I don't know why I wanted to write this...Ah, well. This will be five chapters long, and in order of Yusuke, Hiei, Kuwabara, Kurama, and ending with Botan. They all have fun with the dictionary, all ponder themselves. Please read, please review. I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, and neither do you. Thought I'd make it even. .
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Warrior
Is this what it means to be a warrior?
To have to leave your home, leave the life you know, just to fight for something you don't even understand. To kill and try not to be killed, just because some guy tells you it's for the greater good of humanity. I'm not even human, at least not fully. So...do I only fight with half of myself?
Maybe I do, maybe I do. Genkai told me once that if you ever have to question your actions, you're being a dumbass. I guess that means if you're doing the right thing-the right thing for you-there is no questioning of it. But then, Kurama thinks things through. Is thinking the same as questioning? I don't think so.
Being a warrior, according to the dictionary, is as follows: a brave or experienced soldier or fighter. I've fought since I was four, so experience counts. I can rush into a situation, and I think that means I'm brave (or stupid). But I'm in no army. As for a fighter...? Let's check Webster again, shall we? Fighter: a person or animal that fights. Well no shit. What does fight mean? Okay...a lotta' definitions there...Hey. Here's one that I like. Struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent.
To overcome. I overcame my bad reputation by saving somebody, then a lot of people. I overcame the boundaries set by Toguro, by Genkai. Overcame the expectations of everybody, I think. Even my own. I always thought that by now, I'd be dead in a ditch covered in maggots, thanks to a bad fight. And look at me right now-I'm saving worlds from being destroyed! I have a purpose here, unlike at school where teachers strive to get me expelled. Unlike at home where I burden mom. I overcame my burdensome ways. I overcome.
To eliminate. I eliminated villains like Tarukane. I eliminated killers like Rando and Dr. Ichagaki. And I eliminated madmen like Sensui. Then...I've eliminated bad...well, worse...qualities of myself. I'm not so dumb anymore, and I'm not as cocky in battle. I changed the world and myself. I eliminated.
To prevent. We've done this-I've saved the world! I prevented that. But then, there are the little things. I stopped Kuwabara from picking a fight with a teacher while I was a ghost. I caught Botan and didn't let her mash her face on the school roof. I kept Hiei from leaving the team. And I watched Kurama's back in a fight or two. I prevented bad things from happening to them. I prevented.
Therefore, according to Webster's definition of fighter (5), I am a fighter. I am a warrior. What does it mean, to be a warrior? Is it just to fight, just to live? Or is it a way of life that is in such a delicate tangle that I can't pick it apart? I mean, look at Raizen. He's a warrior, and at the same time he's been a no-flesh activist, a king, a trainer...but it all comes down to that beneath the hippie hair, past the sardonic remarks, he is a warrior. As am I. You see, to be a warrior can be a choice. And it has been for me. I am a warrior, and have chosen to be one.
Might as well fight, then.
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