The tale of a prickly fire-demon, an easy-going ferry-girl and the unlikely love that blossoms between them in the midsummer heat. (2022 HB Week Contribution)

If mere camaraderie was all Botan wanted, then Hiei supposed he could grant her that much. There were worse things he could do than befriend a citizen of the Spirit World, after all. Or - a loose series rewrite in which Hiei becomes indebted to Botan and his friendship is all she asks for in return.