This is a poem I wrote exploring the relationship between Kurama and Shiori. The entire story is one poem, and that's why I am posting them all at once. But each chapter is from a different point of view. This chapter is Kurama. I tried making it so it wasn't double-spaced, but that made it harder to read. Sorry if you don't like this format. I hope you enjoy this, no matter how depressing it might be. I own none of the characters.


My world and hers were never meant to collide

Their very natures simply can't coincide

This isn't the way I would wish it to end

But her life is the thing that I must defend

Last night was too close when he caught her alone

To keep her in peril, I cannot condone

For she is a target to whims of my foes

To my single weakness the enemy goes

She was caught by surprise, and she had no chance

Against that demon's silent, deadly advance

The scars on her arms have been opened anew

As well as some others the demon now rues

Upon finding them, I was almost too late

And I hated to see her in that death-like state

The demon attacked me but he was then killed

He had no chance; my mother's blood had been spilled

The miracle is, she survived his attack

Now she sits and she waits for me to come back

When, truly, it's my fault she's here at all

Yet my other name I still hear her call

So I return to her bleak hospital room

Where the truths I must tell have started to loom

I take her hand, see her innocent face,

Her frailness, happiness, her care and her grace

But in the back of my mind, the past is alive

With the deplorable heights to which I did strive

It makes me balk, want to stop and not tell

That I am a creature destined for hell

But I weigh her life with the past that I fear

And whether her life or my lies is more dear

Then I brace myself as she grips my hand

I feel I am sinking with no hope of land

Slowly I tell her of the fox demon's reign

Silently wondering if I'll remain sane

I tell of betrayal, of Yomi's lost sight,

The crimes I committed, the way that I fight,

The fear and the glory, the treasures untold

The thievery, violence, and killings of old

I tell of power struggles, tournaments, kings

Of lying, coercion, despicable things

Of auras, of demons, of life-giving plants

Of ghosts and of pain, of deaths and of rants

I tell her some legends of things lost in time

The wars and the hurt, with no reason or rhyme

I see her face pale but continue I must

Lest one of my foes should return her to dust

I tell of my birth, of my life, of my death

Then silence, no sound but our whispers of breath

I walk to the window, the space an escape

From the fear in her eyes, from the words that I say

Then, still facing away, I say, "This is me."

My face starts to change, my aura is free

She gasps at the sight of my ears, hair, and tail

In hiding emotions I fear I shall fail

It's all on the table, no going back now

Then I turn and her eyes make me wonder how

I could hurt a woman as gentle as this

Her kindness and patience I truly shall miss

For a long time she stares with pain in those eyes

Finally seeing the face hidden by lies

And I gently brush tears from her reddened cheek

Then finally, finally, she starts to speak,

"I care not for your name or what you have done.

There is one thing you are and that is my son."

I fall to my knees by the side of her bed

Slightly relieved by the words she has said

For my lies have not caused irreparable harm

But her lack of fright is good cause for alarm

Then she continues, her words sounding so calm

For the wounds in my heart, they act as a balm

"Demon or human, if you feel you must go

Feel free to travel, so long as you know

My home and my heart are open to stay

If you ever need help, don't stay away.

Long ago I accepted that you'd wander free,

I only ask that you don't forget about me."

"There is no way I could!" I emote with a cry,

"But this could happen again! I can't let you die!"

She nods and caresses the side of my face

As the tears on our cheeks increase their pace

Then finally I stand and kiss her goodbye

I pause at the door, for I hear her sigh

Then I walk away, with all of my sin

Content with the fact I won't hurt her again.