "Your Alias is Oki Ran." He said and I nodded. It's not everyday that you get to be someone new.
"Now go... off to your home. You have parents but they are away on a business trip. I will have your things brought to you and a few other things, I will pay your expenses." He said and pushed me through a portal