Kai flipped through his old journals from his school days one last time. He laughed at some of the things he had thought were so important to him back then. Wishing he could have made the soccer team or that he was more popular. Being turned down by every girl he asked to go to the dances with him. All those trivial things that really didn't matter to him any longer. Not now the he was back. Finding the journal he had started in his third year of high school he flipped through the pages until he found what he was looking for. They class had been assigned a writing challenge over winter break. Choose a myth, legend or folk lore story and research the origins behind it. He had been planning to do his paper on kappas until he heard half the class was going to do the same thing. For once he wanted to stand out from the crowd and do something that nobody else was. On the first morning of break he had sat in the local library searching for that one thing that would stand out. Everything that looked interesting was already under the list of recently viewed pages on the browser. Groaning he had lain his head in his arms and prepared to admit defeat. All the good ideas had been taken already. "Problems?" he heard a voice ask behind him.
"Yeah," he answered glumly looking up as the person sat down in the chair next to his. "I have to do a report for school on a myth or legend and it seems like everybody else beat me to the fun ones."
"Would an incubus count as a myth?"
"A what?"
"An incubus. Sometimes called a night spirit or a demon lover."
"I've never heard of that."
"Go ahead and look it up then. Maybe nobody else in your class has heard of it either."
"Cool. Thanks a lot," he said to the now empty chair. How odd he thought as he looked around the almost empty library. Shrugging he turned back to the computer and ran a search on the word incubus. His jaw dropped as he saw the massive amount of pages with stories about the topic. The best thing was that none of the pages were highlighted and nobody had looked at them lately. He pulled out his notebook and started writing down information that was frequently repeated and even some of the more ridiculous seeming statements. He found one site that gave detailed instructions on how to summon one of these supposed beings to you. Just for laughs he wrote them down as background information for the paper. He even found a couple of books in the library to check out with more information. By the time break was over he had written a paper twice as long as the teacher had requested. On the first morning back the teacher had announced that he would choose five people each morning that week to read their papers to the rest of the class. Kai almost died of fright when he heard that. There is no way he could read this paper about a sex demon in front of the rest of the class. He wished he had just written about kappas like everybody else.
When the teacher called the fifth student up Kai let out a sigh of relief. He'd do another paper as soon as he got home even if it took him all night. That was the plan until the fifth student said he forgot to print his paper out before coming to school today. The teacher told him to bring it in directly after school or he would lose half the points for the grade. The he called Kai to the front of the class to read his paper.
He had blushed bright red the entire time he read the paper and tried to tune out the suggestive comments that his classmates kept calling out. Several of them asked if he had a demon lover and that was how he got his information. One boy joked that not even a demon would be interested in someone as skinny and awkward as Bookworm Kai. That was what the kids all called him.
When he had finished the teacher took the paper from him and told him to stay behind after class. He also refused to let the class ask any questions on the subject before Kai sat down. True to his nickname, as soon as he was at his desk he pulled out a book and buried his nose in it. He didn't look at any of the class for the rest of the day. "Hey Bookworm," he heard as the bell rang.
"Huh?" he looked around and saw that the captain of the soccer team was talking to him. That was a first he thought.
"Nice job with that paper. If I had to listen to another person go on about kappas I was going to fall asleep. How'd you ever come across that stuff?" the captain, Reita, asked.
"Library," he hedged.
"Cool. Well I gotta get to practice. See you round."
"Sure," he said as the other boy walked away. With a sigh he headed for the teachers desk, ready for a lecture on how inappropriate his report had been. "You wanted to see me sir?"
"Hm, yes. This paper of yours is very unique."
"I suppose."
"In all the years I've handed out this assignment this is the first time I've had a student choose this particular myth. Or rather this version of it as I have on a rare occasion had one written on the succubus. Over all it's a very well written paper, though I expect no less from my number one pupil."
"Thank you, sir"
"Just a bit of advice, Kai. Don't put any stock in this nonsense alright? People can get a bit caught up in these things and take it all too seriously."
"Pardon me, sir?"
"You haven't tried to actually summon one of these demons have you?"
"No, sir. The idea never crossed my mind. Why?"
"Myth or not, this subject matter is not something to meddle in. I would hate to see a bright young man such as yourself get carried away by this type of nonsense."
"Of course not, sir."
"Good, good. Well excellent job as usual. Off you go then."
"Yes, sir."
The whole conversation with the teacher had left him feeling more than a little confused. It seemed that the teacher had been worried about him summoning a demon and at the same time telling him they didn't exist. What an odd day, he thought as he collected his things and left the school building. He was walking towards the gate when he heard someone calling to him.
"Hey! Bookworm, wait up," Reita called out. "You want to hang out or something? I found my brothers porn stash."
"Uh, seriously?" he asked. "Yeah sure. I only grabbed the ones where the pages weren't stuck together," he said as he led the way.
"Why would the pages be stuck together?"
"Are you for real? Come on, uh. What's your name anyhow?"
"Kai."
"Right. Kai. I'm so used to everybody calling you Bookworm."
The two boys walked the short distance to the soccer captains home and spent the afternoon looking at the stolen magazines. At one point Kai noticed the other was rubbing his crotch as he stared at some of the pages. Then it dawned on him why some of the other magazines pages were stuck together. "Hey, Kai, check this girl out," Reita said handing over the porn he had been ogling.
"She looks kinda familiar," he said as he looked at the centerfold.
"Are you kidding? You think you know her?"
"Well maybe not her but," he put a hand over the top half of the woman and squinted at the face. "Yeah, that's it. She looks like the guy at the library. The one who told me about the incubi."
"Maybe they're related or something. If you meet him again you could ask and maybe get her number from him. That'd be cool."
"She's gotta be at least ten years older than us. Besides I haven't seen that guy since then and I'm pretty sure I never saw him before either."
"Too bad. She's a looker. Do you think there's any truth behind the whole incubus/succubus thing? Maybe we could get a sex demon that looks like her to come screw our brains out."
"I doubt it. I mean if people could really just call a demon whenever they wanted who wouldn't right?"
"Yeah, I guess. It'd still be pretty cool though."
"I don't know about that. Everything I read said that it's dangerous to summon a demon. You have to be really careful of the words you say and how you say them. You could end up with one that won't leave you alone. Or one that if you try see anybody else bad things happen to them. What if you called one that controlled you or you got so addicted to it you didn't even notice that you were dying?"
"Getting balled to death by a chick that hot would be a great way to go though."
"You're incredible!"
"It's not my fault. I'm a teenage guy and I blame it all on the out of control hormones," he said with a laugh.
"Whatever," Kai laughed along with him. "I better get going. My mom's probably worried about me by now."
"Oh yeah. Maybe next time you should call her and tell her where you are."
"Now you think of that," Kai groaned. He was pleased that Reita said next time though.
"Hey, my mom never notices when I don't show up so why would I? I think I was out for a week once and when I finally came back she acted like nothing happened."
"That sucks. My mom would freak out if I wasn't home by dark. Then I'd probably be grounded for a week."
"Better hurry then cause the sun is starting to set."
"Shit!"
"Haha, Bookworm can cuss. See you tomorrow, Kai."
"Bye," he said as he grabbed his school bag and ran for the door.
Kai ran all the way home and just made it as the street lights were coming on. His mother gave him a pointed look as he sat down at the table to eat. It was almost comical how quickly her face changed when he explained that he had been at a friends not the library. There was no way he was going to admit that they had spent the entire afternoon looking at dirty pictures of girls.
The next few weeks passed in a similar pattern. On days when Reita had soccer practice Kai would go to his home and his friend would meet him there afterwards. Days without practice they would spend at Reita's where there was no adult supervision. Most of those days were spent looking at the magazines hiding under his bed. At Kai's house they would study for whatever test was coming up. For the first time in his life Kai was involved in more than just his academic studies. He became more outgoing and confident thanks to his friendship with the captain of the soccer team. Spending time with Kai and studying with him was bringing Reita's test scores and grades up. All because some stranger had mentioned the word incubus to Kai at the library. That seemed to be the only drawback in their friendship though. Reita couldn't seem to let go of the idea of summoning a demon to fulfill all his teenage fantasies. And there were a great many of them, Kai knew as his friend often spoke of them. Honestly he wasn't sure how the other boy had time to think of anything else with all perverted ideas he came up with. The week before spring break things started to come to a head.
"Seriously, Kai, just think about it will you? I just want to try it once."
"I don't know, Reita. It just doesn't seem like a good idea. What if it actually works and you summon a demon? Something bad could happen and then where would you be?"
"Like I said before, there are worse ways to go than being screwed to death by some hot chick. Look you don't have to do anything other than tell me how it's done. If you're right then nothing will happen and I swear I'll never say another word about it."
"Fine. I'll tell you what you need to do. I don't want anything to do with it though. You have to swear on your brothers porn that you'll only try it once though."
"That's harsh man."
"If nothing happens then you have nothing to worry about. If I'm wrong and it works then you won't need them anymore right?"
"Yeah I guess you're right. Fine. I swear on all my brothers porn that I will only try to summon a demon once. There, good enough?"
"I guess. I'll write everything down for you but make sure you do it exactly as I say to. I want to know when you're going to do it too. Just in case something goes wrong I think somebody ought to know."
"Sure, sure. Let me see that," he said as he grabbed the list Kai had written. "I think I have most of this stuff alreay at home. The rest of it I can get on the way there so I might as well try it tonight. Why wait?"
"Look, Reita, spring break is next week. Just wait until then to try it okay? By the time class is back in session you should know if it worked or not."
"I guess a week more won't make a difference. Hey, did you find out if you're going anywhere for break yet?"
"Unfortunately. My mom has to work and doesn't want me home by myself the whole time. She's making me go see my cousins the whole time. They live in the middle of nowhere!"
"Damn, bad luck man. My mom's taking off and I've got the whole place to myself. My brother's got a girlfriend and he's going home with her."
"No fair. Maybe I could see if you could go with me to my cousins. Then at least I'd have somebody to talk to."
"Forget that. I'm going to try that summoning thing and I sure don't need to be around a bunch of strangers if some hot demon babe is gonna show up."
"Yeah I guess you have a point. I'm not leaving til Sunday night so if you do it on Friday and nothing happens you could still go. My aunt can cook really good."
"I'll think about. Man, it's almost ten. You're mom's gonna shit a brick if I don't head out soon. See ya."
"Yeah. See ya. Don't do anything tonight alright?"
"Promise. Friday night's the night."
Reita left and not another word was said about the event planned for Friday night the rest of the week. Kai had a bad feeling about the whole thing and wished he could have found a way to talk his friend out of his plans. Friday finally arrived and while Kai was dreading what would happen Reita was looking forward to it like a child at Christmas. They said their goodbyes at school and Kai went him while his friend went to the store to get the few things left on his list. Kai didn't sleep well that night and woke on Saturday morning feeling more exhausted than when he had gone to bed. The morning wore into afternoon and finally Kai couldn't take it anymore. He took the phone up to his room and called Reita to check on him.
"Well," he demanded when his friend picked up.
"Morning to you too."
"It's not morning. It's almost five in the afternoon."
"Wha... Damn, where'd the day go?"
"Forget that for now. What happened last night? Anything?"
"No. I waited for hours and nothing."
"Geez, I've been worried all day and for nothing."
"Don't sound so disappointed dude. I'm the one who was hoping to get laid last night."
"So sorry some demon didn't come along and rape or abduct you. It must be so horrible to have to try to find a date like the rest of us."
"Man, if I could find a chick like the one I dreamed about last night then I'd be set."
"What? What kind of woman did you dream about?"
"The really hot kind that likes to do really kinky shit."
"For you that's nothing new."
"Well you have a point there," he said with a laugh. "This girl was so fine though. Like something outta those mags. And when I said kinky damn this girl redifined the word."
"So this was more intense than your usual dreams?"
"Hell yeah. Best wet dream I've ever had."
"Thanks for sharing. Are you sure it was a dream though. Some of the stuff I read about succubi said that's how it starts. Really intense dreams, then you start seeing a shadowed or blurred vision and finally full physical manifestation."
"No shit? So maybe it did... What the fuck!? Dude, there's a totally huge hickey on my neck!"
"No way. It worked."
"So that means the smokin hot babe from my dream is gonna keep coming back for more right?"
"Uh, yeah I guess so."
"Hot damn," Reita said as he hung up.
Kai was worried about his friend and called him almost daily while he was at his relatives over break. His uncle started giving him odd looks and he realized the real reason his mom had sent him here. He finally made a friend and his mom thought that they were more than friends. Great, he thought, they think he's my boyfriend. He lied and told them that Reita was home alone during the days and had come down sick. No way could he tell them the truth.
The last weekend of break he came home and as soon as he had unpacked he was on his way to check on his friend. His mom insisted he bring him some homemade soup since he was supposed to be ill. After knocking on the door for ten minutes Reita finally answered. Kai shoved the soup in his hands as he walked in.
"You look like hell, Reita."
"Nice to see you too. I'd ask how your trip was but since you called all the time I already know."
"Have you looked in a mirror lately? Really looked?"
"Not really. I've been a little busy if you know what I mean."
"Look," Kai demanded and dragged him into the bathroom. "There are huge bags under your eyes. They're so big you'd have to check them at the airport. You look like you've lost weight too. It's only been a couple weeks and this thing is already killing you."
"I'm fine. Mom didn't exactly stock up before she left. I just need to get some sleep and eat a few meals and I'll be good as new."
"How are you supposed to sleep with that thing coming back for more? Have you even slept since I've been gone?"
"Course I have," he said as he yawned. "Just not a lot."
"I'm not leaving until you eat something and get some rest. Is it still just dreams or has it gotten stronger?"
"You can hang out for a little while dude but not while I'm trying to sleep. That'd be kinda awkward if Aoi showed up."
"You call her by name now?"
"Uh yeah," Reita said as he blushed.
"And she shows up? As in full body manifestation?"
"Yeah."
"This can't be good. I knew something bad was going to happen when I gave you those instructions. We have to find a way to make this thing go away," Kai said desperately.
"No, I've got this under control."
"No, you don't. This thing is killing you, dammit."
There was a loud crash as the door to Reita's room flew open and hit the wall. "Get out! Now! Leave and never come back or I will rip you to shreds," the creature screamed as it came at them.
"You better go, Kai."
"For now. You better be in school come Monday and you better have eaten and slept by then."
"Go! Hurry!"
Kai left but he didn't like it. His friend had looked a step away from death and he was more worried than ever. He turned around as he closed the door and saw that the creature was now kissing Reita. It must have felt his eyes on it because it turned its head and glared at him. It gave a growl and bared it's fangs at him. Throwing a hand up the incubus slammed the door in his face. It took a full minute for him to register the fact that his straight and narrow friend had somehow summoned a male sex demon somehow. Despite his worry he had to laugh at that thought. Oh how he wished he could have seen his friends face when that had happened. On Monday he waited until the last minute at the gates hoping to see Reita. He never came that day so Kai stopped to see him on the way home from school. The door was locked and nobody answered when he knocked. He gave up after thirty minutes and went home. He tried calling a few times but there was never an answer. The next three days were the same and finally on Friday Reita's mother answered the door. She gave Kai an annoyed glare and said that she hadn't seen or heard from her son all week so stop coming over and calling. Kai was in a panic and didn't know what else to do. He told his mother that Reita hadn't been in school all week and that his mother said he hadn't been home either. The police were called in the end but they never found a trace of Reita. They thought he might have run away but none of his things were gone from his room. Kai was questioned repeatedly since he had admitted to being the last one to see the missing boy. After breaking down in tears for what felt like the hundreth time they finally believed that he didn't do anything to his friend.
In his heart he knew that while he hadn't directly been responsible for his friends disappearance it was still his fault. He had given him the instructions to summon the demon. He had been the one to learn all about the demons in the first place. Now he could only see one choice left to him. He was going to have to summon a demon himself.
