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Chapter 30:

When I wake up for a second time, I still have no luck in getting that devilish thought. I'm starting to believe it really is hopeless.

I get out of my pajamas, and put on my shoes along with all my other workaday clothes. I wish I had packed more. I still have to wear these stupid school uniforms too. And I have those lessons with Genkai.

Forget Genkai. Screw the cranky old frog.I'm going to talk in person to Lahri. Try to figure her out. It certainly couldn't hurt one little bit. And figuring out Lahri is going to be a huge task. Like trying to shop a tree down with a pencil.

Luckily, her room is very close to mine, so I just crawl along the hallway to her room. I straighten up before I open the door to look more intimidating. I notice I have grown taller. I'm now around 5'7". Yay!

I knock. "Lahri, it's time to meet the Easter Bunny. YAY!"

She opens the door with a confused expression. "Er…what?"

I remember the 'er' thing. Someone I knew used to say that. But who?

"I just wanted to talk to you, Lahri. Tell me how you feel."

"What about?"

I sweatdrop. "Just lemme in."

Reluctantly, she opens the door. I enter her room, and see that it is shrouded in pictures with different colored birds on them. Finches, toucans, ravens, everything you can think of is on these originally blank white walls.

Hm.

An idea forms, but I ignore it. "So, what's been going on in your life, Lahri?"

"Don't hafta tell you."

"No, I-I…I trained in psychology for a while. I can help you."

She opens her mouth, and of course my little hopes soar, but it's only to say, "I need to go to the bathroom."

Convenient. I dismiss her, but look around her room a little more. I inspect the posters, feeling over them for hidden compartments, but I find nothing. I then proceed to the bed. It's really soft, probably with a quail down interior. It even says so on the tag of the mattress: HANDMADE IN TAIWAN. And then: COMPLETE WITH POCKETS. Funny Lahri would leave something like this lying around. The small tag is complete with a miniscule map of how to find the secret compartments. I guess she forgot to throw it out. I follow it, while squinting, and I see that the compartment is right at the edge of the mattress. I slip my hand inside and feel something cold and hard and thin, almost feeling like a flat plastic tube that's not hollow.

I start to pull it out to see what it is, but then I jump. I heard something thunk. Followed by a crash. Sounded like someone dropped a car from the Empire State Building, followed by a piece of pottery.

I hurriedly run out the door and into the area where I heard it. There I see Lahri crouched on the floor, holding her head. Before her is a smashed Deceit Detector (DD).

She has started to cry. I see a bump swelling on her head. What the hell did she do, headbutt the thing?Koenma and almost everyone else has arrived to see what caused the wreckage.

"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?" Yells teen Koenma. He tries to pick up the pieces of the glass DD, but it only crumbles further in his hands. "You clumsy girl! Now I'll have to order a new one and these are soooooo pricey!"

Mie steps in. "Koenma, it was an accident! Don't be so hard on her! I saw the whole thing. She just tripped into that table and it fell!"

Koenma grumbles, but he and the crowd begin to disperse. I look at Lahri, and askher for a private minute with her.

I pull her into a corner. "That wasn't an accident, was it, Lahri?"

She looks at me blandly. "Yes, it was. Why wouldn't it be an accident? I don't know, Katrina, tell me!"

"All right, all right, I just wanted to make sure." I leave her wearing a look of confusion.

But as I walk away, I start to have second thoughts. Maybe that wasn't very wise, to let her know I think I'm onto her. But I have no proof. I don't think she's a spy just because there's no way she could be meeting a boss, and all communications are watched outside of the palace.

But, I guess it's over and done with. I just wish my lesson with Genkai was over and done with as well. But of course that couldn't happen.

I trudge down to the gym. There I see Genkai waiting for me. In that stupid yoga position. Taped to her knee is a note: Release your soul.

She'd make a good doorstop, sitting like a rock like that.

I laugh and mimic her position. Within a minute I am in Astro-Land.

Genkai's soul motions to me. I come over, having finally gained near-full control over my body because of practice before bed every night. This is now the 6th consecutive lesson that I've had.

"Well, I see you can walk now."

"No, really?"

"Well, good job, then. Now we move on."

"Move onto what?" I ask, dreading the answer.

"Taking over unoccupied bodies, excluding your own."

"COOL! WE CAN FINALLY START THAT NOW?"

"Yes, you can. Since there's no one else here, you'll have to settle for mine, whereas I'll enter yours."

"Okay, how do you do it?"

"This is more complicated than re-entering your own body. You'll have to deal with a whole new body's defenses."

"You mean, like, antibodies?"

She gives me a withering look. "NO, child, not antibodies, mental defenses."

"Which are…"

"The defenses to prevent someone else's soul from entering their body. Psychic defenses."

"Hmph. How strong are yours?"

"Rather strong, I'm afraid. I will be very surprised if you do it on your first try."

"Try me. So I just dive into your head area?"

"Correct. Let's see how you do. Go."

I make a fell swoop for her head, and enter her brain.

It has gotta be the weirdest experience I will ever feel. I'm entering a kind of chamber-like temple. But my "Spider senses" if that's what you want to call them, are tingling. Something is here with me. I dodge just in time as something large whistles past my head, ruffling my hair with the speed. I look up in the direction of where it should have gone, but oddly, nothing is there. Unnerved, I proceed, looking for something to help me take over.

Then that same thing really gets me hard in the neck. I massage it furiously, and catch a glimpse of whatever-it-is, a kind of swan-like shadow.

Then it simply vanishes into the wall. Like it wasn't even there.

Now it's getting deeper, and darker as well. It's almost as though I'm coming down into a core. At least, that's what I assume.

The swans are getting more and more in numbers, and are far more accurate. I dodge a few, but their elapsed turnaround time negates it. I start to fly (I'm a ghost, remember) and see something bright at the other end. I fly toward it even faster, taking all of the swan attacks.

There I see a frozen version of a blue Genkai, frozen in a Kung Fu pose and as soon as I get near it, the swan attacks stop. I put down my guard, and touch the Genkai statue. It is as cold as ice. So naturally, I believe it is just a symbol of who should be operating the body.

The hands summons unseen energy, and I have no time to dodge. Then, a force like none I've ever felt slams into me. Pain beyond pain. Icy, burning, rough, soft, terrible, wonderful…

"I did warn you." I wake up to see Genkai smiling at me. You let your guard down, and it cost you. Dearly."

"But I thought you just had geese protecting you!"

She turns slightly pink. "Swans, girl, swans. And they were just the preliminaries. I will say this, though, no one ever got as far as you did. The swans took care of most of 'em within minutes."

"Ah, they weren't that tough. Let me try again."

"All right. And try very hard not to make me go insane. The meaning of that being don't use any attacks on the swans. It wouldn't affect them anyway."

"Got it." I re-enter her head. This time, I think I entered the memory section. Because I am surrounded by what looks like movie screens. A lot of them picture a pretty pink-haired girl that oddly resembles…Genkai? And still others feature a huge, muscular man wearing pointed black sunglasses. He is usually talking tenderly toward her, so I suppose he's the person called Tiguro. He really doesn't look like a demon though.

But wait here's another memory. It shows a guy resembling Tiguro, only he's gray and is shooting steam out of ridges on his shoulders. And he's fighting…Yusuke? Other memories show that Yusuke is holding an odd teddy bear, kind of like a blue penguin. It says 'Bu' a lot.

Man, I could stay down here forever. But I'm wasting my time. I have to get to the core again, and avoid those birds.

I soar out of memory lane very fast. It is this speed that is preventing the birds from using some of their best moves. I reach the core much faster than before, and see the dead statue of Genkai. I know not to touch it this time, for if I get another hit like the one before, I might not be able to take it. So I sneak behind the statue this time and move further into the heart of Genkai's brain.

Then I hear something. Something like energy suction…

I scream and jump in time to avoid the second wave. The statue has been following me! It's cackling madly, eyes glowing freakishly. Now I'm really afraid. This…thisthing is the very child of nightmares.

I lose control and have a panic attack. I screech and zoom away as fast as I can. The beast is following me…gaining on me…

I yell and shoot an energy beam at it, something up until now I didn't know how I could do. I guess fear really does give us newfound talents. I hit it, and it starts to fall behind. I zoom even faster ahead, then I see a small room. I run inside and shut the black door. Hard.

Next I feel a strange melting sensation...

Now I am seeing something through small cameras…Genkai's eyes. I feel the hard stone floor with Genkai's body. I blink, and suddenly, I AM Genkai.

I stand up. I also see that my body is standing up as well. It's kind of weird, like one of those dreams where you are watching yourself doing something and doing it at the same time. My body is tall, from Genkai's perspective.

Then I, that is to say, my body, speaks. "Not bad, Katrina, you escaped the sentinels." It's my body talking, but unmistakably Genkai's voice.

"Boy, are you short or what?" Smirks Myself.

I growl. "Whatever. But you know, I can use this…this…this little agile well trained body against you."

"Oh, aren't I scared. You don't know how to tap into my strength."

"Or do I."

"What?"

Rage, Genkai. Feel the rage. I start making myself angry, and laugh when her aura surrounds me. "Mwahahahahahahahahahahah!"

"Good. You can control my power. Now you can let me have my body back."

"No, I don't think I'm ready just yet." I laugh and blast a whole through the wall. "This is more strength than I ever thought I could possibly have. I want a little joyride first."

"WHAT? YOU GET OF THERE THIS INSTANT!"

"And get killed by your super sentinel? Don't think so.I'd give your little oldbody a heart attack!" I mock fainting.

"GET OUT OF THERE! THAT IS MY PROPERTY!"

"Or you'll what?"

"I'll…don't make me."

"You just don't have anything to make."

Angry silence.

"Now everyone will just think I'm you!" I skip merrily out, and run into Keiko.

I run into someone. "Oh…Genkai!"

"Hello, Ms. Yukimura." I begin, deepening my voice slightly. I can hear Genkai slap her face in the background. Mwahahahaha!

"Miss Yukimura? Just call me Keiko!"

"Well, I'm in a happy mood today! And don't mind my…ahem…student, she's pretending to be me today."

I wave to her and make like I'm going down to dinner. But really I only round the corner so I can listen.

I see Keiko go in and start to talk to who she thinks is me. "Hey Kat, what's wrong? You look really down about something."

"Listen Keiko, I'm Genkai! The real Katrina is in my body!"

"Now you're losing it. You're joking right?"

Genkai, who has been sputtering incoherently, finally gives up. "Yes I was, PAL. Let's go eat."

I run down so they don't see me. I skip into the hall and everyone stares at me. Oh well. It's not really me they're seeing, so I don't mind. Sucks for ol' Genkai. She'll wish she never bullied me.

"HI GUYS! NICE TO SEE SO MANY HAPPY FACES!" I shout at the top of my lungs. Genkai, who has just entered with Keiko, goes white as a sheet.

Ahah, you stupid bitch.

A/N R&R! But anyway, what do you think of her hijacking?

Thank you previous reviewers!