Author's Note: I thought I'd take a break from Noir just for the moment as this idea came into my head and had to write it down. Other chapters will folllow it shortly and that goes the same for Noir, in case anyone was wondering......well tell me what you think!

It had been years since Chihiro Ogino thought about her escapade at the onsen and of Haku. She used to think about it a lot always, wanting to go back or thought about what would have happened if she did look back. But now after 9 years and being the age of 19, it all seemed like a fairytale told to her when she was little.

The quiet typical shy girl that really acts like a child who is quite scared of haunted places, has now flourished into a striking young woman with a lot more confidence in herself. She now worked as a sectary at the Takahashi Corporation Company in Tokyo. She started working there as soon she left school and one year down the line here she is today.

'Goodnight Chihiro, see you Monday morning.' The guard said opening the door for her. 'Goodnight.' She replied politely. She walked into the cool breeze of the evening air and made her way to the car park and towards her blue Toyota Lexus and jumped in. She sat at the steering wheel for a few minutes before putting on her seatbelt and driving away fading into the bright lights of the city.

She was tired of her life being such a routine; a 9-5 job, go home, have dinner on her own as parents were always away, making the most of their retirement, watch TV and then in bed at 10 for an early rise of 8 to go to work. At weekends she would either stay at home or visit friends. But even then nothing thrilled her. No one could ever seem to get close to her, probably cause most of the time she didn't want anyone too and she wasn't sure why.

Her long term boyfriend, Takao, ways the sweetest person she had ever met and was always there looking after her. But she could never get close to him as if there was some shield stopping her.

She entered the white house with the blue roof and slumped on the sofa and wept. She had enough of this boring life of her and wanted a change. She turned on the TV and watched the images go by. The TV grabbed her attention when she saw an advert for new baths to be opened near by. She suddenly remembered the bathhouse and Haku and couldn't help but think if he might have left the onsen and is now back in the real world. She decided she would check out the new baths tomorrow morning and see, just for curiosity sake. She let the idea swirl around her head as the darkness overtook and her eyes dropped shut.

She opened her eyes to white, blinking her eyes to the whiteness of the room. She let her eyes adjust to the morning light before getting up. She looked at the clock. 10 o'clock. She must have dropped off as she saw that the TV was still on.

She remembered the advert for the baths and didn't know to feel. She knew it was stupid to think that Haku was now running a bathhouse, in her head didn't even believe in him anymore but deep down she felt different.

She went upstairs not knowing whether she should take a shower as she was going to go to baths. She decided to anyway and let the water soak over her face. She thought about the idea and gradually thought about how ridicules it was. Why would he decide to open a bathhouse when that is what he has been doing most of his life? Wouldn't he want a break from that all? And if he was around wouldn't he have tried to find her? She got out a dried herself with a towel before wrapping the towel around her head. She walked to her bedroom and threw on some jeans and an old t-shirt. What was there to lose? She might as well go and try it out? As she has had 'experience' whether it was real or not she still remembered what had happened.