A/N: Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! :) I would especially like to thank Chow-Chow Binks and Sheyba for so many reviews! I'm sorry about the late update, but I had a serious case of writer's block, along with many other complications. So, without any further ado, on with the story!

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Kurama and the Amulet of Truth

To recap the battle as we left it:

Tomayo's raven black hair had grown so long that it reached all the way down his back. His fingers had been transformed into scythes, with webbing in between. He had two bat-like wings protruding from his back, and a long slimy black tail. Instead of feet he had two stainless-steel claws at the bottom of his leg.

"I am now all powerful!" Tomayo screeched, a purple aura surrounding him and absorbing the night.

"Ahh!" Kurama gasped, holding up his arm to shield him. Yoshimi fell back on to her butt, mouth agape in awe. Tomayo broke the spell by hurtling a purple lightning ball at Kurama, who recovered just in time to block it with his rose whip. But his defense was in vain, for Tomayo's aura ball tore Kurama's rose whip apart like it was nothing, and sent Kurama skidding back in an explosive cloud of dust. He emerged, bleeding and battered, but still able to fight.

But how could he defeat this monster, who so easily tore through his rose whip? The only answer seemed to be a transformation into Youko Kurama, and how could he do that without a powerful item such as the fruit of past lives?

Another ball of energy from Tomayo interrupted his thoughts. He dodged it, but barely. I can't go on like this, Kurama thought. It will only be a matter of time before one of those hits its target.

Meanwhile, Yoshimi was huddle in a ball, hugging her knees, watching the fight. There must be something I can do to help, Yoshimi thought. I can't just let him die. I-I love him.

Tomayo took a moment to gather his energy into the biggest ball yet. "You won't be able to dodge this, Kurama!" he yelled. "My power has over come you. You are just weak and helpless!" With that, he fired his energy.

"No!" Yoshimi yelled. "Kurama!!!"

"Spirit Gun!"

A bright blue ball of energy cut straight through the purple sphere, causing it to dismember and fade into nothing.

"What the hell!?" Tomayo fumed, looking around for the owner of the energy.

"Yusuke!" Yoshimi exclaimed joyfully, jumping to her feet and spotting the group over to the left.

"We're here now," Yusuke said to Tomayo. "It's won't be so easy now."

Tomayo, seeing that he was outnumbered, smiled. "I don't think so," he said. He spread his arms creating a force field around himself, Kurama, and Yoshimi. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei were left on the outside of the field. "No one will interfere!" Tomayo said, laughing evilly. He turned back to Kurama and smiled maliciously. "Now to continue you demise!" Tomayo hurled another ball at Kurama, who couldn't dodge in time and was smacked to the ground. Kurama shakily tried to rise to his feet, but feel limply back to the ground, only able to raise his head.

"(Insert evil laugh)" Tomayo laughed evilly. "You see? No one stands in the way of me getting what I want!"

"No," Yoshimi breathed, not believing what was happening. "No," she moaned, louder this time. "No!!!" she yelled to the night. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth determinedly. Her aura turned a silvery color as her rage grew. She jumped into the air and summoned two discs, throwing them at Tomayo. "Disks of the Eternal Moon!" she yelled, with out even thinking about what she was saying. One of her disks sliced missed entirely, but the other slice straight through Tomayo's arm, chopping it off.

"Arrgh!" he yelled in anguish, turning around to face Yoshimi. "You! You cut off my wonderful arm! You'll pay now!" He summoned another energy sphere and threw it at her, but Yoshimi threw another disk that sliced right through it. Instead of responding angrily, Tomayo simply laughed. "Well, this will be more of a challenge than I thought. I'll have to use something that I didn't think I'd have to pull this out. Stream of Consuming Darkness!" He held out his hands, filling them with dark energy. It hit Yoshimi, throwing her back. She hit into the wall of the force field. The energy just kept coming, making it impossible for her to get up. Tomayo finally let up, and Yoshimi was able to stagger dejectedly to her feet, her power used up.

"Ha!" Tomayo triumphantly exclaimed. "Now all will fall beneath my awesome power!"

He jumped at her throat, grabbing it and pinning her to the edge of the force field. She cried out in pain, but it was no use. With out her power, Yoshimi could do nothing. She struggled futilely to escape his grip, but to no avail. Tomayo laughed. "You see? This is the price you must pay for challenging me!"

Tomayo summoned a dark purple sphere, playing with it delicately with his fingers. "This is the power I have at my command to destroy you with," Tomayo said calmly. "I wish it didn't have to be this way, but alas, you have made things hard on me. So I have no choice but to destroy you. Good bye, Yoshimi." He shot the ball of energy.

From outside the bubble, Yusuke and the others were watching helplessly. When Tomayo sounded Yoshimi's death sentence, Yusuke could take it no longer. "No!" he yelled, charging the force field with the hardest punch he had. He was thrown back, slamming into the ground and skidding into the dust. "Darn it!" he said.

"Must be as long as the force field is in place, you can't get inside," Kuwabara said.

"Hn," Hiei grunted. "I could have told you that, baka." Their attention was drawn abruptly back to the battle by the sound of an almighty explosion racking the inside of the force field.

"No!" Yusuke yelled. "Yoshimi! Kurama!"

Back inside the bubble, Yoshimi opened here eyes. She was lying on the ground, and in considerable pain, which meant she must still be alive. She wondered how that was possible when Tomayo had fired point-blank at her head. Then she thought back to Kurama. He must have done something she figured, but what. I hope he's not dead, she thought. Because I love him. (Sounds stupid, I know, but I couldn't think of anything else to put.) Then she passed out.

A/N: Kinda short, but y'all need an update. Hope you like it. Review!