((Yay! I love posts! ^_^ And I hope you feel better soon... It's no fun being sick

Oh yeah, I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to briefly bring in another character once they get back. Just for the sake of fun))

Aleron let out a slightly wheezy cough at that. "Well, if you were my pet too I'd treat you the same as I treat Loki." She really couldn't help taunting him. It was way too fun and he made it so easy. Besides, it helped her focus on something other than the pain and exhaustion. She wasn't used to fighting like that.

She looked over in time to see the portal opening, a little ways ahead of them. Five minutes. They had five minutes to make it there before the portal closed. They could do that. No problem. Easy shmeezy.

The tower behind them started to shake as power escaped from the remains of the crystal, the inhabitants of this planet escaping with it. The portal actually wavered a little before solidifying again.

"Shit. That's not good," Aleron muttered. "Now would be the time to start running." She grabbed Yusuke's wrist and started jogging, still leaning on Loki from time to time for support. Kuwabara managed to jog-stumble after them.

Kurama laughed quietly and helped her out of the tower, staying in the back of the group for now. It gave her a little more time to recover, and he could make sure no one straggled behind.

When everything started shaking, Kurama's eyes narrowed. They needed to hurry, and four of them really weren't in any condition to run. Aleron and Yusuke seemed to be managing just fine, and Kuwabara wasn't too far behind. He picked up Yue carefully, since it would be much easier for him to run than to worry about her keeping up, and started running for the portal. It gave another heart-stopping waver before Hiei went through. One down, six to go.