"What does the seed look like?" Chihiro asked Haku, still by the riverbed.

Haku walked over to her and placed his hand on her head. She instantly saw Haku's young memories when he was learning magic.

"Today I'm going to show you how to amplify a spell," Yubaba said to young Haku. "Never use this unless there is no other way because this could be very dangerous. It's called the Imperium Seed."

In her hand was a tiny black seed, about the size of a grain of rice. It didn't seem impressive at all.

"These are very rare," she continued, "and only found in the human world. I only have one here, and it was passed down generations. It only blooms once a year. It makes a curse almost impossible to break, and it also makes it worse."

"So if you wanted to teleport someone somewhere," young Haku asked. "It would confine them there?"

"Exactly," Yubaba nodded. "The only way to break a curse is to get another Imperium Seed and use it for a counter-curse."

Chihiro was filled with sadness as Haku ended the memory. She knew it was Haku's sadness, missing his home on the other side of the river. When he ended the memory, his sadness still stayed with her. And then it slowly faded away…

"You understand now?" Haku asked.

"Yeah," Chihiro nodded, wiping away tears. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Haku patted her. "It's not your fault… but I need your help. I can't get across the river. But you can. I can't survive without spirit food. But be careful. Only take the fruit from the trees. Without it, I'll slowly fade away. Come back before sunset."

"Okay," Chihiro agreed as she set off across the river.

Chihiro entered the Spirit World for the second time. She glanced at the sun. It was clearly not sunset, but it was getting close. She had about five minutes to find enough fruit.

She started running now, not toward the bath house, but along the river toward many trees. She rushed through the mangrove, checking for fruit. Many of them were not ripe yet, but as her shadow grew longer, pulled them off anyway. Finally, she reached a tree with ripe fruit. She pulled down as many as she could as the sun was seconds from setting. She only pulled down two when it was finally sunset. She pulled down three more and rushed out of the mangrove toward the river. Spirits started arriving.

"Hey look!" one called. "There's a human girl taking our food! Turn her into a pig!" Chihiro only ran faster. Suddenly she saw Yubaba's bird descend toward her. She ran even faster and accidently dropped one. She left it there and rushed across the river. She dropped two more. Finally, she was across the river. The spirits called and jeered at her, but they could not follow. At the end, she was only left with three.

"Chihiro!" someone called from the other side of the river. Chihiro turned around and waved at Rin. Then, she finally made her way back toward Haku.

"Good job," Haku cheered, but his smile lessened a little bit when he saw she brought only four.

"Sorry," Chihiro apologized.

"It's okay," Haku comforted. "Better than nothing. You did good."

"Why only the fruit?" Chihiro finally asked. "Why not other food?"

"Because they would get angrier if you took cooked food. The next time you visit, they'll turn you into pigs. Since it's only fruit, they'll probably forget about it."

"Okay…"

Rin wiped the sweat from her forehead. She just spent hours cleaning. It was finally dinner. She rushed downstairs into the dining hall and got a bowl of soup. After she finished drinking it, she went outside on a little stroll around the streets.

She got to the border between the Spirit World and the Human World. She wished she could cross the river and find Chihiro. She missed her so much. But she knew the rule. Any spirit who crosses over the borderline in search for a human must never return to the Spirit World again. Rin sighed and watched the sunset.

Suddenly, something burst out of the mangrove, dropping fruit. She instantly chased the little rascal to the river. She realized it was a human. She was about to catch her when she recognized the human. It was Chihiro! She lowered her hands and slowed down at the river. Chihiro crossed the river to the other side.

"Chihiro!" Rin called. Chihiro turned around at the other side of the river and waved. Rin realized who she brought the fruit for.

Haku, the river spirit, was standing right next to her. She had brought the fruit for Haku.