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Hey everybody! I was looking through the 'What If's on a YYH site and I saw this: What if Karasu was the reincarnated Kuronue? That got me thinking that it would be a great idea for a fanfic. This is short and kind of plot-less but I just had to write it. Review please!
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Reincarnation
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Karasu twitched.

That face.

Those eyes. Those piercing golden eyes.

The fanged smile.

The twisted humor.

The deadly plants.

It couldn't be.

But it had to be.

It was.

"Kurama," he whispered, as if for the first time.

Something flashed before his eyes. A past life.

There was a palace. That same face was there, smiling at him. Voices shouting. They ran together. Then...

The pendant.

He turned. "Don't Kuronue!" the youko cried. "I need it!" he argued. He ran back to where his pendant had fallen.

"Kuronue!"

It was a trap. Bamboo everywhere, piercing, tearing. So much blood. His own.

"KURONUE!"

The youko made as if to run back, but his partner's voice stopped him.

"Forget about me, Kurama! Go, run!"

"KURONUE!"

"GO!"

The youko gave a last look at his dying partner, and then he ran.

Now Karasu understood why Kurama had always been so important to him. Was so important to him. Kurama had been his old partner. The one who had left him to die alone.

--But didn't I tell him to run?--

That was his past life talking. The life of the chimera, the thief, Kuronue.

Karasu, the Quest Class demon, the Bomb Master, argued.

--He didn't have to run just because I told him to. If I told him to set the Death Tree on himself, should he do it?--

--No,-- answered his former mind. --But that was different. It was pointless to have both of us killed.--

--Well it seems he was killed anyway, and managed to escape into another body, just like me.--

--He didn't die that day...--

--That day he was a coward...--

--He would have risked his life for me...--

--But he didn't...--

--I told him not to...--

--He didn't have to listen...--

--We would have both died...--

--We both did...--

--At least he had a longer life...--

--A life that could have been mine...--

--He would have saved me that day...--

--Then why is he trying to kill me now?--

--I'm trying to kill him too...--

--Because it is revenge I seek.--

--He's my friend.--

--He's a traitor.--

--I won't fight him.--

--I will destroy him.--

--I can't.--

--I must.--

It all happened so quickly. After Karasu was attacked by Youko Kurama's Ojigi plant, he became stronger in order to defeat his rival. Kurama was blasted back into his weaker human form, and just as Karasu was about to finish him, he used the last of his strength to send a killer plant shooting into Karasu's body.

Karasu gasped for air as the plant rooted in his chest. Kurama had won after all. The treacherous youko. The caring human. Had defeated him. Killed him.

He fell. Whispered words escaped his lips."Kurama I must tell you..." His body stiffened. "...I'm your old partner..." He was being torn apart by the seeds inside him. "...Kuronue."

Then he was still.