okay, so im writing this because i watched spirited away too many times now because i fell inlove with haku and i loveeeeeed the chihiro&haku relationship so i decided to make a fic! *super smile* now, there might be some mistakes and the chapter is really long buts because it gets really good twards the end so please just read the whole lot. i hope i dont disapoint and feel free to please give your critisism and plese oh please review! I meed your opinion because you guys are the expertos!

oh! and the names are sometimes messed up cause im just an idiot please dont slap me in the face!

now with the story! :D

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BOO-BOOMMM! CRAKK! crumblee

she hid under the white cotton covers and buried her head in about a dozen pillows but she still couldn't manage to drift to any sleep. She finally gave up and propped her self up on her elbows and turned her head towards the single window with no blinds she had in her room.

It was pouring rain outside. A vicious storm. She jumped at another booming thunder crackle. She shivered, that one scared her good. She watched the window and watched with amazement whenever lightning struck creating false day light and lighting up her room. She looked around at her room everything white. Big fluffy WHITE cotton blankets and pillows. WHITE walls. WHITE sheer curtain. Fluffy WHITE rug except for wood. her floor,Dresser, and vanity were a rich deep finally got bored and decided to go to the kitchen and make herself some thick hot chocolate. 'that's what i need on a night like this.' she thought as she crept out of her bed dragging a thin blanket to wrap around her. for the middle of July it was pretty chilly that night usually nights in the summer were just breezy not like tonight, it felt like winter.

She flipped on the kitchen light revealing a big kitchen with warm wood floor and burgundy walls adorned with frames with heart warming sayings on them and beautiful dried boques of hydrangea flowers. Chihiro darted to the kitchen cupboards her barefeet making patting sounds as she stalked across the kitchen she got to the breakfast bar and got on her tiptoes to reach one of the cabinets above she felt around for a while "leeeets see now…aha!" she found the box labeled Swiss-miss with a picture of a cup of hot chocolate full of little marshmallows and set it on the counter next to her then in the same place she squatted down and opened a cupboard under the sink and took out a sauce pan and walked over withIt to the stove quickly setting it on one of the four spaces, once she lit the stove she ran to the fridge for milk and quickly poured in about 2 cups.

As she was putting everything back, one of the windows flew open in the living room witch caught her by surprize Chihiro almost screamed, if it wasn't for her dropping the box of hot-cocoa mix and covering her scream with her hand she would of woke her sleeping parents upstairs and that wouldnt be too good.

Eyes wide and heart racing she tried to pull herself together. 'its only a window you big scardy cat. The wind was so strong the window swung open! Yeah, maybe the window was closed wrong, we always have the windows open in the day time, maybe mom or dad forgot to secure it' she thought to herself as She quickly stalked over to the stove and turned off the flame. she rquickly an to the window to shut it because the floor was getting wet and making a mess. The wind and rain was hitting against her cold face and arms as she tried to close the window "ugr- its jammed! Mmmmmmm!" yep it was jammed. Then out of no were a hand touched the window a wet hand well duhhh, its raining but the hand literally felt like water! Chihiro turned as white as a ghost and was so scared she couldn't even scream. She just stared there at what had appeared. It was a boy! Around Chihiro's age maybe older 16-17? Not bad looking either! He had olive skin like Chihiro, he wore no shirt just what apeared like pijama bottoms, he was well sculpted, not to muscle-man and DEFINATLEY not a wimp he had glowing blue lines like flowing water going up and down his arms and in the middle of his torso. he had blue shaggy hair and sincere blue eyes.

"stay calm" the boy said 'he had a sweet voice…. i still wanted to scream and slam my window in his face though.' she thought

"I am xin, I am a rain spirit." Chihiro's heart skipped a beat… maybe two!

the two teens sat across from each other in Chihiro's living room She quietly poured thick hot chocolate in two mugs filled with a bunch of little marshmallows, the boy was silent just staring at the delicious hot liquid occasionally at Chihiro. "um, so why have you come exactly?" she asked handing him a mug trying to play it cool. She was having hot-chocolate with a spirit!

"you know, you are as beautiful as they say you are in the spirit world." he said merely, Chihiro had just turned 15 making it a full 5 years since the spirit world she had grown she was had lightly tanned skin had a much beautiful face natural pink cheeks, now feminine almond shaped gray blue eyes framed with thick black lashes and lightly glossed pale pink lips ,she had long bright brown hair almost to her waist and she had a body that could make a super model start crying. she was a natural beauty even if she didnt want to reconize it.

She was in total blush mode. Play it coo, play it coo.

" they um, talk about me?" the boy's mouth turned up a corner making a half smile. "you're a legend." chihiro got goose-bumps and quickly covered her bare arms and legs with her blanket before xin noticed. 'a legend' she thought to herself.

"how am I a legend to spirits?" she asked looking down at her half full cup swishing the chocolate around. "how are you a legend?-um you were the first to ever remember their name and save any one from yubabba's clutches! let alone two people! And the first human to ever receive a gift from any god! And at that a river GOD, You saved a whole bath house from being gobbled whole, how are you a legend?" the boy looked at chihiro like she was insane.

She thought Back to all of those thoughts. She hasn't thought about the spirit world since two years ago when she gave up hope on ever returning thinking about it now she had this rush of excitement! Her life in the human world was great she was happy with this life but the spirit world she just felt that everything had more meaning there.

"you make me sound like some super hero." she said emabarassed making the boy laugh "I'm just stating the facts, Chihiro" he pointed out. Chihiro liked this guy not in a crush sort of way but as a good friend way. They were silent for some time as they watched the fire in the fireplace crackle it had to be around 3:00 am

"yes there is a reason I had to come, I was sent here."

He explained, Chihiro snapped her gaze on the boy who was looking down at the coffee table between them. "I was sent here by Yubabba, she needs you…the whole spirit world needs you." Chihiros eyes widened, why do they need her? that's the question she asked next "Something extremely sacred was stolen from the bathhouse" Chihiro gave him a 'yeahhhh?' expression "I don't understand" the boy then explained "that object that was stolen was the source of the bath house- Chihiro I don't know if you know this, but the bath house is the most important thing in the spirit world believe it or not, it replenishes the spirits and is what keeps them going. That object is the source of everything staying in balance…..and if not taken back….bad things are in store for the spirit world." Chihiro felt fear inside her but she felt another emotion greater, she fellt like she could do it. And that she for some reason had to. Then she felt thrill. "isn't there some one else who could go and get it back?" she asked the boy and he shook his head "Yubbaba knows you can do it. Kohaku asked for the mission and I did as well. And were both equal to her and she still refused!"

haku?

"haku is still at the bath house?" she asked when the boy finished ranting then he looked at her for a second with a unsure look "um, yeah he came back about three years ago to continue working at the bath house along side yubbaba." he said as he rubbed behind his neck. Chihiro perked up Haku was at the bath house!

"but while at the spirit world i'll be training you. Haku is buisy with some issues and wont be able to help much" well atleast shell get to see him. She sincerely and truly loved him she never gave any of the tons of boys who felt something for Chihiro a chance because she was waiting for Haku to fulfill his promise. She knew that promise had been made and all she had to do is answer one simple question

xin leaned in on Churiro and asked "are you willing to go back to the spirit world one last time?"

she slipped on a pair of comfortable ripped sinny jeans and a navy/grey hoodie and tugged on some black chinese laundry boots. she quickly ran to her school bag and ripped out a peice of paper from a note book and wrote down important information should she ever need it

name; Chihiro Ogino

age; 15

birthday; june 1st

mother; Aiko Ogino

father; Yuuko Ogino

friends; Lin, Kamaji, Boh, no-face, Zeniba, HAKU, Xin

hakus real name (if he forgets it AGAIN); Kohaku Nushi

she wrote down anything she could she didnt want to forget anything this time. she folded it and stuck it in her shirt for super safe keeping.

Chihiro took what she needed she took the sterling silver hair brush her mother had given her for her 12th birthday, her dads lucky gold medalion (like hes going to need it anytime soon) she packed her favorite pair of brown leather moccasins and she grabbed her purple hair band from her night stand and a few intimate things she shoved all of that inside a navy blue tote bag with big pink flowers on it, slung it over her shoulder and took a last look at her room. Who knew when she would be back. She said good by to her parents by giving each a kiss on the cheek trying hard not to wake them. She got down stairs and was greeted by a waiting xin.

The rain had stopped, xin only needed it to keep me up and make me go down stairs. It was still extremely muddy and still chilly out. xin offered to carry me to the spirit world so I wouldn't get dirty "no you don't have to do that I can walk I mean its just a little mu- " too late xin already slung her over his shoulder and was heading toward the woods. Were the spirit world once was. "I doubt you'll find it, I tried for three years and its just not there the tunnel is not there any-" there it was, Chihiro was looking straight at the red plaster building straight through the tunnel and could hear a faint sound of a train. Chihiro stood speechless "not too hard to find id say" xin said in satisfaction looking up at the building in a super hero pose. "now shall we?-Chihiro? Are you coming?''

"…." xin sighed apparently xin was going to be Chihiros full-time chofer so he swung her again over his shoulder and started walking into the portal to the spirit world

then all the memories started coming back to chihrio.

Whispers of snippets of the last time she was here:

what are you doing? Get out of here now!

Whaa?

Finish what you started human...

She's my grand daughter.

Grand daughter!

you could be a piglet, *holding back laughter* or maybe you'd prefer a lump of coal.

Chihiro, what a pretty name.

its mine now, from now on your name will be sen, got that? ANSWER ME SEN!

Right, what is your name?

Chihi- oh. uh, it's sen.

ill leave the door open for you!

You're a bad germ from outside.

You're a bit of a porker aren't you?

You want to stop at swamp bottom.

Swamp bottom.

It will protect you, its made out of the thread your friends wove together.

You take care of this girl, Haku!

You did it Chihiro!

Will I ever see you again?

Sure we will.

Promise?

Promise.

*Snaps out of it*

Chihiro didn't notice she was across the river and standing In the town of restaurants swarmed with spirits heading back to the ferry it was alomost morning, you could see black mix with pink from the horizon and the grass was starting to shine green again.

They started walking against the crowd of spirits she passed the restaurant her parents got cursed in, it sent a shiver down her spine. And walked faster to avoid being next to it. No one seemed to notice Chihero? That made her frown, soon enough they were standing face to face with the bath house all they had to do was cross the bridge. The bath house didn't change much it was still exactly the same. The frog spirits were greeting their last few guests "we don't want to start a commotion so were going to sneak past the frog spirits and go through the boiler room." Chihero squealed she was so excited. Xin felt Chihero nod next to him, he smiled and took her hand. They were across the bridge so fast no one saw them. And they were threw the garden entrance faster thanks to Chihero who basically forced xin through the tiny door then she practically dragged him all the way down the garden and again shoved through the door leading down stairs. 'wow this chick is strong!' xin thought as he was trying to keep up with Chihiro walking down the old wooden stairs.

They finally reached the boiler room and xin was free to catch his breath while Chihero fixed her self even if she still looked perfect. She looked at the door with doe eyes before opening the door and walking in leaving xin outside.

The boiler room still looked exactly the same nothing had gotten older you could see a figure of some one hard at work running the boiler she could hear the crushing of herbs. The boiler smelled wonderful just like it did the last time she was there like lemon grass and lavender it smelled kind of faintly like pinol she could hear little squeaks as well.

She glided to the door and peaked through and sure enough there were the soot-balls hauling coal Chihiro smiled she had been gone so long. Then she shifted her gaze to the man working the boiler this made chihiro's heart light up Kamaji.

Chihero wanted to cry because of how happy she was it was Kamaji! The man who helped get her her first job ang gave her an opportunity to save her parents.

She bit her lip and wiped at her watery eyes and took a big breath.

She walked into the room. Her boots made no noise and the wood floor didn't creak she wasn't found out yet, even in plain sight. The soot-balls were too busy and never looked up. Until Kamaji went to take a sip from a gold tea kettle with a very familiar dent in it and realized who stood there.

He set the kettle down"well, is that my little sen?" said the man with eight arms. The soot-balls all stopped what they were doing looked up and squeaked. Chihero had tears streaming down her face and nodded she couldn't take it any longer, she ran up to Kamaji and gave him the biggest hug possible "Kamaji!" Kamaji did the grandpa laugh and patted her on the back. "how are you how have you been! How is everyone? Are they still here are they okay? How are you!" Chihiro was caught in a sea of her own babble.

"gee Chihiro! Thank-you for waiting up" said a panting voice behind the girl, Chihiro completely forgot about xin who was now standing by the door way "xin! Im sor-"

"we cant waste any time. Kamanji, mind if I take chihiro up so see ybbaba for a minute its kindof urgent." kamanji said it was fine but to bring her back to catch up.

The two teens snuck through the service door to the elevator room and they took the same elevator Chihero took with lin

They finally stopped at a high floor of the bath house and had to sneek to another elevator that led to the top floor

Xin pulled the lever and they passed a couple spirits who seemed to notice Chihiro but were too slow to say anything because the elevator was too fast, but Chihero was happy enough they noticed her.

Finally, they arrived to the top floor the place was as scarier than ever and Chihiro wouldn't of had it any other way.

Chihiro looked at xin and xin nodded for Chihiro to go first she walked up to the door and tried to open it

"oh look who it is! it's the human girl! Still as pathetic as ever. Still haven't learned to knock I see." Chihiro was startled at first talking door knocker and all. Then the door finally opened

"finally! Lets not waste time" chihiro and xin were flown to her office and Chihiro still reacted the same as the last time this happened to her. Xin however looked calm and instead of landing on his face like the always lovely Chihiro he landed gracefully on the enormous fancy hand woven carpet. Yubbaba sat at her desk witch for the first time was completely neat she sat with hands folded on the desk and her face looked the same with an unnecessary smirk. the green heads slept by the fireplace.

When Chihiro finally got up from the grownd and straightened herself up. She noticed Yubbaba's face had changed she had a smiley face on "Dawwwww!" huh? "Chihiro my you have grown, look at you! You're a lady!" Chihiro just stood there in confusion 'this is Yubbaba? Is she sick? Well, xin did tell me that Yubbaba was much more laid back now and less greedy I didn't know she was that loose' chihiro thought to herself.

"hah yeah I guess I filled in a little bit since the last time" Yubbaba smiled and commented on how pretty chihiro looked "but now unfortunately we need to get to business" she said dropping her smile replacing it with a faint frown she then snapped her fingers and all the blinds closed and the lamps shut off they were soon in darkness Chihiro could hear Yubbaba walking over to her and xin in the middle of the large office and then recited a spell. sudenly a bright white haze formed in the center of the office giving the room a faint aura "im so glad I remembered this spell way better than trying to explain things thoroughly.

"Now, this is what has been stolen. It is the main source of the bath house." the haze like a movie projector showed a big cluster of deep purple crystal that gleamed like thick molasses the cluster was encrusted with what looked like pure gold at the bottom; it looked priceless, it was. "its made of deep and strong ancient power bigger than any spirit now could conjure up. Now, it was intentionally made to restore spiritual energy to its fullest ability, but in the wrong hands could…cause the end of all spirits," Chihiro had never heard Yubabba so sad and defeated as she said saying that last sentance Chihiro felt horrible. she could also hear xin breathing heavily, he was worried. "not because we are unable to restore them but because if the magic is reversed it can cause exstinction of spirits…and that would cause a double effect, the destroying of our world and yours."

now, its personal

another picture flashed onto the haze screen. It was a picture of a girl about the same age as chihiro except it looked like a picture in an old scroll. She was in a worrier kimono holding a beautiful but deadly jade katana in a feirce battle pose she was really pretty she had long brown hair to her waist almond shaped blue gray eyes framed with thick black lashes and-holy crap it was Chihiro!

Chihiro was speechless "its not you. Its your great great grandmother."

"…."

"your reincarnated"

"…."

she looked at xin "she was never this dull. look, the reason I decided you were right for the job is because you come from incredible blood…hero's blood. that's right Chihiro, your great great grandmother was in your shoes she had to do something similar to your task and got out unscratched, I knew you were her successor your last visit when you got out of the spirit world- oh come on what human saves three spirits and tell her pig parents from spirit pigs? I bet your bff Rumi cant!" she continued "no spitit is worthy enough to do this, they won't see you coming you do not fall for greed and most importantly you have charm, with training I have faith you can save us all"

Chihiro was still speechless then blinked twice and shook her head as if to shake off invisible water. "so when is training?" she asked. Yubabba looked shocked "you want to follow-through?" Chihiro dug her finger nails inside clenched fists before answering "my worlds are in trouble.. of course I'm going to follow-through." Chihiro go goosebumps from saying what she had just said.

"training will be as soon as possible my child." Yubabba sounded proud of Chihiro, Chihiro felt proud of herself. "you look exhausted, Xin, show Chihiro her room and let her sleep" xin looked happy to oblige "as you wish." and he grabbed Chihiro's shoulder and started walking her out "that's a good nephew" she heard Yubabba say to her sleeping heads, when the door closed Chihiro twirled half way to face Xin "nephew?" she said crosssing her arms revealing a progressing smile. Xin looked embarrassed "uh, yeah, she is my aunt, but by marrige see my mom is married to her brother making me her nephew, she never gets tired of making me look like a dork in front of the staff." he said making a kindergardener pout witch made chihiro laugh "NEPEWWW, I don't hear walking" Chihiro shut up and pursed her lips at the sound of Yubabbas muffled voice from her office Chihiro couldn't hide the laughter from xins next expression xin mouthed the words "shut up" at Chihiro with an embarrassed/annoyed look on his face then garabbed her by the forearm and fast walked her out of his aunt's house.

They only had to go down one floor to the guest rooms of the bathhouse , not only was it a bathhouse but a high-lass hotel. aside from the paper walls facing the hall way inside was a whole different story Chihiro got a main suite she knew because her room had what all the others didn't, double doors xin waved a hand over the doors, pulled them apart and motioned for her to go in. inside, the walls were a cream color there was dark wood floor a giant window on-looking the now ocean from the rain of the night before, courtesy of xin.

centered on the wall on the right was a big queen bed with luxurious fluffy white bed spread and blenkets with royal multi-colored throw pillows. There was a lage silver framed mirror looking back at the bed and under the mirror was a dark wooden vanity with drawers full of (very stylish) clothes that were just Chihiros size she also saw an open bathroom complete with

a tub sink and toilet.

"this is gonna' be my room?" "yes" he said

with a satisfied face. Chihiro had to do one thing to officialy feel

At home in this suite. she looked at xin for a minute and then he nodded "yes, you can jump on the bed." chihiro smiled from ear to ear and charged at the bed and started jumping out of control

Xin couldn't help but stare at her, she was really beautiful he

liked how her hair flowed instead of just flapped around like It should and how her body was so firm and feminine. He liked how when she jumped the gust of the impact would make her shirt lift slightly revealing her delicate stomach. He blushed

"why are you so red, man?" she said as she jumped, she noticed.

"your pretty. What, I cant enjoy the view?" chihiro stuck her tongue out at xin as she stood on the bed "you're smooth for a hundred something year old rain spirit, you know that?" she teased "how do you know I'm a hundred something?" he said playing along "you got me. I don't know" "im 160" he smiled "I knew it! I knew it! Boy do you feel dumb!" more like aroused Chihiro.

"Xin, your uh, flashing" xins markings were blinking like a blue light. Witch meant Yubabba needed him. "I have to go now. You need to go to sleep and ill see you in the evening." he smiled, turned around and left the suite leaving Chihiro. She sighed and landed on her cloud of a bed she hadn't noticed how long it has been since her last visit till now. Five years is a lot. she

lay staring at the sealing for a good five minutes then turned her head to the window. The sky was bright blue like it was five

years ago, it sounded the same outside as it did five years ago, heck if she was just sleeping with the staff she could of sworn her parents were still pigs! she saw a couple of black seagulls fly by and could hear the staff snoring not far beneath her. She wondered if one of those snores was Lin's, not long after that thought chihiro drifted to sweet sleep.

Chihiro shot up in a cold sweat she had dreamt that haku was getting married and chihiro got rejected by him and she was too late to stop the wanted wedding. She couldn't stop panting and she put her hand on her forehead 'oh my gosh'.

It looked about 5pm outside or sooner to hard to tell for sure since it was summer and days were longer in her world. Chihiro bolted out of her bed and charged for the vanity/ dresser and examined herself. Her hair was in her face and tangled in the back that never happened unless the dream was bad. And she had moisture like dew drops on the nape of her neck. Her heart was still in panic as she knelt down and opened a drawer and pulled out a random outfit and ran to the bathroom.

She plugged the tub and let the hot water crash down in it. She reached in the cabinet above the sink and just as she had thought it was the cabinet was stocked with bath supplies. She took out a good amount of things, she was in need of some serious loving right now. First she unwrapped what looked like fizzy bath tablets that smelled like pinol and limes and plopped them into the tub and watched them fizzle and release her favorite smell. Once she dropped the rest of the bath ingredients In, her room smelled like a lemon garnden and she felt much better. She slipped out of her clothes and got in the tub and relaxed.

She wondered if haku was sleeping or if he was still here or on another mission, "I should at least try and look for him." she thought 'oh, my haku, I wonder how he looks, I hope the same, I hope he acts like the old haku, the one I knew five years ago" she breathed holding on to her shoulders.

Chihiro was just finishing up wrapping herself in a towel when

She herd yelling "every one out! there here! They have Yubbaba!" then a fox spirit came into Chihiro's room "Sen.! Come out side quick, no, no time to change please come quick yubabba needs you!" Chihiro was desperately grabbed from the arm and dragged out to the bridge were almost all the staff was hiding by the entrance to the bath house the spirit holding on to Chihiro dragged her past the crowd of the bath house 'great I'm basically naked and in public about to confront an evil spirit while I have emotional problems to deal with already, I don't need anymore, thanks" Chihiro could hear gasps from the crowd and "its Sen." and "thank the spirits it's Sen." "why is she in a towel?" witch made her blush even harder.

Then out of the corner of Chihiro's eye she saw a familiar figure she shifted her vision almost stumbling. It was haku! He hadn't noticed Chihiros presence yet. He was a man now. He had grown 2 more feet now 5'9 at the least, he had a very nice body even better than xin's he had on blue workers pants and wore no shirt his face remained the same, the same almond shaped emerald green eyes and pale skin. And he had his hair in the same style as before. Chihiro melted inside and her heart ignited. But then flattened shortly after seeing a girl next to him.

Chihrio wouldnt of paniced if it werent for the girl holding his hand, fingers intertwined. She had ebony black hair like him and was in full waves, she had pale skin and blood red lips and luscious deep brown eyes. She was slim and feminie and wore a velvet red mini-kimono She was gorgeous. Haku finally looked at Chihiro, he looked surprised then he looked at his um, girlfriend and then at her hand he now held he looked at the hand for about 2 seconds and then slowly turned to see Chihiro who merely looked blank then her blankness turned into disgust and hurt.

haku closed his eyes.

Chihiro wanted to turn back to the bathhouse and lock herself in her

Room right then but now she stood at the front of the crowd not long after she saw something that hurt her some more Yubabba was being attacked by a mass of black she was bleeding why wasn't anyone doing anything? "she put a spell on the bridge none of us can get out there." one of the frog spirits said. 'ah' then a out of the silence a buzzing yu-bird came up from behind the shaking and hurt teenager with a jade katana the katana she had seen in the scroll picture 'then she remembered what yubabba had said to her a couple of hours ago 'you have hero's blood' out of complete instinct chihro took the sword haku flinched from beyond the crowd.

All the sadness and hurt she had building inside her from just a couple of seconds ago boiled into anger ,the hairs stood up on her arms and neck. She had somehow bonded with the sword because she found her self running towards the powerfull mass attacking yubaba. a lot of the staff covered there eyes others flinched back haku stared with pure fear.

Chihiro caught up with yubbaba "chihiro get back to the others!"

"no im not going! Im not leaving you!" then the mass aimed at chihiro she gasped prepared for the blow but felt nothing there was a lash on her shoulder but she felt nothing she only heard a woman in her head say the word "begin" good enough for chihiro. Chihiro swung and hit the mass it squealed in pain, she had hit it. she heard gasps from the crowd chhiro scared herself at how fast she was with the sword she slashed and blocked with a grace how in the world was this happening? Chihiro Ogino age 15 no experience in swordsmanship was facing a spirit who almost killed yubbaba one of the most powerful spirits in the spirit world and Chihiro was winning? The spirit was now gushing dark violet "good sen! Now give him to me!" chihiro backed off and yubbaba slashed her sword right through the mass slicing it in two and it shatterd into the air scattering on the floor. it was silent yubbaba took out a green box and set it on the ground waving a hand over the black shards they then piled into the box "its not dead just weak and out of its form-it needs to be buried" yubabba said closing the box "oh my, Chihiro your covered in its filthy magic!, quick" she put the box under her under arm. Chihiro knew the drill, she put her thumbs and fore fingers together and yubbaba chopped right through her hands cleansing Chihiro of the dark magic Now the crowd started cheering and chanting Chihiros' name well, work name "Sen! Sen! Sen! Sen!" chihiro looked back at the roaring crowd then remembered what she had just done. Yubbaba was now giving her a sly look and elbowed her as if to say "hey, you're a hero now" chirhio blushed and managed a small smile she did feel good right now she was even happy she managed to do all of it and keep her towel on. Take that Bruce lee.

Nobody knew chihiro was here until she beat the crap out of that evil spirit, but now that they did she was always praised by the staff time and time again she told them to stop it, she wanted so badly to get to her room and just cry as hard as she could she wanted to just take out all her anger and sorrow she couldn't be held back by all the finally reached her floor and ran to her room tears streaming down her face she started to sob muted sobs she unlocked the door and jerked them open and inside was an unexpected but desperately needed xin she bolted into him and the muted sobs turned into hard hoars ones and the streams turned into rivers she was in so much pain He could see and feel it, he wrapped his arms over hers in a protective hug he knew exactly the reason for her tears. Chihiro cried on xin for a good 30 minute as he tried to comfort her.

"did anyone order a buffet with a side of Lin?" a girl about the age of 20 poked her head into Chihiros room. That made chihiro cheer up a good 80% "Lin!" chihrio was smiling from ear to ear "that's right kiddo, I'm here an-" good thing Lin set down the food before being attacked. Chihiro tackled Lin in a full-grown bear hug "Lin! I missed you so much! How are you! Oh my goodness Lin!"

"cant.. breath" "oh" chihiro let go of the massive hold and Lin made a granny wheeze then and looked at chihiro with a bewilderd expression as Chihiro was about to apologize,Lin gave her a bare hug knocking the breath out of chihiro Then let go,Chihiro was wheezing and looked at Lin in astonishment then they both broke into wild laughter. "wow kid you stretched out and…got gorgeous what are they feeding you over there?" she teased.

Later all three were in in Chihiros room twirling noodles and either crossed legged on the floor on there stomach or on her bed, like extremely close friends did. Well, Lin is extremely close and xin did let her cry on his shoulder and hear her babble on about how she never had a boy friend because she was waiting for haku and haku this and kahu that and she felt really comfortable around him,she always had so yes, three very close friends.

"so who is Haku's um, girlfriend?" she asked xin, he had a mouth full of noodles so he looked at Lin and motioned with his head for her to tell Chihrio instead. "her name is Miyuki, and yes, that is his girlfriend" she said in a disgusted Lin voice, Chihiro as well as the boy with bits of noodles around his mouth looked at Lin intently witch meant for her to keep going "he met her 2 years ago, she became a worker and he had to show her around and that little harlot had to go and take over Haku.- ugh, haku got a feel to her when she pleaded yubbaba for a job because she "had no home to return to" so Yubbaba with her new perspective on things gave the harlo- I mean girl a high class job right off the bat, making Haku her mentor. *sigh* poor haku, she had him wrapped around her finger in heart beat." Chihiro looked at Lin with a hurt expression "well what do you expect? put a tramp and a lonely boy together and what do you get?" good point Lin.

"she's nothing special kiddo, haku just settled for her because he didn't have you." that didn't make chihiro feel better. 'Why would a god like haku want me? A plain hormonal adolescent girl?' Chihiro if Lin had read her mind she began "well, I don't think Miyuki can save two river spirits and an entire bath house. I don't think she can be a quarter of the selfless and kind you are and much less hold any of the guts and the wit that you got! I don't think she can run out of the bath house with a sword and no experience with one and defeat a full grown mikutar and still look good doing it." Lin was steamed Chihrio scrambled out of her bed and went over to hug an angry Lin "im glad you think that Lin."

"think that? I was just stating the facts." Lin was basically Chihiros older sister,people who didn't know her even mistook them for sisters a couple of times went back to her normal self and patted chihiro on the back "im okay now. Just a little heated, that girl just gets on my nerves. Ive learned to stay away, had too, if not that girl would have been picking her teeth up from the ground a lonnnng time ago." she said punching a fist into her hand looking straight at nothing as if picturing the scene. Xin looked intimidated. Chihiro wanted to laugh, she pictured Miyuki actually picking her teeth up from the ground then chihiro actually started laughing causing a chain reaction.