So yeah...finally I'm posting Chapter 4 ! Man...I've been so busy...but that's life. Now, without further adieu...

Chapter 4

Macchi still lay in her bed asleep. The door slowly opened and caught Macchi's attention. Hao came into the room and knelt down to Macchi. Macchi was blushing and her heartbeat became fainter and fainter.

"Macchi, you are so beautiful, it makes want to kiss you." Hao said. He slowly pushed Macchi down on her bed and his lips came closer and closer to her's.

"MACCHI! Wake up!" An outside voice said. Hao disappeared into the wind with Lyserg shaking her frantically. "Come on already! You said you wanted to train so let's go!" Lyserg yelled in the softest voice he could. Macchi slapped Lyserg across the face and went back to sleep. Lyserg knelt down to her ear and pulled out a whistle. He blew as hard as he could into it while keeping it at a responsible sound level, quite impossible if you asked me. The ring rang throughout the room waking Macchi up.

"OK! I'm up! Sheesh. What time is it?" Macchi asked.

"Five A.M. Come on, you don't get stronger just be sitting there!" Lyserg complained.

"Why so early? I was having the loveliest dream with Hao having those bed room eyes and he about going to kiss me..." Macchi blabbered on before Lyserg interrupted.

"Yeah, yeah, that's great. Will you hurry up!?" Lyserg said back to her. Macchi crawled over to her suitcase and opened it. She looked over at Lyserg with fiery demon eyes.

"Are you going to watch me dress?" She asked him. Lyserg yelped and quickly left the room. Macchi thought about the one dream again. Every emotion, every feeling, even Hao's hands had felt real to her. She was desperate for love and the side effects were kicking in. Macchi opened the door slowly and barely walked out of her room.

"Come on! Is this how you get ready for a battle?!" Lyserg insulted her. He was wearing a gray hoody with gray sweatpants and a gray hat they had the word 'pain' in bold red letters.

"I need my beauty sleep..." Macchi dozed off. Lyserg blew the whistle into her ear again.

"Come on princess! You may have all day, but I sure don't!" Lyserg instructed like a drill sergeant.

"Sure...whatever..." Macchi said sleepy and began to walk outside.

Macchi collapsed when she reached the outside of the mansion, where Zeruel was waiting and Morphine in the green shirt with green pom-poms, just as Macchi requested. She thought Lyserg was going overboard, the whole pom-pom was just a joke. Lyserg walked right passed her and dropped Jack right of her head. Macchi got up with poor Jack in her hands. Lyserg stopped right in front of Zeruel and turned around.

"Let's check your energy level." Lyserg said, his tone seemed more relaxed and not as stern. He pulled out a small device that looked like a cell phone. Lyserg had made this after the shaman fight to see how much he had improved. He pointed the sensor at Macchi and the device computed her energy level.

Current: 1500

Max: 7000

Lyserg sighed after he looked at the results.

"Ok Macchi, I'm sorry I did all the drill sergeant stuff, but it was the only way you would have listened to me." Lyserg apologized.

"So does that mean I can sleep?" Macchi asked him sheepishly. As soon as Lyserg nodded, Macchi was on the ground dead asleep. Lyserg looked into his backpack to see what she could eat once she woke up. He looked back at Matilda, the girl that slept before him. She looked so peaceful in her sleep. Lyserg thought this time it would be best not to wake her.

Their Macchi was again in her bed with Hao hovering right over her. Hao slowly glissaded his finger through her hair and moved it aside. He slowly ascended to her lips. Macchi could feel her heart better faster and becoming even fainter. Her eyes closed right seconds before her first true kiss. Their lips then met. Macchi was, however, very disappointed. She always viewed the kiss as this exhilarating feeling that you go for a second five-second frenchy. It her to felt wet and very condensed at first. Slowly this sudden a burning fire soared throughout her body. She indulged herself even more by wrapping her arms around the love she loved. Hao and Macchi had to breathe at some time and the parting was a sorrowful thing. Macchi opened her eyes to see the beloved face of Hao. Hao's hand slowly moved down her side, but he was interrupted by another kiss from Macchi.

'So this is what it's like to be in love.' Macchi thought to herself. The tables had turned with Hao now on the ground. Macchi parted just like before. She looked deep into Hao's eyes.

"Hao...do you love me?" Macchi asked him. Macchi was sitting upright now and Hao began to get as up well.

"Of course I do. You know I'd do anything to make you happy." Hao replied.

"Even breaking your love with Tamao?" Macchi then asked. She prepared herself for the worst, fearing Hao would saw no.

"Even that." Hao replied and he kissed Macchi again. Macchi was shocked as she was happy and had succumbed to Hao. That last parting was the worse because after it was over, Hao was gone again. Macchi collapsed into her bed once.

'No...I don't want to wake up! I want to stay here!' Macchi screamed in her mind, but Macchi thought the importance of this dream. It didn't take her long to realize this was how happy she would be in the real world, and that dream never ended.

The sun glared on Macchi's face. She curled up once again as she woke up. She wasn't sleepy any more. The dream had motivated her to achieve her goal. She found herself on a blanket, probably laid out by Lyserg. She wondered why Lyserg did that for her. He didn't need to make out a bed for her, she was just find on the ground. She set it aside, knowing it had little importance. Lyserg was a few feet away from reading a book. She got and peeked over Lyserg's shoulder.

Way 76

Do you fear talking to the one you want? Do stutter uncontrollably? You to need to vision that person as someone to can freely talk to. Only then will you be able to talk to your man.

"Lyserg...why are you reading my book?" Macchi asked grimly. Lyserg slowly turned his head to the one person he didn't want to see.

"Umm...oh nothing...just reading it!" Lyserg stuttered. Macchi grabbed the book from him and read his entry again.

"Is this for Tamao or something?" She questioned. Lyserg nodded and gulped. "Oh ok. For a second there I thought you were gay." Macchi said. Lyserg steamed when he heard this.

"Me?! Gay?! How you can me that when you know I love Tamao!" Lyserg yelled at her. He settled down after his little temper tantrum. "So do you have the one dream again?" Lyserg asked her. Macchi was surprised he even mentioned the dream, but she remembered she mentioned it early back in her room. But why would he care? Why should he have cared? It's not like it was any of his business or of his concern.

"Yeah, I did. You don't how desperate I am now." Macchi said. She placed her hand over her heart or more where we think it's supposed to be. "I ache from it. I don't how long I'll be able to control this feeling before I overflow with emotion." Macchi whispered. Lyserg looked at her in surprise. The sudden change in emotions shocked him. He hadn't seen Macchi like this before. She used to be very radical around him and now she was like this, this emotional human-like girl instead of her fiery demon side. "Lyserg...I don't how I'll react in front of him. I'm afraid...I'm afraid I'll overflow." Macchi also repeated herself.

"What do mean by 'overflow'?" Lyserg asked her. He quoted the overflow part. Macchi looked at the ground in sheer horror.

"I don't know. All I know is that...I'm going to totally submit myself to him." Macchi vaguely answered. Lyserg quoted to himself he have to investigate this. "Ok enough about...So when going to start!?" Macchi changed personalities.

"Well, don't you want eat something? It's like nine o'clock." Lyserg asked her.

"I don't have time to eat! Come on already let's train!" Macchi said excited. She picked up Lyserg and threw him toward Zeruel. The angel was still waiting there patiently for the battle to start. Lyserg read her energy levels once again.

Current: 6500

Max: 7000

'This seems suitable.' Lyserg thought. "Ok Macchi, oversoul your ghost and your going to break my shield, which is Zeruel." Lyserg instructed her.

"Oh that's going to be so easy!" Macchi said. She put Jack down on the ground and placed her hand on the head. "Oversoul!" She yelled. Blue waves emitted from her body and traveled into Jack. Lyserg was a tad shocked that her energy was now blue. He remembered distinctly that it was orange, but he put the thought aside knowing it was of no importance. Jack slowly came to life with the more energy it received. It became independent from her once it had the energy. It lifted its sliver Magnum pistol waiting for her signal. Macchi pointed at the angel. "Ok Jack. Fire away." Macchi commanded it. A blue glow emitted you're the pistol and Jack pulled the trigger. The blue bullet soared right to the angel. Zeruel lifted his arm just before the bullet hit its face. The bullet made contact and exploded. "All right! Direct hit!" Macchi yelled. The smoke cleared only to reveal an unscratched arm. Her hopes quickly dropped.

"You will not be able to harm Zeruel unless you have a power level of at least 10000." Lyserg explained. Macchi gaped.

"10000?! What's my level right now?" She asked him. Lyserg looked down at the cell phone.

"6500." He said. Macchi gaped. "You'll need to pick it up a notch if you want to break the shield. Are you sure you wouldn't go against Morphine?" Lyserg asked her.

"Heck no! I said I was going to beat your angel so that's what I'll do!" Macchi yelled back. She held out her arm and sent more power to her partner. Lyserg watched in complete boredom. "Fire away!" She commanded Jack. The bullet soared at Zeruel and hit him, but made no scar. "Fire again!" Macchi said in desperation. The bullets continued to fly but made no mark. Lyserg watched his cell phone and saw her power going down with every shot. Macchi collapsed on the ground after her fiftieth shot. She could barely hold her body up. Lyserg walked over to her. She threw herself on the ground hoping to get some power back. He looked at her in disgrace.

"What am I going wrong? I put everything I had into those rounds." Macchi complained.

"You don't have the right motivation or you haven't unleashed your breaking point. Either way, I'm pretty tired of your worthless attempts. Either you damage Zeruel now or I'll switching to Morphine, and in your current state it be pathetic to verse her." Lyserg scolded her.

"Switch!? You can't do that!" Macchi yelled at Lyserg. Lyserg turned around and held up one finger.

"You have one shot left." Lyserg said. He turned around and walked behind Zeruel. Macchi began to cry silently.

'Why?! Why am I so weak...I might as well give up. There's no point for me to do this.' Macchi said in her mind. Then Hao appeared in her mind. He held out his hand. Macchi grasped it pulled herself up, both in her mind and the real world. Hao was then gone, into the winds as usual. 'I see. I have to do this. For Hao's sake. He might really not care about this...but I do!' Macchi said to herself. She clenched her fists, squeezing what little energy she had left in them. She held out her hand to Jack. She had to use her other hand to support the arm. Lyserg looked down at his cell phone.

Current: 500...

Max: 7000

'Sorry Macchi, this will be for your own good.' Lyserg said in shame silently. The blue energy began to build up in her arm. The aura barely surrounded her arm. 'This is going to fast and painless to Zeruel...as usual.' Lyserg continued to think. Macchi gripped her arm. The aura was swirling faster and faster around her arm. The slight aura then erupted into a huge red flame that engulfed her arm. Lyserg was in shock. He looked at cell phone. It was beeping indicating an increase in power. 'This can't be! The sensor says her power is 15000! How is that possible?! Her power increased more than ten times from her past state! What's going on?!' Lyserg screamed in his mind. Macchi was on her knees trying to sustain this power and continued to build it up. 'This is insane! Her power! What going to happen to Zeruel!? I don't think he had had a blast this powerful in a long time.' Lyserg thought. Macchi released the energy blast into Jack. The doll jumped into the air as the new power came into it. The green aura engulfed its body and Macchi's body as well. The doll looked at Zeruel with its emerald eyes. It aimed his shot and fired. The bullet wasn't like the previous. It was at least two feet in diameter and it continued out of the gun as it approached Zeruel, which was twenty-five feet away. Lyserg shielded himself behind his angel. The blast hit Zeruel directly on his arm and continued. Zeruel held his ground, almost slipping a few times. The blast stopped after a five seconds. It was at least to Lyserg more like a five hours. The black smoke cleared showing a huge two-foot gash in Zeruel's arm. Macchi smiled as she saw that gash and collapsed on the ground. Lyserg didn't bother looking at his cell phone. He ran over to Macchi who was still on the ground.

"THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!" Lyserg said to Macchi. Macchi stilled remained motionless. Lyserg's sudden joy quickly turned to distress. "Macchi?" He said again. He turned Macchi over on her back and put his hand over mouth. There was no air coming out. He quickly looked down his cell phone.

Current: 8...7...6

Max: Computing

Lyserg quickly looked back at Macchi. She wasn't breathing. He put two fingers on her throat. There was a faint heartbeat. 'Oh my god!' Lyserg screamed in his mind. He panicked in what to do next. He could call for help, but that take to long. He could save her himself, but he was very rusty in the area of life saving. He could hope that she come through, but what would that do?

"Why don't you give mouth-to-mouth?!" Morphine asked. Lyserg looked at Macchi. He terrified at the though of giving her rescue breathing, but it was the only way to save her. He tilted her head and exhaled into her mouth. Nothing. He positioned her head and breathed into it again. Still nothing. He breathed into her mouth again. Still nothing. 'Please don't die on me Macchi! You...you can't leave this world!' He breathed into her mouth again. Macchi slowly opened her eyes to see Lyserg kissing her. She couldn't move but she did have the idea of slapping him later. Lyserg was terrified. He had failed in saving her, failed in saving a friend. It was now his second time. He stood there motionless and gave up hope. Tears began to accumulate around his eyes and slid down his face. "Macchi...I'm so sorry...I couldn't save you." Lyserg cried. He slammed his fist into the ground. Macchi breathed quietly to watch the drama. "I loved you and yet...I'm so pathetic. I should have never had pushed you." Lyserg was crying in full bloom tears now. Macchi felt her heart beat faster again. Lyserg seemed more concerned about Tamao when he was around her, but could this be the truth? That Lyserg was really concerned for her?

"What the hell are you talking about?" A weak voice said. Lyserg quit crying and looked down at Macchi. She was alive and been that way for the last thirty seconds. "You sick bastard. You...kissed me." Macchi yelled at him weakly. Lyserg hugged, more like squeezed, Macchi and cried into her shoulder. "Lyserg get off me. I can hardly breath." Macchi said, coughing. Lyserg loosened his grip.

"I though I lost you. I was so scared." Lyserg continued to cry. Macchi began to think what Lyserg said over her, about him loving her. She decided it be best to talk to him at a different time.

"Hey...what was my power level?" Macchi asked him. Lyserg tried to pull himself together and wiped away his tears.

"15000." Lyserg said. He quickly looked back down at his cell phone.

Current: 200

Max: 12500

'So she went over her limit...no wonder she nearly died.' Lyserg thought. Lyserg also knew Macchi had well exceed a power level of 15000, but there was no point in giving her too much pride.

"Awesome...I showed you, didn't I. I can hardly lift myself up. Can you...carry me back?" Macchi asked him. Lyserg smiled as he heard the request.

"Sure. Why not." He said. He tried to pick up Macchi and brought her up to where Lyserg could walk. He wished he weight-trained like Ren had told him to. Her body was heavier than it seemed. She was all dead weight just lying there in his arms. Her arms dangled down as he carried her back to room. Zeruel and Morphine stayed behind.

"So...is that...love?" Zeruel asked. He didn't ask anyone in particular. He seemed to ask himself the question.

"Yes...it's so beautiful, those two. I wonder if know how strong the bond between really is." Morphine said in awe. Zeruel looked at the petite fairy.

"So they are more than allies?" Zeruel asked the fairy. Morphine nodded and cried.

"They might not know it...but they are lovers, true lovers." Morphine said placing her hands on her heart, if she had one. Her eyes then widened and she turned around to Zeruel. "Hey! Since when could you talk?!" Morphine yelled at the giant. Zeruel just looked down at the fairy and stared at her, wondering what the curious little creature was talking about. "Maybe it was my imagination." Morphine said to herself. Morhpine felt like she was getting too old for this shaman stuff anyway.

Lyserg put Macchi in the confines of her bed. Lyserg smiled down at her just in like in the dream with Hao. Lyserg has on the ground kneeling.

"You need anything?" He asked Macchi. Macchi felt her heart race.

"No...if you could, could you bring me lunch. I don't think I'll be able to get out of this bed for a while." She requested. Lyserg nodded and got up. "Oh could..." Macchi started but she left unfinished.

"Yeah?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

"Ok." Lyserg said. He walked toward the door. Macchi had a doubt in her mind about him. She wondered if she really falling in love with Hao or him. Her heart continued to beat harder and faster.

"Lyserg." Macchi said with all her might. Lyserg turned in around with a questioning look on his face. "I know this is going to seem rash, but..." Macchi said, trying to prop her body on her arms, hoping they would hold. Lyserg walked over to her and knelt down beside her.

"Sure. You can tell me, I promise I'll won't tell anyone else." He told her.

"I want you to kiss me." Macchi requested. Lyserg jumped back.

"What?!" Lyserg yelped.

"Please. Just one kiss." Macchi requested. Lyserg looked at the ground in despair. "It will make me feel better." She persuaded.

"Ok...but I've never kissed a girl before." Lyserg warned her.

"So, I've never kissed a guy before." Macchi replied back, she meant that in reality, so she lied in some sense. Lyserg got closer to Macchi. She tried to prop herself up a bit to make this easier for Lyserg. They both closed their eyes as they awaited the inevitable kiss. It seemed like eternity before they locked lips, much less to be within five inches of each other. At first Macchi was disappointed. It was just a wet kiss with no emotions. It confirmed her thought about Lyserg. She wasn't in love with him, and even if she was, she didn't feel anything. Then sudden little feeling moved from her lips to heart. It wasn't like Hao's kiss, which was like a wildfire, but a gentle, soft feeling, a feeling of trust. Macchi moved herself closer to Lyserg till they were almost upright. Macchi wished she could lift her arms, but Lyserg did it for her. His hands brought her body and her heart to closer to him. They finally parted, but it wasn't like an absence. That gentle lightness was still there. Macchi opened her eyes first and then Lyserg a minute later. Her eyes were half-shut, yet she didn't know it.

"Thank you. I'm sorry if that...I don't know, offended you in anyway." Macchi said.

"Ok...well if you need anything just call me with this." Lyserg said. He put down a small pager. "Just hit the red button, it cause my cell to buzz and I'll know if you need me." Lyserg explained further. Lyserg got up and headed for the door. "Well, seeya later." Lyserg said.

"Goodbye." Macchi said. Lyserg left the room. Macchi slummed into her bed and cried. Both kisses had confused her. Which one was true love? What could you call love? You think you love someone, yet, the most unlikely person then comes and everything changes. Hao's kiss and caused a wildfire throughout her body, but left her in absence, in need of more like a drug. Lyserg's kiss wasn't as fierce, it was softer and kinder and it continued to stay with her. That gentle softness continued to burden her heart. Macchi no longer knew what was real and what was fiction. Both kisses had given her a choice and the choice between them was confusing enough. Macchi began to rethink her plans. She could still pursue Hao and act like Lyserg was a friend, but Lyserg wasn't just a friend, he was something more. Macchi didn't know what to call Lyserg now. She didn't know if she could call him a best friend or her true love.

'I wonder if I could marry both Lyserg and Hao. I meant, those guys in the Middle East do it with women. One guy will have like three girls. Couldn't that go for girls too? Well...then that mean I would have to two kids regardless, one for Hao and for Lyserg, and just wouldn't work out. Maybe Hao could marry both Tamao and I, or Lyserg could go that too, but Lyserg would never agree to that and that doesn't solve my problem with Tamao. Tamao...what is my deal with that girl anyway? I knew we fought each other once. Yeah, we did fight, but didn't something else happen? I swore someone else came, or...was I chasing someone and talked to Mari or Kanna. Ugh! Why can't I remember! Maybe I'm just jealous of her. I mean she has the man I want and she even has Lyserg breathing down her neck. Heck...why do I have like no memories of her? Maybe I should just sleep this off!' And is exactly what she did. Her body limbed and motionless. She was in a deep sleep, a sleep even deeper than what we may experienced. Her body had almost shut down, just to recover from both the physical and mental stress.

At noon, Lyserg came back to check on her. She was still were he left he thirty minutes ago. He figured she still be asleep, so he didn't bring anything, in terms of food. He walked into the room and stopped just above her. He knelt down to see if she was really asleep, which she was. Lyserg sat there, staring at her. He didn't know he was staring at her. She looked so peaceful in her sleep, much unlike her other side when she was awake. Maybe this was the side of Macchi few saw, the side he called, 'Matilda'. Lyserg's hand twitched. He was curious to see how asleep she was. His hand slowly reached out to her head. His finger glissaded down her cheek and to her lips. Her skin was velvety soft. His finger continued to move, downward, but he retracted it. How could he do such a sinful act?! Lyserg was against a few things in life. Cursing, his pet peeve, nudity or near-nudity, he considered it morally wrong, taking advantage of people, he just didn't like the feeling, and to think of any woman, no matter who it was, in a sexual way. He was very virtuous and should be appraised for his virtues. Most boys his age wouldn't have such values and totally disregard them, such as Horohoro, cursing when ever they wanted to, obsessive to boobs, porn, and such, and thought of ever woman in a sexual manner. Lyserg admitted he would get a sinful thought once in a while, but he would erase such thoughts.

He looked at Macchi, but in his mind she was 'Matilda', the side of Macchi that was calm and truly beautiful. He wondered what drew him to her. She was beautiful, no doubt. His finger glissaded through her hair, it was as soft as Hao felt it, but he put the strands back in place. Her nature was rash, she was a psychopath, and she just to be his enemy, but yet, he thought he loved her. Maybe it because of her flaws that he loved her, he didn't know. Lyserg never understood love, only being left with the Hollywood stereotypes. Lyserg shook his head, trying to regain a clear mind. Lyserg got up and left the room, hoping Macchi would awaken soon. Lyserg saw Tamao passing by. He froze, his body wouldn't respond, and thankfully Tamao didn't notice him there. Once away, Lyserg sighed. He wasn't ready for Tamao, not yet at least.

Tamao was just as fair as Macchi. She had more woman-like qualities Lyserg liked. She was calm in nature, she was quite caring, almost motherly to Horo, who she considered her 'Little Teen', and she was just Tamao. Shy, cute, and almost perfect. Lyserg erased the thought from his mind, setting it aside. He could think of the two some other time in the future. Lyserg looked down at the list of chores. He felt he should take Macchi's job; which was to cook dinner and he still had his job to do; which was to wash the dishes after dinner. Lyserg sighed and smiled afterwards. It seemed he be a double duty again tonight. He peeked back into Macchi's room and promised he back after dinner was over.