Human

Author's Notes Hello minna-san! I'm back again with another depressing angst-filled vignette I hope all of you guys like this story so please review I may do another one like this with another YYH character but it all depends on my muses. So comments are welcome really even constructive criticism so please read and review ^_^

Standard Disclaimer YYH is not mine and will never be. There that's it.

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Humans are weak, emotional creatures, not worthy of living
I once said that...
Ironic, considering I am already one of these pathetic creatures I once spoke of
But am I really?

I bet when kaasan first observed me,
as in really see me
she would wonder if I was really a child

Always quiet
not playing
lonely?

I never had a chance for childhood in Makai
not that I had a chance now...
A centuries old youko hiding in a frail, weak body...
my enemies would laugh at that...
like they care
like they could imagine
like they were alive

Most people would say that my life in Ninjenkai changed me
made me more caring
more loving
more human...

I never believed in that...
Demons are not stereotyped
I may once be a thief
but thieves do have a sense of honor...

My kaasan gave me back my life
I was only obliged to give something back...
Simple...
Logical...
not loving...

So am I a human...
a man...
a ninjen?
Or a youko thief?

I now look at myself in the water's reflection
my long red hair,
the green eyes...
and I smile as the figure blurs
only to show the hair slowly fading to silver,
my stature slowly heightening
and finally my wide green eyes turning to
my youko form's rich amber

I swivel my ears around,
feel the wind brushing against my tail.
It has been years since I took this form
My friends would never think that I will go back
never imagine that I would, in time, embrace my youko heritage
again...

Minamino Shuuichi
Youko Kurama
a human and a youko at the same time...

My other friends would never have the same problem
Pose themselves in front this question
like they have a choice...
considering that most of them are dead...

So right now am I human or youko?
Human...
youko...
human...

youko...

I look up as I feel a strong wind whipping at my hair
looking back I could see a small figure,
Hiei

"You killed them..."
he said that plainly... I just nod
"Were they angry?"
"They never believed it."

We stop as it started snowing...

I sigh...
"So is Reikai looking for us?"
Hiei smirks as he turned to look at the lake in front of him...
"Koenma is dead... Enma would be killed soon..."
"By who?"
"Anyone... Makai is already growing steadily... if you want we could do it."
I just nod

So they are all dead...
Yuusuke,
Kuwabara,
Botan... everyone...

Do I care...
maybe...
they were trusting fools...

They trusted too much... they trusted me
those bakas...
those idiots...
my...
friends...

"They were Reikai Tantei..."

I look up as Hiei said it, he regarded me with his ruby eyes
He knew what I was thinking...
They were Reikai Tantei.. they needed to be killed
needed to be
just needed

I stop, then a silence passed over us...

"Your family..."
"Is dead..."
Hiei looks up to me, scarlet eyes questioning
I stop and smile softly
"by natural causes... not me."

So am I still human?
I look down at Hiei, he doesn't care about hiding his jagan anymore...
not that he needs too..

"Ninjenkai will fall..."

I just nod
and smile...

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So there that's well it... maybe there would be a sequel with this... concerning the other YYH characters but it all depends on the reviews and my muses... so comments please ^_^