What You Really Feel

By:  Cece Williams

((Disclaimer:  Well, since I don't own anything YYH, that's it.))

Cece:  Wow!  (happily takes the Almond Joy) Thank you!

Kurama:  Oh, dear.

Yusuke:  Well, it can't be that bad.

(All four guys are in tutus)

Yusuke:  Okay, this is bad.

Hiei, Kuwabara and Kurama:  DOY!!!

Cece:  Sorry… I'm just happy.

Kurama:  (sweatdrops) Maybe a little much, perhaps?

Kuwabara:  Could someone get me out of this thing before I get a wedgie?

Cece:  Let me think on that while I'm writing.

Kurama:  (pleading look in his eyes) Please, Cece?  I promise I'll stop Kuwabara from killing you.

Cece:  Okay!

(All four guys are back in their normal clothes again)

Kurama:  Thank you.  R&R please.  Flashbacks will be shown like this:  ~flashback~

Yusuke:  Come on!  (starts praying) Please let me be in this chapter!

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Kuwabara walked down the hall, a bag of potato chips in his hand.  He stopped in mid-munch to hear voices… coming from Andrea's hotel room.  He wasn't worried, though, since they were voices that he recognized.  He stepped up to the door and peered in, smiling at what he saw; Kurama was holding Andrea… maybe a little too close.  He held a hand to his mouth to keep from laughing.  "Uh, you guys?" he said.  "You left the door open."

Andrea heard the voice and buried her head in Kurama's shoulder, her face turning a deep shade of red, almost the color of Kurama's hair.  "I think you might want to turn around and look at the door," she said, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Kurama held onto Andrea a little tighter to him and bowed his head, letting his long red bangs brush against their faces.  "Yes, well, I suppose I didn't close it enough when I came in," he answered her.  He smiled to himself.  "Well, no matter; we're not doing anything wrong, anyway."

"Yeah, I know that, but you know how Kuwabara is," Andrea said, resting her head on his shoulder.  "The whole 'power of love' thing."  She almost froze, hearing herself say that.  "Wait a minute; you don't think that he thinks that we…" She left the last part unsaid because even she didn't know about it much as well.

 Kurama shook his head, a smile still on his face.  "Who knows?" he whispered in her ear.  "Perhaps we should ask him, hmm?"

Andrea smiled, trying to keep it in.  "I have a weird feeling what he's gonna say," she answered.

"Ah, it's the power of love," Kuwabara said from the door, smiling goofily.  "I was kind of wondering when that'd happen."

Andrea smacked a hand to her forehead, shaking her head, her blue eyes looking to the floor.  "Oh, great," she said.  "Now I suppose he's going to tell the whole team what's going on, huh?"

Kurama lowered his head, but at the same time pressing a balled-up fist to his mouth to stifle his laughter.

"And what is so funny?" Andrea asked him.  Sighing, she stood to her feet.  "Maybe I'm reading too much into this; I'm going to get some air."

Kurama instantly composed himself as he stood up as well.  "Andrea, we should talk more later, hmm?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I should feel better after I get some air," she answered, looking at Kurama once more before leaving the room and walking past Kuwabara, who was still standing there.

Kuwabara peeked into Andrea's room again at Kurama.  "Ooh, fight with the girlfriend?" he asked him teasingly.

Kurama simply smiled as he stuck his hands in his pockets and walked past Kuwabara to his hotel room next door.  Before he stepped in, he bowed his head.  "You're free to join me, if you wish," he said.

"Yeah, no problem…" Kuwabara answered, keeping his laughing to a minimum.

Meanwhile, Andrea walked outside and jumped on a tree branch, sitting down as different thoughts began to swim inside her mind from the day.

~Start of 1st flashback~

Finally, Andrea looked at Kurama, who seemed to feel her eyes on him.  "It's Karasu," she answered him in a whisper.

"My, my, aren't we observant?" Karasu appeared right in front of them.

Andrea simply looked at the figure in black, her blue eyes fixed in a steely glare.  The expression on her face was one that Kurama didn't like that well.  "What do you want, Karasu?" she asked him, her voice edged with sharp steel.

Karasu returned the steely glare what she had given him with one of his own.  "What business is that of yours, little girl?" he asked her back.

Andrea's main response was her raising her bow and Spirit Arrow up at his head.  "I'm making it my business," she said, her voice turning into a growl.  "You have a problem with that?"

Karasu's eyes darkened at the tone of her voice.  Normal girls in her position would have been screaming right about now, but she was literally defying him.  "I might," he growled, walking over to her.

Before she could do anything else, Kurama had stepped in front of her.  This surprised her; why was he in front of her?  It didn't make much sense.  "Kurama, what are you doing?" she asked him from behind him.

Kurama looked behind him and looked at her from the corner of his eye.  "I know what I'm doing, Andrea; believe me," he answered her.

She nodded, putting away her Spirit Arrow and her bow.  She knew better than to go against Kurama's words of obvious wisdom.  She saw him in battle and she knew all too well what would probably happen.  Still, she couldn't help but be half worried about him… okay, make that 75% worried about him.  What am I thinking? she thought.  I'm 2,000% worried about Kurama right now.

"Seems as though you're protecting the girl, Kurama," Karasu said, walking nearer to them.  "I wonder why you're protecting her."

Kurama's emerald eyes darkened, unnatural for a calm person like himself.  "Whatever the reason, it is none of your business," he growled slightly.

~End of 1st flashback~

Her mind took her to another moment… one that most girls would only dream of…

~Start of 2nd flashback~

Karasu smirked and waved his hand nonchalantly.  "I only wanted to be near you seeing as how tomorrow we will not be able to," he answered.

"The only one who's gonna be near him is gonna be me," Andrea growled under her breath from behind the redhead.

Kurama's mouth twitched and his emerald colored eyes glinted with a dark spark that if Andrea had seen, she would have lost her breathing.  "Sorry; I have no intention of getting close to the likes of you," he answered calmly.

Andrea, on the other hand, heard how Kurama's facial expressions had changed.  ~He sounds kinda pissed, ~ she thought to herself.  Hearing his last comment, she smiled from behind him.  ~Mmm, good comeback, ~ she added.

Karasu laughed darkly.  "Yes, it's so obvious," he said, his voice turning dark and menacing.  "Perhaps, though, I should get rid of that pretty girl behind you, hmm?"

Hearing the threat against her own life made her want to jump over the redheaded fox demon and choke the living hell out of him.  Still, although she was tempted to do so, Kurama said he was going to handle it and for her to stay behind him.  She grabbed onto the back of Kurama's outfit, her blue eyes with a bit of a murderous look in them.  Even for her, they weren't the type of eyes she should be using in this predicament.

Kurama backed up and placed a protective hand upon Andrea's waist, keeping her behind him.  His emerald green eyes glinted with a dangerous look.  "You can sure go ahead and try."

~End of 2nd flashback~

"Why would he protect me?" she asked herself.  Her mind drifted off a third time… this time a moment that shocked her…

~Start of 3rd flashback~

Kurama's cheeks, on the other hand, turned an even darker shade of pink.  It took him several minutes before the color faded and he was able to turn and face Andrea again, smiling wryly.  "Oh, I don't know about that," he said, laughing lightly.

"What do you mean, 'Oh, I don't know about that'?" she asked him, her blue eyes looking a little confused.  She looked up at him again and placed one hand on the side of his face.  "Are you sure you're not running a fever?"

Kurama caught her hand and leaned forward a little.  "Quite sure," he answered her.

~End of 3rd flashback~

"Was Kurama about to…" she asked herself.  She mentally slapped herself as she turned her head in attention.  ~Something's wrong…~ she thought.

Back in Kurama's hotel room, Kuwabara wanted answers.  "So, did you two have a fight?" he asked him.  "I thought you liked her."

"A fight?  No, it was just a minor misunderstanding," Kurama answered as he walked to his closet to change.

"Misunderstanding, huh?" Kuwabara asked, stifling a laugh.  "You were really touchy-feely with Andrea, you know.  For a minute there, I thought you and Andrea were going out together."

"Yes, well, nothing is as it seems, Kuwabara," Kurama answered him.  "At least, not yet, anyway."

"Not yet…" Kuwabara's eyes gave a teasing look at Kurama.  "I had a feeling something was going on."

Kurama only smiled as he took a quick shower and dressed down to a simple pair of blue jeans and a red T-shirt.  When he came out, a towel was wrapped around his shoulders while his long red hair was still wet.

"Going anywhere?" Kuwabara asked him.  "Like, maybe to find Andrea?  She's been gone a while."

Kurama sighed and flopped down uncharacteristically on the couch across from where Kuwabara was.  "Do you think I should go after her?" he asked.

Kuwabara got a chilly feeling.  "Yeah… that might be a good idea," he answered.

Kurama nodded and rose back to his feet.  "Very well; I'm off then," he answered, his hair still dripping wet and a towel still around him as he turned to leave the room.  "You are free to stay here if you like."  With that, he opened the door and left the room.

Kuwabara sighed.  "I just hope he didn't get that weird feeling."

Meanwhile, Andrea stayed in the tree, that is until she felt something fly near her.  She jumped down, landing on her feet, and looked up, seeing a green thingamajig with wings heading towards her.  She ducked out of the way, but the weapon struck her in the small of her back.  This knocked her down, but she couldn't recover in time as she hit the ground on her side.  She looked up at the branch she jumped off of.  Trying to stand up wasn't a problem, but ignoring the pain in her back was a whole other ball game.  She gritted her teeth in pain as she stood back to her feet.

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((Who had attacked Andrea, and will Kurama find her before it's too late?  And is Kuwabara right; could they be more than just friends?  Find out in the next chapter!))

Yusuke:  Man!

Cece:  I know, I know… but don't worry; you're going to get a good part in the next chapter.

Yusuke:  Sweet!  Do I get to beat anyone up?

Cece:  I can't give it away.  It's a secret.

Kurama:  All we need is Hiei in the story, and it's good.

Cece:  Yeah, but he's not the type to tell Kurama that he's in love or not.  I don't think he cares less.

Hiei:  Nice words.

Cece:  Thank you!

Kurama:  Remember to R&R here.