Alone

By Kristi Brownfield

I? What have I done?

I'm the one tied to the stake and you accuse me of ?

You aren't doing this to kill me, you do this to hurt me.

What have I done to change you so much from the person I remember?

I did my best to help you all those times ... to be there.

You were so happy, smiling.

Kurama and Hiei and Kuwabara ... You four.

Kurama and Hiei had each other.

I was not so blind that I couldn't see how they felt about each other, even

if they didn't want to admit it.

Kuwabara and Yukina ... they also had their share of joys, and even Hiei

came to accept it.

You have Keiko.

So what has changed that you come after me like a rabid dog, trying to hurt

me, destroy me?

Where has your smile gone to? What has changed?

What could have done to you ... to make you like the animal you are today?

You know I hope ... That if I survive, the Reikai Tentei will have to hunt

you down.

You are no longer *him*. And whatever you have to him, there will be

punishment.

Yusuke ... Your body is in front of me, hurting me ...

But where are you?