Rare

The majestic dragon landed on the grassy plain with a huff exiting it's flaring nostrils. Chihiro giggled and hugged the creature around its neck, burying her face in it's strangely soft scales. With a final stroke, she jumped off it and sat on the grass cross-legged, as she watched Haku revert to his human form.

Lying on the grass, Haku closed his forest green eyes and breathed in deeply, trying to calm his racing heart from the exertion of flying. Chihiro practically begged at his feet to fly 'super duper fast' through the clouds.

That was over an hour ago.

What the young girl didn't understand was that his energy was limited. He wasn't an all-powerful being like Yubaba, afterall. Even if he used to be the spirit of the Kohaku River. Chihiro watched him struggling to cath his breath, sweat matting the bangs sharply framing his face.

"I'm not that heavy, am I?" she asked, slightly insulted. Haku shook his head and sat up onto his knees.

"Of course not." he calmly reassured her. Chihiro watched him suspiciously then turned her face away with an offended sniff, ponytail whipping along behind her and arms crossed.

Her face relaxed when she came to face the field of flower bushes in the distance. She remembered the first time she went to visit her parents at the barn in their hog form. When she eagerly ran through the maze she dully took notice of the beautiful, amazingly other-worldly flowers growing in the perfectly snipped hedges.

Just as Haku was about to rest a hand on her shoulder in hopes of calming down any anger brewing inside of her, Chihiro spoke.

"Hey, Haku." she said thoughtfully as she gazed longingly at the well-kept flower maze downhill. He 'hmm'-ed in question. "I want to go in that flower maze." she said. Turning, Haku was consumed by Chihiro's innocently questioning eyes. He never could identify what color they truly were. Depending on the light, they drifted between a pudding brown and a warm, metal grey.

Haku was startled out of his musings when Chihiro snapped her fingers in his face. Oh yeah, the maze. . .

She smiled and tilted her head, her eyes urging him to say yes. Haku inwardly sighed.

"Chihiro. . .it's not really allowed." he said, but immedietly regretted it when Chihiro's face dropped in disappointment.

The smile completely gone from her face only to be replaced with a frown, she questioned him. "But why?"

Because I can get into some serious trouble with Yubaba, Haku thought.

"We went through it before. To see my parents." she reminded him. It was okay then and not now? Because from what she remembered, they had to sneak to the barn while praying they wouldn't get caught.

Haku opened his mouth to give a logical answer like an adult that would weasel him out of this, but shut it. Chihiro really wanted to go. . .

And it's not like he'll be flying her around this time. Sighing and shutting his eyes, he nodded his head. Giving in, Haku replied in defeat, "Ok, Chihiro. But just this once-"

He was cut off when Chihiro lunged herself at him and began to suffocate him in a bone crushing hug. "Thank you thank you thank you, Haku!" she chanted giddily. When she pulled away, Haku felt his heart jump in his chest from eratically skipping a beat as he gazed into shining brown eyes that faded into grey around the pupil.

Chihiro grabbed his hands and pulled him up to his feet. Linking her arm around his unwilling one, she smiled that heart melting smile and began to run down the hill uneasily as she stumbled here and there.

The light breeze blew her giggles behind her and at Haku, who was startled at being dragged along, his legs uncomfortably following the demanding girl.

"Chihiro, slow down!" he yelled warningly. It only influenced her to speed up as she clumsily sped down the steep incline.

Haku tripped as he neared the bottom of the hill, but not before thoughtfully letting go of Chihiro.

Jogging slowly and finally stopping, the girl turned. "Haku?"

At seeing the boy on the ground, she ran to him. "Are you ok? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have ran." she quickly gushed as she fretted over the boy sprawled on the ground. He waved her away.

"No, its fine Chihiro." he said, despite a bruise that was quickly forming on his pale knee. He quickly covered it with his hand before Chihiro could see and used magic to discreetly heal the sore spot.

Standing, he walked over to the flower maze. Chihiro stopped her worried babbling. "You wanted to go into the maze, didn't you?" Haku asked.

Slowly, Chihiro nodded.

"Then lets go." Haku instructed with a slight smirk at the flustered girl. She obediently followed after him, carefully scrutinizing his stride for any limping or stalling. Haku was fine.

"We need to be quick, alright?" Haku spoke softly as he looked around the area for any of Yubaba's other henchmen.

Chihiro smiled and dashed into the entrance. She immedietly stopped in her tracks as she gazed around at the spectacle of nature, actually seeing instead of plainly looking like before.

The hedges were skyscrapers compared to her short ten year-old body. It was half the size of Haku in his dragon form. Golden rays of sunlight were filtered through the branches and leaves, creating an eerie, yet peaceful green lighting in the circular space that contributed to the soothing feeling the area was giving off.

The air was slightly cool under the canopy of earthly dimness. Chihiro passed her hand through a single thread of light that stubbornly made it through a hedge and was currently decorating the ground with golden flecks. The warmth was such an odd contrast to the refreshing coolness now coating her skin.

Was that a fountain? Chihiro dashed to it and raised herself to her tiptoes, looking over the high edge and into the large granite basin filled with the clearest water that matched the sky. Little Koi's were swishing about inside. She let her arms dangle into the coldness as she closed her eyes, just listening to the rush of water escaping through the top of the fountain and streaming down the different shaped bowls.

Haku went up beside her and rested his elbows on the edge as he took in her relaxed face.

Butterflies with wings like a spectrum fluttered and twirled behind him in an elaborant ballroom dance.

"Pretty, isn't it?" he asked in his mellow voice.

"It's more than pretty." Chihiro spoke in soft awe. How hadn't she noticed the beauty of this place the first time around?

Opening her eyes, she saw Haku's slightly amused face infront of her. He looked so. . .unreal. The way his eyes and hair blended into the backdrop of lush greenery and his face absorbed the blue-ish light the water gave off. It was like he was one with nature.

"There's still more to see." Haku said and turned to venture through one of the maze paths branching out form the circular middle.

In a way, Chihiro didn't want to follow him. She wanted to stay here forever. But at the same time, she wanted to see the rest of the magnificent maze.

Making various twists and turns through the emerald corridor, Chihiro awe-ed and ooh-ed at almost everything. There weren't flowers like this where she was from.

She stopped at a particular flower and carefully traced it's petals with her finger. It looked so delicate.

Not hearing the loud, sloppy foot-falls of the girl behind him, Haku turned around.

"Do you know what this flowers called?" she asked when she felt his eyes on her. Haku shook his head and examined the flower with gentle finesse.

"I'm not sure. . ." Haku muttered softly. And that was saying something. He knew all the different types of flowers in this area.

The flower was a soft yellow, with creamy white shying at the tips of its semi-rounded petals. It was like a mixture of a lily and a rose, only it's beauty was magnified ten-fold.

"How about we name it?" he suggested. Chihiro thought so hard about a name, that Haku could practically smell the smoke shooting out of her ears.

Suddenly, he thought of one. It was nothing fancy, or even original. But it was the same name of the girl who discovered it. "Chihiro." he said finally.

"What?" the girl asked. Haku shook his head. "The flower. We'll call it a Chihiro."

It was fitting, after all. The appearance of the never before-seen flower matched the girls personality perfectly.

They were both a rare find.

My first Spirited Away fic; Hurray! I've loved this movie ever since I was young and I just recently got the DVD after not watching it in so many years. Nostalgia smashed my face in like a brick, I tell ya. Anyways, I plan on myaking this a collection of Haku/Chihiro fluff! As soon as I get some reviews I'll update the next chapter of adorableness :3

'Till next time!

~Sabby-Sama