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Possession – Chapter 6

I was having the damndest time waking up. It felt like the connection between my brain and the rest of me was enveloped in a dense fog. When I tried to move it felt like I couldn't even figure out where my hands and legs were. The fog even prevented me from being alarmed that I couldn't control myself.

Eventually I managed to open my eyes to blurry brightness only to shut them back closed in defense from the light. God, my head felt like it was stuffed with wool and I could tell there was a champion headache waiting for me once I got it cleared.

"Hey kid? Lyserg? Can you hear me kid?"

Huh? Wha? Wassat? Was that noise? I felt the gears in my head slowly lurch into motion after what in real time was probably a good ten minutes the thought process finally went through. "Benny?" I croaked. For some reason my throat was just as bad if not worse than my head.

Benny's voice invaded my quiet again "Kid, you awake?" he asked. His tone sounded off though. Nervous.

I tried to open my eyes again but this time only slitting them open a fraction. "Benny? Wassappend? Iss bright." I slurred at him while trying to focus on his face.

Eventually my oldest friend's face came into view and I was immediately alarmed by how creased with worry it was. That sudden jolt managed to clear the last of the cobwebs away and I realized that I was lying down in a room that was not my own. In fact it looked very much like a… "Benny? What's happened?" I tried to sit up only to find that my legs and arms still wouldn't move.

Benny tried to make calm shushing sounds but they sounded nervous too. Wriggling around in the bed I angled my head to look at one of my hands and was horrified to see I was strapped to the bed with very serious looking leather cuffs.

"Easy, easy you're in the hospital. Do you remember how you got here?" he asked.

Shaking my head no, I tried to recall anything of the last… lord I don't even know how long I'd been there for!

Not trusting my voice at the moment I waited for Benny to explain to me how I ended up tied to a hospital bed.

"I came to unlock you a few days ago but when I got there your place was a wreck. Someone had set fire to your room and you were hiding in the shower screaming your head off. Do you remember that?" he asked

Oh god, I was? Shaking my head at him again I listened to him continue to talk, but the more he talked fragments of memories started to make their way through.

"I didn't know what to do so I called emergency services. It took three officers and two paramedics to get you into the ambulance. You kept screaming at them… Lyserg, they had to sedate you… and when they examined you…" he didn't finish his thought. But I knew what he was going to say.

As if a light bulb was switched on the memories of the past few days returned to me.

Flashback

Whoo did I ever get a lecture from the paramedics and later the doctors on moving that kid without checking or preventing any possible neck or back injuries. Regardless of the fact that I had to move him to avoid him falling further or the fact that the kid was alright, they still weren't happy until they all had me solemnly promise to never move a victim of a serous fall until they had been properly checked over by a qualified person.

They were right though. I studied law and trust me, if that kid had sustained any extra injuries I would have been sued for every last cent I was worth.

And I didn't help having Hao continuously grumble in the back of my head about how I should have let him die.

Anyway a few days later Jay's parents brought him by to see me. They were still a little worried about him. Although he didn't have any serious head injuries, they figured that the stress must have given him hallucinations.

According to them, he kept insisting that he saw me fly up the side of the ledge like magic.

Aha (cough) yeah. I was flying like magic (cough, cough). Wow, these crazy kids and their imagination. Heh, heh. I tried not to wince when I reassured them that he did seem pretty out of it when I pulled him up. I was already looked at like a freak for finding the kid without any effort how the heck would I explain oversoul? It was lucky that Benny had some rope for emergencies in his car otherwise I don't know how we would have explained my retrieval of Jay to anyone. Still I felt bad when I saw the look of complete disappointment and dejection on the kid's face. I hated lying to him.

Pulling him aside for a moment I figured I should at least say a few words or something. He looked at me warily. "Relax Jay I'm not going to ask you why you left home. I'm sure enough people have already asked you." I did however begin into a whole it's-never-right-to-run-away spiel when Hao decided to add his two cents.

Oh yes, lets all bow our heads in respect for the great and sanctimonious Lyserg Diethyl. Hypocrite that he is.

I just barley managed to not audibly ground my teeth together. Shut up Hao.

Having stopped mid speech I looked at the carefully bored expression on Jay's face and was forced to admit that Hao may have had a small point. Very small.

"Can I tell you a story?" I asked and his attention perked only a fraction. "A thousand years ago there lived a very powerful shaman…"

"Shaman?" he interrupted.

"It's kind of like a wizard or magician, but his power is to communicate with spirits. Anyway there was this one who was so powerful he was actually in tune with the forces of nature." I went on to describe my not so charming passenger in great detail then continued on to explain about how he went crazy but was defeated and how he keeps coming back every half century to try to gain control and destroy the world again.

I'm sure my story had no educational purpose to Jay running away, but for some reason I just felt the need to tell the kid. I did however try to find some sort of feeble link between the two so at the end I added a very lame "So here was this guy who had looks, power, brains and a loving family and he threw all of that away. So… uh… don't discount your family or the people who care about you okay? You may not always see it but they are there for you." Oh man I suck at child rearing. Jay just looked at me like I'd delivered the world's most boring algebra lecture. I suppose I deserved it.

Not wanting to leave that lasting impression I quickly checked to make sure no one was watching too closely and had Morphine push me up off the ground a little. Not enough to catch attention, just enough to let him know that my flying wasn't his imagination.

His eyes went enormously wide and was about to call out when I put my finger over my lips and made the classic 'shh' gesture.

I probably shouldn't have done that but I just didn't want to look like an old fart in his eyes.

I was returning home feeling rather pleased with myself when Hao had to spoil my fun.

You want me. He stated bluntly.

"Pht te what?" I stuttered while I tripped over a crack in the sidewalk.

You want me.

Not wanting to draw too much attention I closed my mouth before I said something rude. What the fu... I hate you. I'm sure we've already covered this. I responded tartly. Or have you gone even more insane?

Don't bother denying it. I'm surprised I didn't notice it before what with your crush on Yoh and all.

Why that arrogant, egomaniac. No, I would not rise to this bait. Screw you Hao.

A cynical laugh filled my head. Don't you just wish I did? He responded arrogantly which made me flush a little in embarrassment. I walked right into that one.

Still I managed to withhold from asking the question he was so clearly daring me to ask which was where the hell he got such a stupid idea from.

Amazing how you kept commenting on my looks. Really Lyserg how girly do you have to be to call another man beautiful?

I did not!

Three times. You mentioned how attractive you found me three times in your boring little tale. But now that I think about it this isn't the first time you've mentioned how great you thought I was. The snide amusement that was pouring off of him had me clenching my fists so hard the nails broke the skin.

Awww does poor little Lyserg suffer from a classic love/hate for his supposed long time foe? He asked in an over the top theatrical voice.

Argh! I did not say he was attractive!

Uh, well maybe I did, but I didn't mean it like that! Shut up Hao. Just because you looked like Yoh doesn't mean you were anywhere near the kind of man he is. A large part of Yoh's beauty comes from his kind heart.

God Lyserg you are such a girl. Hao snickered and was gone leaving me to spit obscenities in the street. By the time I entered my home I was in a fine temper. I was exhausted because I hadn't slept more than a few hours over the past two weeks, I hurt all over from being continuously beat up, and my spiritual hitchhiker was ruining my life.

Hoping to ease the ache in my muscles I soaked in a hot bath and made myself a simple dinner. When Benny came over to cuff me to the bed he brought some herbal tea his wife said was supposed to help me sleep. Hoping to appease him I drank it even though it tasted like filtered garden mulch.

Either it worked or I was too tired to even care anymore because I don't remember falling asleep and blessedly, my dream started out to be a normal nothing special dream allowing me to relax my guard and allow myself to go deeper.

I did mention started right? Yes you guessed it, by the time I was too deep into my dream to notice the difference or care it started to change.

First it started with me jogging past Tony's store like I usually do but this time I stopped in. Instead of getting my juice, he threw me up against the cooler and began kissing me senseless. Enthusiastically I wrapped my arms around him and returned the kiss. Our little make out session in the frozen foods seemed to shift around me from one moment to the next so that when I pulled back I found myself at Funbari Inn with Yoh pinning me to the floor with a lusty gleam in his eyes that I've never seen in real life.

No, I didn't suspect anything yet; I'm guessing my fatigue and that tea had something to do with that. And no instead of being suspicious I flung myself at dream Yoh trying to do all the things I would never do in real life.

By now my arousal was reaching maddening proportions and was pulsing painfully. I was just at the point when I was going to tell dream Yoh to make love to me when the scene changed yet again and I found myself in a grassy glade with a lovely pond that was fed by a waterfall. The scene was almost too perfect to be real.

Standing near the water was a tall man with long flowing dark hair dressed in white robes Note: Think of Hao's original incarnation. The man was impossibly beautiful. Like every fantasy I had combined into one person. I actually felt my heart thumping hard in my chest while I just stood there staring at him. I was already turned on from the earlier parts of my dream so when he turned to me with a grin I almost launched myself at him.

"Hello Lyserg." He said while putting one hand out to caress my cheek.

Then I really did launch myself at him. I tried everything seduction, force, begging and pleading to get this man to take me and take me he did. He didn't say much but anything he said or asked I did eagerly. It was perfect in that way that only dream sex can be with no awkwardness or pain only pure untainted pleasure. Never once did I stop to think that this was a dream. Nor did I wake up which was surprising because my bed sheets and pajama bottoms had to be a royal mess.

I let my dream lover fulfill every fantasy I could before finally snuggling down against him. I could go so far as to say at that moment I'd never been happier in my life. He kissed my forehead and ran his hand through my hair capturing my head in his hand leaning over to my ear.

"I told you, you wanted Me." he whispered in Hao's unmistakable voice.