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Prologue
Is it Wrong to Fall in Love?
by Manille / Keiko no Miko
jennamae@hotmail.com
Job is done for blue-haired Botan, a ferry girl from Reikai. She wasn’t sent
by the Prince to the city of Tokyo to ferry another soul, but to patrol on
"hot spots"---certain places on the Ningenkai where youkais are supposed to
appear more often. And since she saw nothing peculiar, as like any other day
for the past five years or so, she decided to change into casual attire and
head for the restaurant of a ningen friend.
"OREO COOKIES!!!" came Urameshi Yusuke’s booming voice as he saw Yukimura
Keiko come out of the kitchen, holding a tray filled with cookies and three
glasses of warm milk. "That’s the new version, ne?"
"Yeah, with a thicker cream filling," Keiko affirmed, setting the tray on
the table. Yusuke automatically took two cookies and stuffed them in his
mouth, much to Keiko’s dissatisfaction.
Botan took a glass of milk and sipped. "What does it taste like?" she asked.
"Why, they’re like the most delicious cookies I’ve ever tasted!" Keiko
exclaimed, picking one up. She detached the brown pastries sandwiching the
white cream inside. "Come on, have a bite."
Botan, although in a bit of hesitation, took a cookie. "You put this in the
refrigerator or something?"
"It’ll taste better that way," Yusuke said, dipping another cookie into his
glass of milk. "And with hot milk? Mm-hmm!"
"I see," Botan said cheerfully, taking a bite. "Mm, ‘re good!"
"Told you so," Keiko said. She carefully licked the cream off one cookie. "I
’m really glad to see you around here, Botan-chan."
"Actually, it seems as if I’m sneaking off my duties," Botan said with a
nervous laugh. "Koenma-sama is going to get really angry when he finds out I
’m here."
Yusuke shook his head. "He won’t," assured he. "If he knows you’re visiting
Keiko, he won’t get mad."
"You think?"
Yusuke took a huge gulp of milk and set the empty glass on the table. "
‘Course."
Keiko smiled at Botan. "By the way, tell him we’re happy for him."
This caught Botan off-guard. "Er...happy?"
Yusuke snapped his fingers. "Oh, yeah! Hah-hah, yeah, tell him that."
Yusuke and Keiko failed to see the confused look in Botan’s face. She found
herself reddening a bit. "Uh...tell him what?"
This time, Keiko noticed. "Doushita no? Don’t you know he’s getting married
to your friend, Ayame?"
Botan’s jaw almost fell on her glass.
Yusuke raised his eyebrows. "You don’t know?!"
"Ah...er, yeah, of COURSE!" Botan blurted out, feigning recollection. "Of
COURSE! The WEDDING! How can I be so forgetful?!" Botan broke into a wide
grin as she scratched the back of her neck. "SURE, I’ll tell him THAT!"
Yusuke and Keiko exchanged baffled looks.
"By the way, did you try to choke out the information from him or
something?" Botan asked.
Yusuke was staring at Botan. "Er...he told me..."
Botan stood up and banged her fists on the table, letting out a thunderous
bang. "He TOLD YOU?!"
Yusuke almost fell of his seat. "Uh, hai..."
Botan’s mouth hung open for several moments. The three stared at each other.
Finally, Botan was able to collect herself. She gave out a loud Santa Claus
laugh. "Which reminds me, I should be going now. Ha-ha-ha!" Her oar appeared
on her hands all of a sudden. "I’ll visit you again sometime, ne?"
"Um...uh...yeah," Keiko stuttered, too shocked to speak.
"Ha-ha!" Botan opened the door. "Ja ne!"
"Er..."
Without letting Yusuke and Keiko say goodbye, she sped off, leaving them
still staring after her.
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