This is probably the most cracked thing I've written. I was attacked by Nereid, who came with a new plot idea to try, along with some poeticy lines and his Suzanne Vega CD. I don't really think this is all that good.

I may be wrong, though. Please tell me what you think on this.

The Death of Shuuichi Minamino

In the forest

In Makai

In the nighttime

Introspective

With two characters

And a what if

What might have been

If I wasn't

If you weren't

That would be unbearable

Please be

So you do care

Enough not to like this

Are you sure you're fine

No

But there are things I have to do

I have no choice

So says the one who taught

Me to choose

Quiet now

But I'm right

Aren't I

Aren't I

Yes

I'm standing on the edge with you

He sees me laughing

And he sees me crying

And you see me mourn

For what I once saw here

The wind tastes like home

Blows hair in my face

I see red like before

And I remember well

I stood on the edge with you

He saw me smirking

And he saw me praying

And you saw me hoping

You didn't see me hope

The trees called to greet me

Welcome home

I shook my head again

It hurt to tell them no

Once I stood alone so proud
Held myself above the crowd
Now I'm low on the ground

From here I look around to see
What avenues belong to me
I can't tell what I've found

It sounds sad

You sing well

Not that I'm any judge of

Those sweet things

Never sugar-coated with you

Life isn't sugar-coated

All of us must learn this

Or die

I'll stand on the edge with you

He'll see me kill it

And he'll see me bury it

And you'll see me alone

The grave will be unmarked

I'll be covered in clover

You won't say a word

With your hand on my shoulder

And I will let him go

I can stand on the edge alone

He can't see me grasping

And he can't see me releasing

And you can still see me

There is a grey glass door

Covered by ivy

Will you help me find it

Can you help me find it

The hero is dead on the linoleum

We can stand together

They will see us laugh

And they will see us cry

And we will look ahead

I won't flinch away

You won't say no

Memory will stab us both

We will bleed to death

And he will heal us again

But he's dead

How can he heal us

Doesn't he hate you for what you did

Does he hate me too

I don't know if he hates

I don't want to know

You shouldn't want to know either

But I do

And they call me

An avid learner

You'd be good at this too

I'm only watching

You do it the best

You lie with ease

Even to your own self

I won't flinch away

Tell me do you lie

Besides those you always told

I hate him

I don't care

I owe you nothing

Do you lie to yourself

To me

You won't say no

Never to you

You get told enough lies

To myself

To my heart

You won't say a word

I lie all the time

I do tell myself one truth

It makes up for all of the lies

I love you

Now who's sugar-coated

I love you too

I'm only sorry I have to

Watch you do this

I brought it upon myself

As you know too

Funny what choices we make

Are you referring to one of mine

I have no regrets

Your sister still cries over you

Your mother will cry over you

I see red like before

Who told you she cries

A child it was born

It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry

Like humans do

Human music doesn't suit you

Nor does avoiding the question

Nor does avoiding what we came here to do

He saw me smirking

Shizuru

She told you

Damn her

A human curse I note

He sees me laughing

Only another human

Would recognize it as such

You're still making small talk to stall

Are you worried for me

You're more anxious than I am

You trust me

I don't

I'm afraid of losing you

I suppose you have more

At stake than I do

You won't say a word

Come on

We have to do this before sunrise

I know

You really want to

To

Tear out a piece of his body

To show us his clean quilted heart

I don't want to

I have to

And you see me mourn

Now

We have to

Don't we

Now

Now

Hold onto me tight

I don't want to fall

I'll never let you go

Is the sword sharp

As your wit

Lower me slowly

Goodbye

He felt his feet hit the solid floor of the shadow and he looked for his goal the sword sharp in his hand He knew that Shuuichi knew he was coming for him as well as he knew what he had to do He kept his tears from falling until he saw the semblance of a wall covered in ivy Somewhere behind the ivy was the door of grey glass

You did this for me Shuuichi

The sword cut the ivy more readily than the hand holding it The wall was of red brick and the grey glass shone bright and unbashfully It shattered beautifully with a sound like regret fading into determination

Shuuichi Minamino sat on a piece of granite holding his head high He looked right at the could-have-been intruder without saying a word or uttering even a fearful peep Instead he moved to a kneeling position and lifted his long hair off his neck leaving it exposed

Your mother won't be the only one to cry over you Shuuichi

The sword felt lighter than ever as if it would float away instead of coming down to decapitate Shuuichi He only curled up tighter exposing more neck in the process Suddenly the blade grew heavy and fell across the white flesh

No blood stained the already red hair but it burnt like acid in Kurama's heart Nevermore would he claim the name the human boy had abandoned at birth As he watched the body dissolved into a field of clover

Pull me up Hiei

Are you all right

You won't say no

Never mind it was a stupid question

Did you do it

Yes

I'll stand on the edge with you

He'll see me kill it

And he'll see me bury it

And you'll see me alone

The grave will be unmarked

I'll be covered in clover

You won't say a word

With your hand on my shoulder

And I will let him go

I can stand on the edge alone

He can't see me grasping

And he can't see me releasing

And you can still see me

There is a grey glass door

Covered by ivy

Will you help me find it

Can you help me find it

The hero is dead on the linoleum

We can stand together

They will see us laugh

And they will see us cry

And we will look ahead

I won't flinch away

You won't say no

Memory will stab us both

We will bleed to death

And he will heal us again

No I'm not all right and I won't be for a long while

I'd be more surprised if you were

I love you

That helps

I love you too

Well, that's it. In case you couldn't tell, it was Hiei helping Kurama kill Shuuichi. Not overt yaoi, though, just love.

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