I am really going nutso... Another new chapter of "Hunter & Prey."  This is
Ch 7, it's titled "Human."  Have fun reading.  Constructive C & C are welcome.

-Shuuichi Minamino
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HUNTER AND PREY
Ch 7 Human

	"He's dead..." Hiei repeated quietly.  He then shook his head in disbelief.

	"I'm telling you the truth...eh..."

	"Hiei."
	
	"Hiei.  Hiei?" Sonoma suddenly remembered. "Yes, I've heard him mentioning
you."

	"Ryuma?"

	"Yes."

	"How did you know about him if you are human?" Hiei asked suspiciously.
"How can you be human when you have youki instead of reiki?!"

	Sonoma smiled softly and looked out the window.  Hiei observed the youth's
profile. *He reminded me of Ryuma...a lot.  And Ryuma really reminded me of
Kurama, his personality, except Kurama's got a better temper.  Sonoma's very
similar to Ku... What the Hell am I doing thinking about this?!!!*

	"Hiei?"

	"Huh?"

	"I've been talking to you and you hadn't been listening," Sonoma said
good-naturedly. "I thought you want to know about my brother."

	"Brother?!" Now that was a real shocker.

	Sonoma chuckled. "It is possible, Hiei."

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	Two boys, born on the same day, from a human mother.  One was a youkai and
the other human.  The youkai inherited his youkai father's traits and power
while the younger boy was human.  They named the older one "Ryuma" and the
younger one "Sonoma."

	Ryuma was the one born with the third eye.  He was given intensive training
as soon as he was old enough.  At the age of ten he had already become an
A-class youkai and had achieved S-class status by fifteen.

	Sonoma, on the other hand, was also given the same training.  However, due
to the fact that he was not a youkai, he was somehow being seen as the
"weaker" of the twins.  Although on the surface the members of the clan
treated them equally, Sonoma was somehow an outcast among the crowd.  Others
around him pitied him that his beauty would fade as he grow old.  One of
them had even once told him that it was a shame that such beauty has been
wasted on a human body.

	Sonoma never really cared.  He was not "weak," as others would have
thought.  He had a great tolerance for pain.  He had found out about that
through his training in Makai.  Being a human, his body was not suitable for
the Makai air, but through the pain from various sickness he had managed to
survive, much to everyone elses' surprise.  Sonoma had always thought that
he would be a human and perhaps may someday be able to return to Ningenkai
and live a "normal" life as a human, it just never occurred to him that it
would all change on that fateful afternoon.

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	Sonoma paused and took a sip of the tea.  He coughed suddenly as he felt a
pain in his chest.  How ironic, he couldn't get use to the air in Ningenkai.
He dismissed that notion immediately, knowing very well that that was not
the reason.  He had been too exhausted from the chase and he had not
recovered from his most recent wound; not to mention that he had just given
one-fourth of his blood to Kurama...

	*I'm really burning the candle at both ends here,* he mused. 

	"And?" Hiei demanded.

	Sonoma swallowed hard and looked Hiei in the eyes.  Hiei could see pain and
sorrow in those eyes, but then the emotion in those violet eyes were
replaced by anger.  *He really reminded me of Kurama...Whatta?!*

	"Are you sure you want to know?" Sonoma asked softly.

	"Hn."

	Sonoma sighed as he felt an old but familiar pain coming back to him. For a
minute he had the urge to stop and tell Hiei that he couldn't continue, but
instantly pushed the idea away.  He looked straight into Hiei's eyes and began.

---------------Chapter 7 Human End (TO BE CONTINUED)--------------

	
   --Shuuichi Minamino
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  * "J'aurais                        "I would have wanted                 *
  *           voulu ne pas mourir.                not to die.             *
  *  J'aurais voulu                   I would have wanted                 *
  *           ne jamais grandir.                  never to grow up.       *
  *  J'aurais                         I would have                        *
  *           voulu me casser l'ame."           wanted to rend my soul."  *
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  *                ~Cirque Du Soleil                 ~Circus Of The Sun   *
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