And here is Chapter Eleven!! Many more reunions and a plan of action is hatched!!

The morning came fairly quickly. Chrissy immediately scooped up her dirty clothes and made her way to the hot springs again and scrubbed her clothes on a flat rock she had found in the forest. Then she laid them out on a stick that was set up by one of the fires so they could dry. She didn't want to wear this skirt any longer than she had to. She just hoped that Kagome had a needle and thread in that enormous backpack of hers.

They only stayed there for an hour when everyone decided to pack up and keep going. Chrissy decided to put the duel disk on her arm along with the deck to save the trouble of hauling it around in that bundle of cloth all the time. It wasn't particularily heavy after all, and she'd still have the use of her hand.

"How are you feeling this morning?" asked a voice off to her side as she was examining the damage done to her clothes. Blinking, she looked up to find Marik looking down at her.

She smiled at him. "Much better. I'm just hoping I can go one day without having a near death experience." Then she blushed a little and cleared her throat. "Um... Ishizu... told me what you did when you found me by the river."

His face immediately turned bright red and his eyes went huge. "Sh... she... d... did?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Thank you."

He rubbed the back of his head. "It... wasn't anything much. I mean... I had to do something to help you..."

She smiled. "Well... it looks like we're just about set to head out." She folded her clothes and put them in a vine satchel that Kurama had made for her and got to her feet.

Marik nodded. "Looks like it. Would you like me to carry your bag for you?"

She shook her head. "Thank you for the offer, but I think I can handle it."

He nodded. "Well... I'm going to head back to my sister and Odion now."

She nodded as the large group started out. Chrissy wound up taking the rear. She made sure she was close to Kakashi, who seemed to be the most powerful non-demon there. She wanted to make sure she was close to someone strong if something happened. She was very much sick and tired of having her life put on the line. She glanced up and saw Hiei easily keeping up with them all up in the trees.

About two hours into their walk, Kakashi's head turned slightly and he looked back at her. Then his eye went wide and he quickly called for a stop, leaping between Chrissy and the forested path behind her. "There is a group of people approaching."

Chrissy wasn't about to take any risks. She was in the middle of the group in no time, standing between Kurama and Kuwabara before anyone could blink. Inuyasha and Koga both sniffed the air, and then as one, the Wolf took up a defensive stance, as the hanryu unsheathed his sword, a scowl on his face.

"Kagome, get behind me! I can smell Sesshomaru! I don't know if he's going to be in one of his 'I wanna kill my half breed brother' moods or not, but we don't wanna take any chances!"

The girl nodded and quickly stepped behind Inuyasha and Koga, while pulling her bow and arrow off her back.

They waited in tense silence for a moment when a tall, majestic and handsom demon with long white hair stepped from the trees, a group of humans right behind him.

Kagome smiled immediately. "Miroku!! Sango!! Kaylalla!!"

Yugi, Tea and Joey smiled as well. "Duke!! Tristan! Ryu!!"

Naruto grinned broadly. "Gaara! Rock!!"

Hearts danced in Sakura's eyes immediately. "SASUKE!!!!"

Kurama's eyes widened and Kuwabara's jaw dropped. "KOENMA?!" the two of them shouted in shock. "Yusuke!!"

As several of the others came forward, Chrissy caught sight of two girls, just as they caught sight of her. "TEARRA!! KIRSTEN!!!!"

"CHRISSY!!!"

The three girls almost bowled each other over in their desperation to get to one another.

But then they all heard Kagome gasp and heard a stunned Inuyasha utter a name that caught all their attention.

"K... Kikyo?"

Shippo gulped from the Pharaoh's shoulder. "Uh... oh... this isn't gonna go over good with Kagome..."

A beautiful woman who bore a striking resemblance to Kagome stepped forward, dressed in the clothes of a priestess. She had a gentle smile on her lips and had a bow and arrows on her back. "Inuyasha. It has been a long time."

The hanryu looked to be at a total loss for words, and Kagome's expression turned to one of dread.

The white haired demon cleared his throat, casting only a half glance at his little half brother and the love triangle that was forming as Kagome seemed to look more stricken with every passing second.

"It seems we have all been reunited. And before you jump to any conclusions, Little Brother, I have decided that for the time being, there will be a truce between the two of us, because we have bigger things to worry about, and I'm not just talking about our current displacement."

Inuyasha shook off his shock at seeing Kikyo and blinked, looking at him. "What do you mean?"

Sesshomaru frowned. "Naraku is here."

THAT got his attention. "NARAKU?! WHERE?! DID YOU SEE HIM?!" he roared.

He shook his head. "I picked up his scent two days ago, but I lost it in the mountains to the South East of here."

Kaiba, Mokuba, Inuyasha, and Hiei started. "THE MOUNTAINS WE WERE IN!!" the four of them said as one.

The half demon snarled. "I have a feeling that that 'earthquake' wasn't a natural force of nature then! It might've been Naraku!"

Chrissy felt a chill run down her spine. "You mean.. that evil psycho... is what caused me to fall from the cliff?"

Inuyasha snarled. "I'd bet on it. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I mean, we WERE attacked by Kagura our first night here, and she's an incarnation of his."

Tearra and Kirsten looked at their friend. "YOU FELL OFF A CLIFF?!"

The girl sighed and held up a hand. "You don't know the HALF of it, trust me."

Kirsten blinked. "Um... Chrissy... what's that thing you're wearing on your wrist?"

The girl sighed again. "I'll get into EVERYTHING later. I just hope to hell that this world's been nicer to you than it has been to me."

A little girl that stood beside Sesshomaru blinked, looking at the new group. "Oh! There's someone here my age!!" She ran forward and came right up to Mokuba, smiling as she held out a hand. "Hi! My name is Rin!"

Mokuba blinked and then smiled right back. "I'm Mokuba! And this is my big brother, Seto. It's nice to meet you, Rin."

Hiei looked at them all. "Is anyone missing? At least anyone that you know of?"

They all exchanged several dozen looks before everyone shook their heads as one.

The fire demon crossed his arms. "Alright. So, now that we're all together, what do we do now?"

Several looks were exchanged once again.

"Good question," Chrissy said. "I mean, we're all together, but we still have no idea how we got here or how the hell to get back to our own worlds."

Kakashi thought a moment. "Maybe we should split up again. Form some groups and scope out the landscape... see if we can't find anything that might be helpful. And if someone finds something, they could unleash a signal of some sort to alert the others."

Inuyasha nodded. "That would mean there would have to be a powerful demon in each group. That way, we could send out an obvious signal of some kind. Also, we should try to make it so each group has an equal amount of power to keep the weaker of us safe."

Kirsten blinked. "Okay... so how do we decide who goes with who?"

Miroku looked at her. "You three are the only ones you know of who were dragged here from your world, right?"

They nodded as one." Yeah..." they said, not sure where this was going.

"And you said that in all the time you've been in your world, that you have never experienced anything one would deem unusual, or encountered any powerful creatures of your own?"

They exchanged another look and nodded. "That's right," Chrissy said. "This whole being dragged to another world and coming across demons and monsters is totally new to us."

Miroku nodded. "Then I recommend three groups... each with one of you in it. It would make it easier for those in the groups to keep you safe and calm."

They all blanched. "You mean we should split up again?!"

He nodded again. "I believe that would be the best course of action. The three of you have no experience at all in dealing with monsters and it would be easier to keep one of you calm then all three should something excessively dangerous occur."

Kirsten looked hesitant. "Well... I guess that makes sense..."

Chrissy nodded. "And at least this time we know that the others aren't out there by themselves..."

Tearra shrugged. "Works for me. So who goes with us?"

Sasuke shrugged. "I've been with Tearra from the beginning, so I'll be in her group."

Sakura smiled. "Where Sasuke goes, I go!!"

The Pharaoh and Yugi exchanged a look. "I think we should go with Chrissy," Yugi said. "She has that duel disk and deck, and if she gets into another duel, she might need some help."

The Pharaoh nodded. "I agree."

Joey grinned. "I ain't bein' seperated from my bestest buddy again! I'm there too!"

Miroku stepped up to Kirsten and held her hands in his own. "I would hate to be seperated from this fair haired beauty, so I shall travel with her."

Kirsten turned bright read, while Tearra started to glower at the monk. Before she could say anything, however, Sango appeared behind him, her aura flaring dangerously. "MONK!!!" Miroku suddenly found himself with a giant boomerange upside his head. "Where you go, I go, because someone has to keep you in line!!" she growled.

Kakashi looked at the set up so far. "So, Kirsten's got a demon fire cat, a monk and a demon slayer, Tearra has two elite chunin ninja's, and Chrissy has two boys, three if you include the Pharaoh."

Naruto grinned. "Guess I'll go with Joey!"

Hinata blushed slightly. "I'll go in Chrissy's group as well."

Ryu smiled. "I will stay with Tearra." he said, stepping up to her.

Kikyo looked at him. "I am intrigued by the spirit I sense in your item. Would you allow me to travel with you as well?"

He smiled. "Of course."

Kurama stepped up to Kirsten wordlessly, making his choice.

Koenma came forward. "I would like to remain with you, Kurama."

Botan immediately rushed after him. "I'm not being seperated from my boss again!!"

Hiei stepped forward. "I'll stick with Chrissy. The way her luck's been running, she should probably have a strong demon with her."

Kakashi cleared his throat. "I should stick close to Naruto... to keep him out of trouble."

Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged a look and then joined Tearra's group.

Rock Lee and Gaara both agreed to be with Kirsten's group.

Marik, Ishizu and Odion exchanged a few looks and nodded as one. "We would like to remain in the company of the Pharaoh," Ishizu said and the three of them stood with Chrissy's group.

Kaiba looked a little indecisive for a moment, his gaze flickering from Chrissy to Yugi and Joey, and then went to Tearra, Mokuba right on his heels.

Duke shrugged and followed his example.

Tea went up to Kirsten, giving her a smile, Tristan following suit.

Kagome didn't say a word, as she stood behind Chrissy, Shippo jumping on her shoulder immediately.

Koga considered for a moment, taking a glance at Kagome, and then he joined Kirsten's group, noting the lack of demons in her group.

Inuyasha looked to be at a total loss, his gaze flickering from Kikyo to Kagome.

The Priestess finally spoke up. "Inuyasha. Go with Kagome."

His eyes went wide. "Wh... what?"

"I would only serve as a distraction to you and a distraction in this situation is something you cannot afford. Stay with Kagome."

The hanryu hesitated a moment longer, and then nodded, joining Chrissy's group.

Sesshomaru nodded. "Rin, Jagen and I will go with Tearra. That should be even enough, and each group has the ability to send out a signal of some sort."

Miroku nodded. "I think we should hold out on leaving until morning. We should all get some rest and try to devise some sort of strategy before we move out."

The others all nodded, the three girls exchanging somewhat wary looks. They still didn't like the thought of being seperated after only now being reunited, but they understood the reasons behind it.

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As the night was setting in, the three girls went to a secluded corner of the clearing and started to talk.

"This is so weird," Kirsten said. "I mean... everyone seems to think that someone brought us here."

Chrissy and Tearra both nodded as one.

"Yeah," Tearra said. "But who and why?"

The girls were unaware that the Pharaoh and Bakura stood close to them in spirit form, listening to their conversation intently. Also, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, Hiei, Kurama, Shippo, Jagen and Koga could easily haer their conversation from where they stood.

"My question is," Chrissy started, "why US? I mean, think about it. Everyone else here came from worlds that have..." She shrugged. "You know... demons, spirits, things like that. Even the humans from those worlds have at least ENCOUNTERED strange things. Inuyasha's world is filled with demons and monsters, same with Naruto's and Hiei's. And Yugi and them have the Millennium Items... magical artifacts, two of which house spirits from Ancient Egypt. There is NOTHING like that in our world. Our world is downright boring by comparison. So how come, of all these people, we're here, too? We don't have any special abilities, or any experiences to fall back on. So how come someone would bring US here?"

Kirsten and Tearra exchanged blank looks and then shrugged as one.

"Maybe it was a mistake or something."

Tearra nodded. "That has to be it. I mean, we didn't do anything special. I mean... I work behind the concession in a THEATRE. Kirsten works in a liquor store and you..." She blinked. "What the hell do you do again?"

Chrissy shrugged. "My last job was as a curteosy clerk in a grocery store. I got fired because they said I had a bad attitude with authority," she said quickly.

Kirsten and Tearra blinked. "Bad... attitude with authority? What did you do?" Kirsten asked.

She shrugged. "My manager wanted a blow job and I told him to get bent."

From the other side of the camp, they could hear Hiei and Kurama laught at something or other. Shippo blinked innocently, while Inuyasha, Naruto and Koga almost fell over in shock. Jagen's jaw hit the ground, while Sesshomaru remained impassive.

The Pharaoh was just as shocked and turned bright red. He was thankful Yugi was unable to hear the conversation for himself. At his side, Bakura just roared with laughter.

Kirsten moaned. "TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!" she said as Tearra started roaring with laughter.

Chrissy shrugged again. "Hey, you wanted to know. But, getting back to the issue at hand..."

Kirsten nodded, trying to get unwanted images out of her mind. "Right..." she sighed. "Well, what are we supposed to do about this? You know, if I don't get home, my Dad's gonna call up all his old buddies from the military and have them scowering the countryside looking for me. And when we DO get home, what the hell are we supposed to tell everyone? They're going to want to know where we were."

Chrissy paused at that, knowing that no one in their world would believe a story like theirs. "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it, okay? But right now, we have no choice about this situation. I sure as fuck am not going anywhere on my own, and Miroku did have a point: We three have no clue at all what to expect. If the three of us are together and we see something seriously dangerous and scary as all hell, we'll all completely freak. Apart, it would be easier for them to keep an eye on us... keep us safe, you know? And aside from that... what if there ARE more people from our world here? It would be better if we split up. There's a better chance of coming across them that way."

Kirsten nodded. "I guess. But I sure wish we know who brought us here and if it was a mistake or not."

Chrissy shrugged. "Well, we're not gonna figure that one out today."

Tearra sighed. "Yeah... so I guess there's no point in dwelling on it." Then she let out a small moan. "It sucks, though... I'm gonna be fired for sure. I only booked off the week."

Kirsten sighed. "Me too, but what're ya gonna do?" Then she let out a yawn. "I'm getting tired." She lookd up and was surprised to see that it was totally dark, except for the fires. She gave her friends a sheepish smile. "Well, if we're moving out tomorrow, I guess we had better get some sleep now."

Chrissy noddd. "Yeah. We'll learn what the others decided in the morning. Let's just turn in."

The three girls set up places close to one another that night, and fell asleep, feeling strangely more secure since finding the others.

Okay!! There's chapter eleven!! R&R, everyone!!!!