Chihiro

Lin led me further on the floor; into a spare room, but before I could say anything, she turned to me with a frown, "what happened to not tell Haku?" she asked, I looked down,

"even though I didn't want to, we would have sent me back, it was the only way, and besides you said that you would tell him if he tried to send me back, why couldn't I?". Lin sighed and then smiled,

"well, now that that is sorted, let's take a better look at those bruises" I took my jumper off and stood there, but Lin seemed to be waiting,

"well..." I said,

"you're going to need to take off that shirt as well, you said there was more on your chest" I began to blush. That would mean I would be standing in a room with just a bra on in front of Lin, while Haku is barely 4 doors away, "well, come on, arms up"
she said. I sighed and did as she said and took my shirt off, I could hear Lin gasp, I didn't want to look at anyone in this state, it was embarrassing, especially when it was in front of a girl.

"please stop staring at me Lin, it's making me uncomfortable" I said, Lin snapped out of her trance,

"I'm sorry, it's just that I didn't think it would be this bad, Chihiro, do you realises there are more than just bruises on you skin, there are scars and cigarette burns, those kids really beat you up". It was true they really did, Lin got a bucket of
water and began to clean my wound, it stung really bad, "sorry"

"it's fine" I said, "you know what Lin" Lin stopped cleaning and looked at me, "I always kept on thinking what my life would have been like if I never saved my parents, if my parents didn't die, if I never told those orphan kids about the spirit world,
this would have never happened to me" I could feel tears starting to fall down my check. Lin looked at me in sad eyes then continued cleaning,

"this world and your world are very similar Chihiro, we all wonder about the 'what ifs'; if you didn't pass Yubaba's test, you would be imprisoned to her forever. If your parents didn't die, then there would be a high chance that by now you would have
forgotten about this world. And if you didn't tell those orphan kids about this world, then you wouldn't be here, those stories and that bullying made to believe in this world even more, it made sure that you could never forget about it.

"I know it is hard Chihiro, and I can't tell you how sorry I am that I wasn't there for you, and I think Haku feels the same, but here you are loved by so many, you can begin to forget about that world and be happy around me, Kamaji, the employees, even
Haku. You will never be alone again, I promise". I began to cry even more, Lin stopped her cleaning and gave me a gentle hug, I began to cry even more,

"you're going to be ok, no one will hurt you ever again, and if they do, they can speak to me, you have friends and family here, and I will always be your big sister". I started to calm down, I hated crying, I wasn't allowed to cry in the orphanage because
it showed weakness, then they would beat me up again. I stopped crying and Lin moved away and wiped my tears away, and smiled at me. "Now no more crying ok, you will forget about all your troubles from that world, this is your home now and we will
never let you go back"

"thank you Lin" I said with a snivel, she smiled at me then went back to cleaning. There was a lot of blood in the water, mainly from all my scars and burnt marks, once she was finished she grabbed a bottle and showed it to me,

"do you know what this is?" she asked, to me it looked like a bottle full of baby oil,

"don't have a clue"

"this is a type of oil that heals even the slightest to the biggest injury, we call it moon oil because it comes from the moon. Every few decades, at least 10 drops of moon oil come falling from the moon, this oil is very rare, and we don't usually use
it, but in this case, it is an emergency." Moon oil, that sounded nice, I wish we had that in my world, it would be great for spots, especially since I had them, oh the terrible days.

Lin got a clean bucket of water and put one drop of the moon oil in, "it doesn't take much, just one drop and lots of water" she said while dipping a clean cloth into the water and taking it out, "oh and one last thing, this is going to really sting"
she said quickly, but before I could answer, she pressed the cloth onto my scars and I let out a scream of pain, she was right, it really did sting. I tried to control myself after that but it still hurt as she wiped the cloth over my body. Once she
was done, she put the cloth back into the water and said I could up my shirt back on and lie down, and so I did. Right before Haku came bursting into the room with a worried look on his face.

Haku

I swear I jumped out of my skin when I heard a high pitch scream, what the hell was Lin doing to Chihiro. I jumped out of my seat and made my way down the hall to where I heard the scream and opened the door quick as a flash to find Chihiro lying down,
staring at me exhausted, and Lin with two buckets next to her, one full of blood and the other clean. "What happened, you scared the life out off me" I said, Lin giggled,

"well we now know how to make a dragon scared, make a woman scream" I rolled my eyes and turned to Chihiro who was now asleep,

"what did you do to her?" Lin sighed,

"she was right, it was a lot worse on her chest, she had scars and burnt marks, they were killing her in the human world, so I gave her a drop of moon oil, you could tell by how bad her wounds were by her scream, the worser the wound, the more the screaming."
said Lin as she cleaned up.

"Was she that bad to use moon oil on?" I said quietly,

"yes, it was necessary, if I had known that she would be fine without it then I wouldn't have given it to her, but they were deep. Now all she needs to do is rest and she will be healed in 12 hours" I continued to stare at Chihiro, this girl had been
though so much pain and I wasn't even there to stop it from happening, I moved closer to her and picked her up, "what are you doing?" asked Lin.

"I'm taking her to my room, I prefer if she was closer so I could keep an eye on her" I said, Lin sighed,

"I know I have said this to you before Haku, but remember that you are in Mating Season, you can't get too carried away or you will hurt Chihiro, everyone knows how much you love her and I bet she loves you too, but give her some time ok" Lin was right,
I couldn't get carried away. I looked at Chihiro, sleeping in my arms, I never wanted to hurt her, she was my life.

"I understand" I said and walked out of the room to my room which used to be Boh's room, I took out every trace of baby and made it a room for a dragon, it was green, I like the colour green. I put Chihiro on my bed and tucked her in. I had never seen
anyone sleep so peacefully before, I stroked her hair and left the room back to my office where Lin was waiting.

"Is she ok now?" she asked, I nodded, "I'll be coming up for visits to see how she is, I'm trusting you Haku, take it slow, then maybe, just maybe, she will do as you wish, but not in the state that she is in right now, wait for her to settle and begin
to forget about her worries in the human world" I nodded again and Lin left the office. As much as I didn't like it, Lin was right, if I went for Chihiro now, she would probably hate me, slow and steady. I looked down at my paper work to see what
I had left and I had nothing else to do. Lin wouldn't let me out of the office in case I went crazy in front of the guests. I took a deep breath and went to go check on Chihiro, she was still asleep. I sat on the side of the bed and brushed her bangs,
she was truly a beautiful woman. To think that such a beautiful woman, such as Chihiro, could possibly tortured like she was. I would make sure that she would never go back to such a world, of I let her go back, she would be killed.

I had no idea when Chihiro would wake up, Lin said that she would have her scars and burns healed in 12 hours, it must have taken a lot of pain and energy out of her when Lin rubbed the moon oil on her. I leaned down and kissed her on the forehead and
whisper in her ear,

"Chihiro, if you can hear me, I'm sorry this happened to you, I'll keep you safe from now on, always. I'll never let you go" and with that said I got up and decided to go for a fly. If I stayed to long, thing would get problematic. I reached the balcony
and transformed into my dragon form and took flight, it felt nice to feel the wind on my face when I flew, I just hope Chihiro would be alright on her own if she woke up and I wasn't there.

Chihiro

It felt like I had been sucked into darkness, I couldn't feel anything or move, I was trapped in darkness with no way out. Who am I? What am I? Where am I? Those questions were going thought my head. What happened to me? I just lay there, on the cold
floor of darkness, no light at all, until a sudden voice I could hear, "Chihiro, if you can hear me, I'm sorry this happened to you, I'll keep you safe from now on, always. I'll never let you go" the voice spoke. Chihiro? Was that my name? What did
happen to me? Who was he? Should I be pleased that he was never letting me go, or upset about the fact that I'm possibly being held prisoner. At that moment a bright light was shining above me, it was warm and soft. Memories came flooding back. My
name is Chihiro Ogino, I am 19 years old, and I met the love of my life at 10, Haku. That voice must have been Haku. My parents died when I was 16 and I was tortured in the orphanage I was at, I passed out after Lin gave me some moon oil.

Yes, I remember everything now. I was beginning to get the feeling of movement back into my body, my fingers twitched and my eyes slowly opened my eyes to a dark room that was green with dragons, this must be Haku's room. Wait, why was I in Haku's room,
I passed out in a different room. I slowly got up and moved out of bed, my legs felt weaker than ever and I didn't know if I could stand. I got up onto my legs and took my first step, resulting in me falling flat on my face. There was a big thud and
as soon as I fell, Lin and Haku came running into the room and spotted me on the floor,

"Sen, what are you doing out of bed, you still feel weak, you're such a dope" said Len, Haku picked me up and put me back into bed,

"it isn't a good time to be moving at the moment, you're still healing" said Haku.

"How long have I been out for" I asked weakly,

"10 hours" said Haku, 10 hours, wow.

"You will regain strength in 2 more hours but for now, stay in bed, if you move to much, it can effect the healing process, but the oil itself doesn't allow you to move much anyway" said Lin, I nodded.

"So what can I do until then" I asked,

"the best thing to do is to get some more rest" said Haku, "I'll be just in the other room if you need anything, but if you try to get out of bed again, I will know" Haku and Lin left after that. I did still feel weak and I could do with a few more hours
sleep, the bed was soft and I smelt of Haku. Shortly after that, I fell back to sleep knowing that Haku was right in the other room.

Haku

Finding Chihiro on the floor really scared me, but now she is back in bed and hopefully sleeping. That girl makes me worry so much. For the past 9 years I never imagined that she would come back to the spirit world in this big of a mess. If I knew this
was going to happen, I would have never let her go back. Make her parents forget they ever had a child called Chihiro, but in a way that would be cruel to her. Chihiro would never believe me and think that I'm just being stubborn and not wanting to
let her go. Besides, the whole point 9 years ago was trying to get her parents back; not to separate them. I sat down at my desk and Lin was pacing slowly, "well that was unexpected" she said, I frowned

"how so?"

"I have never heard of someone waking up during the healing process, I guess she just wanted to get up early. People say that when they were in that state, they didn't remember a thing. Not their name or what they even looked like". I sighed,

"so basically, Chihiro wanted to get out of that world quickly?" Lin nodded,

"that feeling must be horrible, it's so confusing. Let's just hope right now she is just sleeping and not in that forgetting world" she said, I nodded. Lin turned around and headed for the door,

"where are you going?" I asked.

"I have other things to attend to, but I'll be back in time for Chihiro's awakening to check on her injuries. Make sure that you are a good dragon, ok"

"humph, I can take care of my self, besides I'm regaining control" Lin just giggle and left the room. I sighed and leaned back on my chair and stared at my bedroom door. It is hard to concentrate went the person you care about is right next door. But
I don't have anyone so why am I concentrating. I got off from my chair and went to my room to see Chihiro asleep, I smiled and went over and sat by the bed and brushed a bit of her fringe from her face. It took a lot of restrain to do this, but it
was working out. I would never forgive myself if I hurt this girl, my special human. I kissed her forehead and left the room. She'd be awake in about 1 hour and 45 mins, so I have some time to go out flying again, or an even better idea I have in
mind.

And there's another chapter, poor Chihiro, but I'll make sure she is feeling a whole lot better in the next chapter.

Well until next time.