Disclaimer: Ok, this is a ~magical~ disclaimer. It is magically on all of the rest of the chapters, though you can't see it. Because it's ~MaGiCaL~, got it? I don't own Spirited Away. If I did, then I'd be one rich lucky lady, and Haku wouldn't be crushing on Chihiro ^_~

Ok, I saw this movie just now, today. To be honest, it wasn't as romantic as I would've liked it to be, despite Chihiro's and Kohaku's age and the audience age that the movie was supposedly targeting. However, I must say, I was quite intrigued by it anyways, and started daydreaming of how it could've been different. I even got on here to see if I could find some good fanfics on it the way that I had imagined it.

Only problem was that I was bitterly disappointed to find that no one had the story plot I wanted to read. Only one person had a plot similar to the one I wanted to read, but they made Kohaku too nice O.o.

Alright, now here's the biggest warning I can give you. The most obvious one. THIS IS AN A.U.!!!!! A.U. means ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE!!! Alternative means choice, selection, and all of those other words. This is a different universe that I chose to create. And in this one, THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT: This fic is basically a reversion of the movie, however, there are different events. Chihiro is 16 and Kohaku is physically 18. They aren't kids. Yubaba (sp?) is still head honcho. However, she owns more of Kohaku than she did in the movie. She also has a curse on him, and he's an evil sadistic brute as well as a thief. And he's quite lustful, still remembering how he saved her from the river, but not remembering his real name. Chihiro's parents are gone. They don't exist in this story. She's alone. Allllll alone. The spirit world is quite different, and spirit food is the link between the spirit world and the human world. Read to find out how.

Anyways, this is moi's story. Read it, love it, hate it, go ahead. Just don't flame it.

Haku, in his dragon form, smiled a huge, toothy, evil smirk. Up in the sky, but not able to be seen, he could see everything perfectly. And he could see Chihiro's car driving towards the cursed theme park. It was all too perfect.

He knew that she was the one for him, ever since he saved her from the river. He didn't know exactly how he had saved her, nor did he remember anything else. All he remembered was pulling her up above the river waters and swimming away quickly. He couldn't even remember the river name. Just the way she looked and felt, and her name.

"Chihiro…" he muttered. Of course, it came out as a soft growl. He had seen her growing up. She never knew about him, no one could. He was of the spirit world, and humans couldn't see beings of the spirit world unless they ate spirit food. And then they belong to the spirit world, and aren't allowed to go back to the human world. Only by the hands of one who wields powerful magic could make the unlucky human belong to the human world again. But they'd have to be pretty lucky, human make excellent servants and it was very rare that one ever earned their way back into the human world again.

So for 8 years, he'd been watching her. At first it was merely just a hobby. She was fascinating. She was a complete lazy bum, but he could sense something strong and burning within her. Then he started becoming obsessed with her. All he could think about was her, and making her his own little pet. Making her belong to him.

There really wasn't any sexual fantasy, he really could've rather cared less if she was a muddy hobo. She was an attractive female, which he acknowledged because he was a man, but there was nothing more to it. He didn't lust after her human body. He just merely wanted to own it.

So he had no loyal ties to her. Just his desire to own her. That's why Yubaba let him continue in his practice, despite the fact that it sometimes distracted him from the missions she set out for him. He was her most loyal servant, although she had no love for him either. He was just one of her henchmen. If he did a good job, she gave him a bone a few pretty nymphs to warm his bed up at night. However, if he did a bad job, she could easily, without remorse, tore his body up to shreds with her own hands.

However, about a month ago, Haku finally got down to being serious of the idea of owning her. He'd started ever so slightly letting his spiritual presence surface rather than keeping a tight control on it. Using the effect it had on people, he had started whispering things to her, giving her ideas that she would never had normally thought of, such as grand adventures. She was very apathetic, so he started encouraging more feelings out of her.

The results weren't very satisfactory at first, but they finally paid off whenever she finally decided to take the car out for a drive just to see what all she could find to do. He had led her to a small pub, where people continuously talked of a haunted theme park. Encouraging her curiosity, he led her even further into this mini adventure by getting her to ask for directions to the haunted place.

And now, she was on her way. He had it perfectly laid out. Inside, nearby there was an apple tree. The apples were perfectly shaped, and the skin on them were as red as blood. They screamed, "EAT ME!" to anyone who chose to pay any attention to them. It was the reason why most people were caught up into the spiritual slave trade. Then he would appear and lead her away from the entrance and into the spiritual land, make her his own.

Perfect. Completely perfect. And she was just now approaching.

Quickly, he floated down towards her car, as it came to a stop at the start of the tunnel into the theme park.


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Chihiro placed a tentative food outside of the car, and stood up. She closed the car door and started to walk towards the statue that was placed in front of the tunnel. It gave her the willies. The smile was just all too evil.

She didn't exactly like the idea of passing through that long tunnel either. She felt cold all over, although the weather had been perfectly fine before whenever she got out of the car. It was just too creepy. She wanted to go back home. But there was something that kept edging at the side of her mind.

You came this far, it's not time to quit yet. Make the journey through the tunnel. Don't be a scaredy cat.

She gulped. She shouldn't be there, she could feel it in the air, as well as imagining the statue saying that. There was a reason why people said this place was haunted. There was a reason why this place was abandoned.

Perhaps it's because this place went bankrupt. You're just being paranoid. Just walk through the stupid tunnel so you can say that you did

She didn't want to be here, she wanted to go home.

Nothing awaits you at home, nothing but boredom. Isn't it about time you got off your lazy bum and did something for the world? For yourself, atleast?

She sighed. "Might as well…" she mumbled to herself, and started to make her way through the tunnel. What waited on the other side scared her, but once again, for the past month, she'd been pushed otherwise. She could still feel the chill though, and it seemed to be playing all over her spine. She clenched her fist and trudged forward, almost tripping on a rock once.

When she finally got through, she took a deep breath. The bad feeling wasn't gone, but it wasn't as strong as it was before. Partly because it was being nullified by the beauty of the surrounding landscape. Everything was so green and beautiful… and the sky was a perfect clear blue.

Smiling, she started to turn around. "Alright," she said to herself, "I came, I went, I conquered, time to go home!"

However, before she could get started, the most beautiful sets of apples she'd ever seen started to laugh in her face. Perfect red orbs hung from a beautifully formed tree. In awe, she went over towards the tree, and looked up at the apples.

Hm, those would probably taste like a chunk of paradise! Grab one and eat it!

She sighed. "I need to go back home…" she muttered. "These apples look good, but I don't really want any. This place is spooky."

Oh come on, one bite! Just one bite to see how they taste!

"I mean, what if they have worms in them?"

Those perfectly shaded red globes couldn't possibly have worms in them! The brim with healthiness! I bet one bite would taste like a mouthful of sugar.

Sighing, and giving up to her hunger and her pushing mind, she reached up and grabbed one. She hesitated for a second, not really wanting to taste it, but finally, she took a bite.

A sudden shock went through her body. It tasted wonderful! It really did taste like a chunk of paradise! However, it tasted too perfect… she swallowed the bite in her mouth, and nibbled off another bite. It didn't seem so good anymore, now that she started to suspect something. She could feel something changing in the air.

Right when she was about to drop it and leave, she heard a man's voice call out to her.

"Hey, you there!"

She turned around, and saw the most handsome man she'd ever seen in her life. Before her stood a boy, about a few inches taller than her. He had longish brown air, and the most beautiful shade of green within his eyes. His smile was one that would melt any woman's heart; seductive, with a hint of coldness wrapped around evil. His body wasn't exactly an eyesore either. Although he was mostly clothed ancient Japanese clothing, perhaps part of the costume of the employees that worked at the theme park, one could tell there was a well-shaped body underneath.

"Huh? Me?" Dumbly, and shocked, she pointed to herself. Somehow, she felt guilty about taking the apple and eating it. What if this theme park was still functional, and they didn't want people eating off their trees? She couldn't see how it was still functional, if it was supposedly abandoned and full of ghosts, but she started to check the tree for a sign just in case. However, her attention was cut short by his voice again.

"Yes, you. My name is Haku, who are you?"

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Well, how is it? Bwahahahahahahaha! Perfect… my plan is working PERFECTLY! I have been sending subliminal messages to you all! You are now my slaves! Now, send me reviews!