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Iyami
Suuichi thumped down the stairs to the kitchen. He wasn't even tired, even with his lack of sleep. Turning a corner, he entered the kitchen and found his mother sitting at the table stirring a bowl of porridge absently. What occupied her mind lay in her hands. The newspaper exclaimed over the strange fake bodies found near a local park that seemed so real, that doctors were fooled into believing they had once been living. This was clearly impossible because of their appearance. They were described as having red, green, or blue skin, red eyes with cat pupils, horns, claws, and other assortments of traits that were clearly not human.
Suuichi winced as he read the paper over his mother's shoulder. The bodies were the remains of a fight that Yusuke, Hiei, and himself were assigned by Koenma. Kuwabara had not been present, which was just as well. The demons had not been much of a problem for the three experienced fighters, but it was better safe than sorry.
Suuichi shook his head and sat down at the table, his bowl filled with the warm gruel that his mother had made. He began to eat, but not from hunger, but from lack of something else to do. Suuichi's thoughts were elsewhere, at the house with its empty windows that looked like sad eyes without a soul. He thought of the girl in the window, her sad life under the two demons who were notorious for their cruelty. When did those events occur? Were they just a fabrication of his mind? Or had it been sent to him? Suuichi shook his head, trying to dismiss these questions.
Suuichi realized his mother had been talking to him. "It's really such a shame that people have to play pranks like this" she was saying "The people who found those fake bodies must have thought they found someone real."
"People have a fascination with making others hurt" Suuichi said absently.
"It's really a shame that people are so cruel. Luckily, I have a good son that doesn't take other people lightly" his mother replied, smiling brightly at her son. After her illness, Suuichi had realized just how much he loved this woman, her humanity and all. He himself had grown more and more human over the years. It was a strange experience, one that he had not intended for when he entered the child that grew in this woman's belly.
Finished with his breakfast, Suuichi gave his mother's shoulder a squeeze and returned to his room. 'Perhaps I should go back to that house' he thought to himself 'If that dream did happen, then perhaps the girl is real. There's no use in taking chances. That's Yusuke's thing' Suuichi chuckled to himself over this last thought and began to get ready for the day, pulling on white, loose pants that tightened at the ankle under a green over-robe with a peacock embroidered in a dark green, purple and a dazzling gold. It was one of his favorite outfits along with an over-robe with a dragon design.
He trotted downstairs and pulled on his black, padded slippers and walked outside. Shoving his hands in his pockets, Suuichi breathed the air in deeply and sighed. This life of humanity was peaceful. It was just the life that every demon wished for after they were tired of bloodshed. Not all demons were as lucky as him in his lifestyle, and he pitied them. Perhaps, one day, the creatures of darkness could learn that there were other things besides fighting and killing, hoping desperately to survive another day.