~ Hey guys I have decided to redo this whole story now that school is officially over for me, and this time I am going to finish it {no promises!} I want to thank you all who have favorite and reviewed, you're awesome!

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: My lawyers told me, and I quote "we will not help you win a petty case over who owns a fictional character." So I'm out of a hot sexy man beef cake and a quarter million dollars… lucky me.

Once upon a time in a world not that far away, lived a river dragon.

In all actuality, the world wasn't that far away it was close enough to touch, taste, and smell. The river dragon was a lonely little boy who lost his name to an evil witch who owned a bath house. Day in and day out he would work for her and run all of her errands. One day a little girl accidently stumbled into this world. She was hopelessly lost and her parents had turned into pigs, she had no idea what to do. So the little boy decided to help her find her way back the best way he could, he never realized that she could help him also until she discovered his real name!

In the end, the little girl had to leave that world with her parents and promise the little boy that she would never come back. She sadly forgot about her whole adventure when she reached the end of the tunnel. The little girl's parents from then on told her the story as a fairy tale to help her sleep. But one night, her parent's left her for good. They passed away in a car accident and the little girl was all alone again.

The only thing she could do was cry until her heart broke. She ran through the forest as fast as she could, she had to try to find the portal and ran right into the arms of the river dragon that was waiting for her to bring her back. Her fairy tale ending came true and she found her true love.

Chihiro stopped tapping at the computer key board for a second. Yet again this story sounded familiar and this time it was not because of her mother repeating it as a bed time story over and over again. It felt as though she lived it but the names and faces would not come to her. She bit at her bottom lip and decided not to finish the chapter tonight. She clicked her computer off and ran her fingers though her hair in annoyance. She stretched her arms up way above her head and yawned, this book had gotten to her. She didn't sleep well unless a good amount of work had been done and her boss wanted it on his desk before next month. The stress took the shine out of her hair and the child's sparkle out of her eyes. When she decided to take English and writing as her major, she first thought it was a fantastic idea. But now she had her doubts. It sucked being a writer without an ending to a story because it ate at you until it was completely finished.

Chihiro sighed out and defeated, she made her way to the kitchen for her third cup of coffee tonight. She didn't even bother lifting her head when she heard the front door of her apartment open.

"Chihiro, I know you're in there hiding like a hermit." Her lips stretched into a smile. She knew exactly who it was before he stepped in. A mass of brown hair peeked in smirking. Her neighbor from across the hall Yukio was a nice guy at times, he would always pop in at any given moment and treat her like a princess. The only problem was he was in love with her.

She didn't feel the same way.

"Hey Yukio what have you been up to?" Chihiro had asked while jumping down off of her counter and walking across the room to hug him. She could smell grass mixed into his usual musky scent and even before she could ask, he answered her.

"I just got back from a construction site. You know that river you've told me about? Well they're restoring it back to its natural state." He said with a bit of a growl when releasing her. Chihiro was taken back, Yukio only did that when he was jealous over something, was there another woman he didn't tell her about? She just put her hands on her hips and sighed. "Is there something bothering you?"

Just like that his mood changed back, a cocky grin slid over Yukio's lips. "Nope, there's nothing wrong at all. She wanted to stare him down to get him to talk but was mentally drained from the long day.

"Well in that case tell me about it when the project is officially done. Maybe in the spring we can have a picnic there." She said with a tired smile and put her hand on his chest to push him out of her apartment. "Until then I'm going into hibernation."

"Why don't we go now?" That caught her by surprised, it was so fast she didn't even noticed that Yukio was escorting her out of her apartment. "The fresh air would be good for you my sad little hermit."

Chihiro rolled her eyes; she knew she couldn't push the big lug out of the way and rush back to her apartment in time before he caught her again so she decided to go along with it. "Alright, but let's try to get back here before the midnight it's already 10." She said while tying her hair back with her lucky purple band. She had it ever since she moved with her parents. Something told her to always keep it around even though she never found the reasoning behind it.

Before she could say another word, Yukio had the elevator door opened and waiting. A smile formed on her lips, she really wished she could love the man in front of her. But she always felt as though there was someone else out there waiting for her. She tried to picture him time and time again but the only thing she could come up with was glowing green eyes. Maybe she did need to get her head out of the clouds and see exactly what was in front of her. Chihiro leaned a bit closer to Yukio and closed her eyes in content.

Yeah, this was exactly what she needed.

Kohaku paced around a large black oak desk. His dark green eyes bore into the ground while his finger nails practically ripped his palms apart. He could hear the commotion outside from the celebration but he couldn't find it in himself to be happy.

"You know, all of that stress isn't healthy for you my dear little dragon." A quiet voice stopped him in his tracks and his eyes bore into her hazel ones. She was tinier then all of the other Gods and Goddesses he has met over the years but that never stopped him from respecting her. The small woman silently picked at the embroidery of her pure white kimono. Her long grey hair was plaited very loose down her back. She smiled softly at the now owner of the bath house. He had gotten taller and even more handsome while aging. She already knew the problem even before he went back to pacing that the little girl who fell in the river a mere 18 years ago was still on his mind.

"Kohaku, stop that before we have to replace that floor again." Thy said without even looking up at him. "You could go see her at any time you know, especially after your river is finished being restored on the other side." She did not even flinch when a box was thrown in her direction and collided with the wall. She continued to pick at her clothes on the pillows close to the roaring fire that seemed to never go out.

Kohaku sighed in frustration, he never wanted to hurt his mistress but she knew exactly where to press his buttons. He watched her stand from her seat and felt the front of his robes being pulled by magic towards the door.

"Kohaku, why do you have to be so stubborn?" Thy asked in a hushed voice before pulling the door open. "Come now and let me prove my point, I bet she misses you just as much as you miss her."

"That's impossible my lady, she doesn't even remember me." He said in a defeated voice when walking into the elevator. "I made sure of that when she left this world the first time." Kohaku turned to the smaller dragon and noticed that she was as still as a stone. A feared look passed over her face before it relaxed back into a smile.

"You know, I change my mind. You're completely right, why don't we get some shaved ice instead." Thy said with the sweetest smile she could muster up, that was sign alone that something was wrong.

"What's wrong my lady, do you have to leave?" Kohaku began to ask before he felt it to. A fierce growl began to build deep in his chest. Another dragon was moving into his territory without his permission and he needed to stop him. When the elevator stopped he took off, he didn't care if anyone watched him morph into his original form, and he just had to get there as fast as he could. He didn't even hear Thy's voice when she shouted for him to stop.

Hello again!
I hope you review and tell me if this is better than the original or I'm just stalling and need to finish it for Christ sake!