Hey everyone! I know it's been awhile since I updated, really sorry about that. This chapter will be focusing on the developing relationship with Kyo and Kaori, along with the others including Asuka and Steve. I'm going to try and make this a long one to make up for time loss. Enjoy!

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Chapter 9: Confessions and an Angel's help

The hotel was quiet, mainly because everyone was sleeping since it was eleven at night. Well, almost everyone except for Kyo. He was walking down the hotel stairs and took a seat on a nearby couch in the hallway. Next to it was a couple vending machines consisting of candy, drinks, and heated food and ice cream. He layed down on the long brown couch shifting his view to the ceiling.

'Why can't I hold her without turning into a tomato..' He thought recalling on the earlier events that evening. A flicker of lightning lit up the hallway, the storm was still there with an appearance of rain. Kyo closed his eyes listening to the soft tapping of the rain against the window.

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'Oh god! Someone help me!' Kaori thought hiding in her sheets, frightened by the lightning that flashed with a crackle. No one really knew, but Kaori still hadn't got over her fears of lighting. Another crackled caused a jump out of Kaori who was now shaking.

'Kyo! Hold me!' she thought with out realizing

Her face had reddened even at the mentioning of the boy's name. She had enjoyed the afternoon she spent with him, up in the tree enjoying the view of the grayish skies. Without thinking, she got up and made her way downstairs to the lobby.

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His eyes would slowly close and open again, being soothed by the rythmitic rythem of the rain tapping against the window. His daze was broken when he heard footsteps.

'I wonder who's down here..' he thought not moving an inch but looking around. Soon the figure appeared as it went past the vending maching that was lit up. The light showed that it was the girl that made his heart skip a beat when smiling. Kaori..

'Hey.. I got an idea..' he thought with a playful smirk

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'Please go away lightning! Go!' she thought as she was walking through the hallway. The crackle of lightning and a pair of arms draped around her made her face pale.

"Ahhh!" she screamed turning around to see Kyo

"Hahaha! I'm sorry Kaori..had to do it.." he said wiping the tears from his eyes.

"You moron! You scared the hell out of me!" she scolded wrapping her arms around him.

"I'm sorry.." he said feeling her shaking with fear.

'It must be from the lightning..' he thought as he scooped her up and took her back to the couch. He placed her down getly and took a seat. They sat in silence until Kyo broke it.

"What are you doing down here?" he asked

"Could say the same to you.." she replied sticking her tongue out. Yep, she was still bitter of the whole scaring act.

"Well, I couldn't sleep.." he said, waiting for her explanation

"Me neither..the lightning is frightining.." she replied

"I thought so.." he said earning himself a punch in the arm

"Why can't you sleep?"

"Well..it's complicated.." Kyo asked looking away

Another clash of lightning arrived which caused Kaori to jump ontop of Kyo, their noses close touching.

"Please tell me..I care about you.." she said softly

"That's the thing though, I can't keep you out of my head Kaori, I can't look at you without blushing ten shades of red. The thing is Kaori..I love you.." he said without thinking. Tears welled up in her eyes as she kissed him passionately on the lips.

"You don't know how long I waited for you to say that.." she said crying with her arms secured around him. Hereturned thekiss while gliding his hands up and down her back. Their tongues entwined as they were in their own little world, not knowing that a little red glow not far away was watching.

"Man is this going to be good tommarow!" said the estatic red head taping the whole situation while everone else was watching from the distance.

"Wow Jin, your bro is really giving what the girl wants.." Hwoarang said as he heard the smacking of lips.

"Shut up Hwoarang! That's my cousin you're talking about!" Xiaoyu said slapping him upside the head.

"The kipper got skills i'll give em that.." Steve said chuckling

"Learns from the best.." Jin said coolly crossing his arms around his chest and leaning against the wall.

Kyo and Kaori were completly oblivious to the situation as they were still enjoying the pleasure of each others company. They stopped their kissing assult to catch a breath. Kaori kissed Kyo again for a brief moment then pulling away to unbutton her pink long sleeve pajama shirt.

"Oh man it looks like there going to get it on!" Hwoarang said acting like a kid

"Oh no she won't!" Xiaoyu said jumping to her feet and walking over to the heated up couple.

"Wait Xiao!" Jin said pulling her back while covering her mouth

Kyo and Kaori broke out of their trance as the heard muffled sounds coming from the hallway.

"I think someone was watching.." Kaori said buttoning her pajama top back up

"I think so too.. maybe we should just call it for the night.."

"Yeah..I guess you're right.." Kaori agreed a little dissapointed for the fact that someone or something interrupted something special. They made their way back upstairs hand in hand, giving each other genuine smiles on the way up. They passed the rest of the group not knowing they were hiding behind the corner.

"Man was that close..but hey.. I could get real popular if I made copies and sold these.." Hwoarang suggested holding the video camera in his hands

"Oh no you don't! That's not right!" Xiaoyu said glaring at Hwoarang

"Yeah you're right..I should make them pay toget the tapes..how about $12.50?" he argued which earned him another slap upside the head.

"Sounds like a good deal to me..when will they be availible?" Steve joked only to recieve a glare from Asuka.

"Only joking love.." he quickly added along with a kiss to the cheek

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The couple were on the second floor now making their way to Kaori's room. She opened the door while Kyo walked away.

"Wait!.." she yelled grabbing his wrist

"What?.."

"Can you stay with me..for the night..there's lightning out there still and-" she was going to finish but was interupted as she felt his lips press against hers.

"Sure.." he said blushing along with her. Even though they looked to be an official couple, they were still shy to each other and they couldn't hide that. Kaori smiled at his reply and led him inside her room. She got into the bed and motioned for him to get in as well. He slid in but made a distance between them that was soon closed in as she backed up tograb andwrap his arms around her. His head was against hers and was greeted with the sweet fragrance of strawberries.

'Man i'm going to get it from the others..but why not enjoy it now..' he thought as he closed his eyes.

9:00 am

The morning rays had pierced through the window and shone into Kaori's eyes. With a mumbled growl of annoance she rose from her bed. She looked to her left to see Kyo still asleep with a smile on his lips.

'He better be dreaming about me..' she thought while laughing out loud. She walked to her drawer and got out some new clothes and headed to the bathroom. She took off the clothes she was currently wearing and went to the shower. The hot water smacked against her with the steam crawling around the room. Her enjoyment from the the soothing water was gone when she heard the creek of the door. She grabbed her towel and stood waiting for the door to fully open. There with a sleepy smile on his face was Kyo. Her face reddened in embarassment as she looked back at him. Suddenly Kyo took in the situation that was in front of him.

'Oh...shit...' he thought backing away slowly

"GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM!" she yelled throwing shampoo, deoderant, and other bathroom things.

"Sorry! Sorry!" he said leaving the bathroom quickly.

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"The tournament begins tommarow.." Asuka said to herself, looking out at the sky.

"Yes, be careful will you.." said another feminine voice. Asuka turned around to see her mother, Jun.

"Hi mom.." she said smiling. Jun returned the smile and sat next to her.

"The tournament will be dangerous Asuka..are you sure you want to do this.." Jun asked a little worried.

"Don't worry about me, even though I can't change into a Devil, I think i'll be fine.." Asuka said looking down at the ground.

"When did you find out about this?" Jun asked surprised

"Well, it was awhile back..."

Flashback>

Asuka was making her way to Steves room when she heard a noise coming from Kyo's. Curiosity got the better of her so she poked her head in to see what was going on.

"What's wrong Jin?..." asked a worried Kyo

"You're probably going to think that i'm crazy for asking you this, but have you ever had these pains.."

Kyo eyes widened at hope to think that he knows what he thought

"It's like an intense burning on your forearms, face, and -"

"Your chest.." Kyo finished

"Burns? What's going on?" Asuka asked herself

"Yeah.." Jin said surprised

"I don't know what's wrong with me Jin, I feel something inside me, its going to unleash at somepoint and time.. I don't know when, but it's getting stronger by the day."

"I know what you mean Kyo.." Jin said understading everything

"What's wrong with us Jin?.."

"Our father was thrown off a cliff many years ago, in fact, the man who threw him was our grandfather.. Luckily our father survived the fall, but was going to die in a few minutes anyway because of the deep gash he had on his chest. His anger and hate pushed him on.. he wanted revenge.. and would do anything to get it.. So he made a deal with the Devil to get his revenge. By that, he had the power to turn into a Devil. His revenge though was sidetracked as he fell in love with our mother..Jun.. Her innocence and purity put a little hole through the darkness in him but didn't do any harm. Soon, they had ason, which was me.. Later on with the years passing by, I felt this intense burning feeling like I have now as which you do too."

"What does it mean with us?"

"Well we inheirited a gene from our father, to be exact, the gene we have is the Devil Gene.. Our father wants to kill us for it, the more genes he has, the more power he has.."

"He wants to kill us!?" said a pissed off Kyo

"Yes, to him we're nothing but obstacles in the way of his road to power.." Jin said flat out

"The bastard.." Kyo mumbled

'Who could be so cruel..' Asuka thought, tears appearing in her eyes

"It's alright Kyo.. we can use our power against him.. look.. " Jin said taking of his jacket and shirt.

Jin calmly closed his eyes and thought of the events at the Honmaru. Visions came into his mind of the Tekken force trying to capture him, and how Kazuya wanted to kill him.. anger and hate risen within him as the tribal marks started to appear on his forearms, chest, and face. Kyo heard bonecracking sounds coming from Jin's back as black angel likewings appeared behind him.

"Whoa..." Asuka said amazed

"Now you try.." Jin said smirking

"Don't have to tell me twice.." Kyo replied taking off his shirt

Asuka stood there as she watched Kyo transform into his demon form. His red angel wings spreaded out full length then retracted back in.

End Flashback>

"So I guess i'm not as powerful as they are.." Asuka said feeling a little down now

"You're wrong Asuka.." Jun said smiling

"What do you mean.. they can change into a demon while I can't what can I possibly do?"

"Simple..change into an angel.." Jun said matter of factly

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"That was a great breakfast!" said the red headed Korean

"Yeah it was, but now its time to train, the tournament is tommarow.." Xiaoyu said having a serious look on her face

"From now on..everyone is a threat..we'll hang out after the tournament but now it's time to get serious..i'll see guys later.. i'm going to go train.." Jin said taking off in one direction while the others go their seperate ways.

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That's it for Chapter 9! Read and Review!