Okay! It's Halloween! HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!! No, it won't be put into this chapter... because it doesn't fall into place, sorry! Maybe ill add it at a different time, maybe not. But anyways, on with the story!

Note: This is continuing RIGHT from where I left off, ok? No FFW'S or anything

----Chapter 4: Confusion

-----------(Front Porch: Asuka's POV)

"A tad chilly, don't you think?" I heard a soft voice behind me. I turned slightly to see Kurama standing there.

"Well, maybe a little." I said. He sat beside me. "H-how was dinner?" I finally asked. He smiled.

"It was delicious. We make a good team." He said cheerfully. I wanted to melt. His voice just seemed to hypnotize me... "Everyone's going to bed soon, you should too."

"No."

"Hm?"

"I want to stay up and train...with you." I couldn't believe my own words. "Will you train me even if it is only for an hour??" He looked at me then smiled.

"All right. Let's get started."

-------------(10 minutes Later: Deep in the forest around Genkai's Dojo)

"I want you to see something." He said to me after we were both pumped up from a few kicks and punches against each other. His hair started to turn silver... I was kind of scared when he began to TOWER over me... 'Hello Youko...' I thought to myself. I heard Kurama's voice in my head.

'I'm sorry... He took over, I can't stop him....' I heard his soft voice ring in my mind. I was horrified... Youko smirked at me. I stood there and then realized something... He was in heat... I didn't want to be his plaything!! I backed away slowly and he backed me into a tree then picked me up.

Everything went Black.

It was then that I woke up... Tea still hot, in my hands. No Kurama... How long had I been asleep? I stood.

"Shoot..." I stood, brushed myself off, and took a sip of my tea. I was positive that I was awake, this time. It really was getting a little cold. I crept inside and everyone was still in the dining room, talking and laughing. I didn't hear Kurama or Hiei's voice at all. I walked down the hall toward the dining room then I was stopped. I gasped and looked to my side. It was Hiei! "What is it?" I whispered to him. He simply grunted and led me outside, away from the others.

"What are your feelings toward Kurama?" He asked. "I need to know right now. It's interfering with your training and his train of thought." He demanded coldly. "And, it's beginning to annoy me that no one else has noticed." He added. I looked down at him, confused. What were my feelings toward Kurama??

"I... Don't really know..." I said more to myself than to him. I was looking at my feet. He just continued to glare at me.

"I sleep outside in a tree in between the area where your rooms are. I hear him speak your name in his sleep. You never seem to sleep anymore, and when you do, you end up talking about whatever you're dreaming of and mostly it's Kurama. It's not that loud, but my ears are 30 times better than the average demon. Especially since I don't have an animal spirit." I blushed. I talk in my sleep??

"I really don't know how I feel... Lately I just..." I murmured.

"Hn." He then looked at me and said in a nicer tone. "Lately you just, what?"

"I..." I sat down on the ground, sat my tea on the soft earth around me. "I have mixed feelings..." He looked at me. The fire in his eyes gone. Perhaps Yukina and Tsunai had softened him a bit...

"You should talk to him." With that, he seemed to disappear. I was so confused. I didn't know how to feel. Or... How he felt, for that matter. I picked up my tea, stood, and walked inside. I reached the dining room, it was quiet. Only Genkai was there. She nodded to me and motioned for me to sit down.

"What did he say? You look troubled." She broke the icy silence. I looked at her after taking a sip of my now only slightly warm tea. I made a face at how distasteful it was when it wasn't hot. I set it down.

"He asked me something personal. I didn't even know how to answer it. He asked me how I feel about Kurama." I said.

"Hah. You're fond of Kurama, eh?" she said. I shrugged.

"I don't know, really, I'm so confused... Hiei said it was interrupting my training and Kurama's train of thought. What do you think that meant?" I looked at her. Even though we kind of didn't get along, I felt bonded to her, she was my teacher, and I felt comfort in talking to her.

"Well, I think he meant that Kurama acts strangely when he's alone. I've noticed how the two of you are. When you're alone, you seem to be in deep thought, or you have a troubled look about you." She said. "You could be in love, did you consider that?"

"I... Don't know."

--------End Of Chapter!

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