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Here are the characters for this chapter...they've been seperated into two different categories because I couldn't decide who was main and who wasn't.

Location: Toguro's Plantation
Hiei, Yusuke, Jin, Botan, aaaaaand Yukina!

Location: Suzaku's Plantation.
Keiko, Shizuru, Kuwabara, Kurama, and somebody else! It's not Suzaku, it's not Karasu, it's...heck, I'm not telling, go find out for yourself!

Chapter Eleven:
All For One

"Wake up." It wasn't a request, or a gentle urge. It was more like a command, and commands Yusuke tended to ignore.

"I mean it. Wake up now." Hmm...no. The bed was too warm.

Or it was until somebody ripped the blankets off and tore the pillow away. And when he refused to get up, hit him with it.

Okay, that was harsh. Yusuke sat up and opened his mouth to complain.

Three eyes stared back at him. Whatever Yusuke had been about to say was lost at the shock of seeing that third, glowing, red eye.

"Shut your mouth," Hiei snapped, "You act like you've never seen a Jagan eye before."

"Oh, is that what you call it?" Yusuke asked, twitching, "I thought it was just a giant pimple." Hiei glared at him.

"Hey, the sun's not even up yet," Yusuke noticed, "Why did you wake me up?"

"I found him," Hiei interrupted, "He's at Suzaku's plantation with Karasu, and Karasu is going to make him walk back as soon as it's fully light." Yusuke stared at him.

"I need you to wake Jin," Hiei continued, "Tell him to meet us outside the front door A.S.A.P. Or else." With that, he was gone. Yusuke blinked. His brain slowly went over the conversation. Jagan...Suzaku...Karasu...wait a minute, KARASU?

"JIN! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!"

^_~ | ~_^

Rose petals swirled gracefully around him, falling from an invisible somewhere to float with the breeze, twirling around him in an intricate dance of red.

Red. The vivid color of the petals made him remember his own wounds, and he glanced down at himself tiredly.

The wounds were still there, but strangely enough, he didn't feel them. There was no such thing as pain here-wherever here was.

The petals blew away, as if an invisible wind kept them at bay. Now he sat in a clear bubble while all around him a storm went on.

He could feel ground beneath him, feel the roughness of bark behind his back. He couldn't move-but somehow he didn't feel alarmed. He didn't really want to move.

The petals parted as if they were a curtain-they closed again after a figure stepped into the bubble.

Piercing gold eyes stared down at him where he sat against the tree. Delicate fox ears poked out from a head of long, silvery hair; a silver tail swished deliberately back and forth, like a cat watching its prey.

"Who...who are you?"

"Tell me who you are," the figure responded.

"I am Kurama," Kurama said, obediently. The other person nodded.

"So am I," he said, "In a way." Kurama didn't understand at all. How could he be him? He was him!

"Allow me to explain," the figure said, "I am Yoko Kurama, and you and I are currently in the same body." He stepped closer.

"I don't understand," Kurama said, "What do you mean?"

"There isn't time to explain," Yoko said, "It takes a tremendous amount of energy to speak to you, even for such a short time as this. And doubtless you will need to speak to me later-so this is farewell for now." He was standing right next to Kurama now, and Kurama could clearly see his large, sharp claws. Yoko could kill him in an instant-but for some reason he wasn't afraid.

"Rest now," Yoko said quietly, and Kurama found he could barely keep his eyes open. "Friends are coming for you, and you are in safe hands until they arrive. Sleep." And he did.

^_~ | ~_^

"Poor Kurama," Keiko whispered, watching as Shizuru tied a bandage around his arm, "Who could do this?"

"That Karasu guy seemed to have a pretty easy time going about it," Kuwabara mumbled.

"Yeah, well, he's just a jerk," Shizuru said, "Does Kurama have some way to get back to Toguro's plantation?" Kuwabara shrugged.

"I dunno. Maybe."

"Karasu's not going to make him walk back, is he?" Keiko asked, her voice trembling. Kuwabara shrugged again.

"He wouldn't," Shizuru said viciously, "Kurama is in no shape to walk-it's best if he doesn't move for a while."

"He said he was coming back once it was fully light," Kuwabara remembered.

"We won't let him," Shizuru vowed, "He will not get Kurama as long as we are here."

^_~ | ~_^

The first star in the sky vanished as the dark faded just a little bit. Its twin winked out a moment later, and then another one disappeared.

The sun would soon rise.

^_~ | ~_^

Crack. A large spark of electricity danced out from Botan's bracelet, shocking her. She gave a small scream and the little bit of power that had gathered in her hand disappeared. A split second later, the same happened to Jin, and he fell the one foot he had gained to the ground.

"Why isn't this working?" Botan moaned, hitting her bracelet with her fist, "Kurama needs our help, and we have no way to get to him!"

"Calm down, Botan," Yukina said, placing her hands on Botan's arm, "We will find a way."

"What other way is there?" Jin sighed, "She's right-we'll never get to him before Karasu does."

"There's got to be something we can do!" Yusuke said.

"What?" Jin asked, turning to him, "Unless you can come up with some way to get the bracelets off..."

"I could go alone," Hiei suggested, "I might, if nothing else works."

"And drag him back by yourself?!" Botan screeched, "I don't bloody think so!" The five of them were standing outside the house, trying to figure out some way they could use their powers to get to Kurama. But so far they were coming up blank-the bracelets weren't letting them do anything, no matter how dire the situation was.

Botan collapsed on the ground, muttering something incoherent. Hiei watched from his position in a tree as Yukina knelt and tried to comfort her. Jin began drawing stick figures in the dirt. He had long since switched to speaking in a different language-Irish, Yusuke thought it was-and was now mumbling ferociously. Yusuke only stared off into the distance. There had to be something they could do...

^_~ | ~_^

The first rays of light struck the trees, sending birds off into a twitter of song. The morning was coming.

^_~ | ~_^

"Kurama." Somebody was calling his name. With an effort, Kurama moved his head and dragged his eyes open.

Yoko was sitting next to him, watching him with those keen gold eyes.

"Did you know," Yoko said, staring at the silver cuff that was around Kurama's wrist, "It is possible to pass energy from one person to another?"

"Hmmm." That probably didn't sound very intelligent, but he was too tired to care.

"I'll take that as a yes," Yoko continued, "What have you used that energy for?"

"...mm...stuff..."

"I know you've done the mind-link; I saw you do it with Kuwabara. Now, think further-would it be possible to use energy for other things?"

"...pro'bly..."

"What do you think energy from an outside source would do to that?" He gestured at Kurama's bracelet. Kurama shrugged weakly.

"Remember this; outside energy is more useful than you think. Besides being used to boost your strength, it can nullify something that's used to your energy-but not someone else's."

"...why...?" Why was he telling him this? Couldn't it wait?

"Think about it!" Yoko persisted, quickly loosing his patience, "We're running out of time...you need to wake up."

"No." That was probably the only coherent answer Yoko was going to get out of him.

"YES!" Yoko roared, jumping to his feet, "YOUR FRIENDS NEED YOU! NOW WAKE UP, AND REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU! OUTSIDE ENERGY, KURAMA, THINK ABOUT IT! WHAT COULD YOU DO WITH IT?" Kurama groaned.

"NO! TRY PASSING IT THROUGH A LINK! THE OUTSIDE ENERGY WILL AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL ANYTHING THAT'S USED TO YOU, OR RESTRICTING YOU-YOU HAVE A BRAIN, NOW USE IT! YOUR FRIENDS NEED YOU, KURAMA, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE! WAKE UP!!!!"

"...all right...all right..." The world of rose petals and Yoko faded away. Pain was quick in returning, and Kurama let out a moan as his wounds began to ache again.

^_~ | ~_^

All the attention in the clearing turned to Kurama as the injured fighter gave out a low moan.

"He's waking up," Shizuru stated. "Give him room!" Keiko hung back a little; Shizuru had to push Kuwabara back.

"Hey, kiddo," she said softly, as Kurama's eyes opened a crack, "Remember me? Shizuru-Kuwabara's sister." Kurama gave a small smile, showing that he did indeed. "You've taken some hard knocks, kid-but don't worry, we've bandaged the worst of them. You'll pull through, just don't move if you don't have to." Green eyes open as far as he could get them (which was only about halfway), he opened his mouth to ask something. No sound came out.

"Here," said another voice, "Drink." A cup was held to his lips; he took a few swallows gratefully.

"Kuwabara?"

"No, I'm Keiko," Keiko responded, as cheerful as she could get under the circumstances, "Kuwabara's on your other side." Kurama turned his head slowly; sure enough, there was Kuwabara.

"Hey," Kuwabara said, "How're you feelin'?" Kurama didn't answer.

"...how long..."

"Have you been asleep?" Kuwabara finished. Kurama nodded. "I don't know. A couple hours, maybe. The sun's about to rise." Sunrise...yes, that was when Karasu would come back...

"You have to leave," he said, exhaling, "If Karasu..."

"Hang on a minute, kid, we're not going anywhere," Shizuru cut him off, "If Karasu wants to take you somewhere, he'll have to get through us."

"You do have somebody coming to help you, right?" Keiko asked. Kurama opened his mouth to say yes, but then Yoko's words came flooding back to him.

"YOUR FRIENDS NEED YOU!" His brain started working again. In order to get here on time, they'd have to use their powers...but the bracelets would have to let them...

"Kurama?" Keiko asked, "What's wrong? Are you in pain?" Stupid question, but he didn't have time to think about that.

"YOUR FRIENDS NEED YOU!"

"Kuwabara!"

"Yes?"

"I need...your help again."

"But...why?"

"Please, Kuwabara...this is...urgent..." Half-awake green eyes locked with black; it only took a moment for Kuwabara to see the true desperation Kurama had. Such desperation he'd never seen...

"All right," he said, swallowing, "I'll help." Kurama smiled and whispered a thank you. "Tell me what to do."

"It's...complicated," Kurama said, trying to remember the rest of Yoko's words, "Let's start...by opening a link...like last time."

"Same person?" Kuwabara asked, holding his hand out. Kurama nodded and pried his own away from the blades of grass that wrapped around it. Placing his bandaged hand on Kuwabara's, he locked eyes with him once more.

"Follow my lead."

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