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Yuyu Hakusho › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
6
Views:
1,530
Reviews:
8
Recommended:
1
Currently Reading:
1
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I do not own YuYu Hakusho, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Epilogue
Kurama’s body moved, his fingers, his head. He was amazed, surprised that he was still alive. That last effort should have killed him. Slowly, he regained his feet, looking over at the plant and the fallen youkai. He knew he’d lost the battle. By the rules of the tournament, he’d lost to a ten count. The irony was not lost on him. By Karasu’s definition, the match was about who lived and died. He had lived, Karasu had died. Karasu had won the match, though. Unfortunately, he was not in a position to appreciate the irony of the moment.
Yusuke came up from beind, “Are you okay, Kurama?” He’d noticed the kitsune staring at the plant, holding his arm. The battle had been difficult for him.
“Y-yeah…” Kurama managed to answer before falling to his knees.
“Kurama!” his friend cried out in concern.
“I’m sorry, Yusuke,” the red head managed through the pain encompassing his body. Yusuke made a confused noise and the kitsune forced himself to go on, “It was all I could do just to kill him.”
“What? What do you mean?” the tantei asked, shock evident in his voice.
The irony! “I mean I wasn’t able to win against him.” Kurama’s eyes closed in pain, shame, embarrassment. He’d tried so hard, but still failed, and some how succeeded.
At that moment, Juri announced, “The match is over. Karasu-senshi is the winner!”
Yusuke leapt to his feet, “Karasu? W-what?” How could this be? That sentiment echoed through out the arena. The replay was shown, clarifying matters, but Kurama already knew. He already knew of the great irony in the first round of the final match of the Ankoku Bujutsukai. Kurama felt the shame course through him. His best simply wasn’t enough, not this time. In the end, the psychotic raven had defeated him. He was not aware of what was going on around him until Yusuke asked him, “Can you stand?”
“Y-yeah,” he murmured, not looking up to his friend. Yusuke supported him out of the ring, setting him gently on the ground. The irony was painful, almost more painful than the wounds to his body. In trying to kill him, Karasu had made him stronger, but that strength had not been enough to win against the deranged demon.
A/N Yes, an epilogue. Partially to tie up loose threads, to truly finish the battle and to give me a place for an author's note. I did not feel it would have been appropriate at the end of the last chapter to tack something on....I felt it would have ruined the moment, so to speak. This wasn't as well read as I would have liked, but I wanted to write it anyway. I do really wonder what factor it was...the rating, only being R, that it was Karasu-centric...I do wonder what it was....maybe somone will enlighten me one day...or maybe it's one of those ironies...I don't know. Anyways, I do want to thank those of you who read this and most especially those who took the time to review.
thoth_moon, I'm glad you enjoyed this story. I know that there are times it's hard to come up with something creative and different to say. Thank you for the time and the compliments. See...I can say something without harassing you :D
Eye of Ra, I'm very happy you enjoyed this, even if I caused you to see light outside (how did I do that, I wonder? lol). I wrote this because I get teased about having Karasu as a muse, with my own obsession with the fox....and this was about the only way I could think of to write Karasu. As I said, I wrote this because I wanted to, not because my muse was driving me with ideas and I'm pleased with how it turned out.
A couple of additional notes: I used the Anime-Xtreme fan subs to get my quotes correct and Kenetic Energy: The Karasu Fanlisting (http://mikokikyou.com/KEHome.html) for quotes as well. It was pointed out by one reviewer on another site that my quotes were different from the funimation official sub and this is why. Also, I did make an error. The bomb that captured Kurama's leg is the "matsudei bomu"...I mistranslated the katakana when I translated it. I only really know hiragana. Yes, I'm learning Japanese...and I can say silly things like "watashi no pinku neko wa tabemashite watshi no ramen futon no ue desu" (my pink cat ate my ramen on the bed)....really useful, isn't it.... :D
Yusuke came up from beind, “Are you okay, Kurama?” He’d noticed the kitsune staring at the plant, holding his arm. The battle had been difficult for him.
“Y-yeah…” Kurama managed to answer before falling to his knees.
“Kurama!” his friend cried out in concern.
“I’m sorry, Yusuke,” the red head managed through the pain encompassing his body. Yusuke made a confused noise and the kitsune forced himself to go on, “It was all I could do just to kill him.”
“What? What do you mean?” the tantei asked, shock evident in his voice.
The irony! “I mean I wasn’t able to win against him.” Kurama’s eyes closed in pain, shame, embarrassment. He’d tried so hard, but still failed, and some how succeeded.
At that moment, Juri announced, “The match is over. Karasu-senshi is the winner!”
Yusuke leapt to his feet, “Karasu? W-what?” How could this be? That sentiment echoed through out the arena. The replay was shown, clarifying matters, but Kurama already knew. He already knew of the great irony in the first round of the final match of the Ankoku Bujutsukai. Kurama felt the shame course through him. His best simply wasn’t enough, not this time. In the end, the psychotic raven had defeated him. He was not aware of what was going on around him until Yusuke asked him, “Can you stand?”
“Y-yeah,” he murmured, not looking up to his friend. Yusuke supported him out of the ring, setting him gently on the ground. The irony was painful, almost more painful than the wounds to his body. In trying to kill him, Karasu had made him stronger, but that strength had not been enough to win against the deranged demon.
A/N Yes, an epilogue. Partially to tie up loose threads, to truly finish the battle and to give me a place for an author's note. I did not feel it would have been appropriate at the end of the last chapter to tack something on....I felt it would have ruined the moment, so to speak. This wasn't as well read as I would have liked, but I wanted to write it anyway. I do really wonder what factor it was...the rating, only being R, that it was Karasu-centric...I do wonder what it was....maybe somone will enlighten me one day...or maybe it's one of those ironies...I don't know. Anyways, I do want to thank those of you who read this and most especially those who took the time to review.
thoth_moon, I'm glad you enjoyed this story. I know that there are times it's hard to come up with something creative and different to say. Thank you for the time and the compliments. See...I can say something without harassing you :D
Eye of Ra, I'm very happy you enjoyed this, even if I caused you to see light outside (how did I do that, I wonder? lol). I wrote this because I get teased about having Karasu as a muse, with my own obsession with the fox....and this was about the only way I could think of to write Karasu. As I said, I wrote this because I wanted to, not because my muse was driving me with ideas and I'm pleased with how it turned out.
A couple of additional notes: I used the Anime-Xtreme fan subs to get my quotes correct and Kenetic Energy: The Karasu Fanlisting (http://mikokikyou.com/KEHome.html) for quotes as well. It was pointed out by one reviewer on another site that my quotes were different from the funimation official sub and this is why. Also, I did make an error. The bomb that captured Kurama's leg is the "matsudei bomu"...I mistranslated the katakana when I translated it. I only really know hiragana. Yes, I'm learning Japanese...and I can say silly things like "watashi no pinku neko wa tabemashite watshi no ramen futon no ue desu" (my pink cat ate my ramen on the bed)....really useful, isn't it.... :D