Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, no matter how much I want to, which is a damned shame, because if I did, there would be more about the backgrounds of Hiei and Kurama. Does anyone else wonder about Kuronue, for example, or about the time that Hiei spent alone after the Kroomie disowned him?
A/N: Story told in Kurama's POV. The idea popped into my head when I had to baby sit a child who was reluctant to go to bed because "the monsters would get him". On that semi-enigmatic note, I beg you humbly to read…
Monster
Some are afraid of what they might find under their beds. I know better, the monster lays between the sheets, wearing my face.
What could be worse than a dirty thief turned neingin only to become a traitor to my own kind? There can not possibly be anything worse than that lurking in the shadows of my room.
Every time I look at myself, I see red stains, the blood of the multitudes that I have slaughtered. Yes, in cold blood I have murdered and there is nothing worse than that.
When mothers warn their children about the monster under the bed, they are mistaken. I, the monster, am here, terrorizing myself.
Each night I torment myself, reliving every kill. Watching the blood splatter, the dead corpse fall to the ground, my own twisted pleasure in knowing that I can play god.
I have no reason to fear the monster under my bed. I fear the one in it.