HAKU'S POV

I tried not to make eye contact with Yoko as I passed by. But she caught sight of me and grabbed my shoulder, digging her nails in.

I winced.

"So, RIVER BOY. First you decide to tell me that you're trying to send a dream teleport to Zeniba warning her of the war. THEN you convince me and I give nearly HALF OF MY FIRE POWER TO YOU - ONLY FOR YOU TO SEND A WARNING TELEPORTATION TO YOU'RE HUMAN GIRLFRIEND." Yoko screeched.

I sighed, "Yoko. I don't want to fight."
Yoko laughed sinisterly, "FIGHT? HAH! I don't want to FIGHT. I want to KILL YOU. Do you not understand how much power I gave up for you? Do you not know how much trauma I've went through just going through that whole process? We were creating a FIREWATER FORCE FIELD YOU DIMWIT. THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE FIELD IN ALL OF HISTORY."

Haku turned abruptly, slightly surprising the fire spirit, "This war is circulating around me and Chihiro. I was trying to PREVENT this war. I was trying to keep her away from my world. OUR world. Don't you understand?"

Yoko's eyes turned a fiery red to an innocent blue. I knew instantly that she felt guilty.

I turned around again, clenching my teeth, "I lied because I knew you wouldn't help me if I told you the truth. I lied because I knew you didn't have the heart to help me." Then I turned my head around to look at her with one final glare, "I lied because you forced yourself to think that we are born enemies. Because I know we are not."

And I walked away.

YOKO'S POV

I couldn't believe it. River Boy made me lose my tongue.

I bit it in disgust - I didn't deserve my own tongue if I couldn't use it properly.

But deep down - I knew Haku's words were true. And I sighed.

But him lying to me was wrong also! And what made him think I wouldn't find out? I was Kamaji's FIRST APPRENTICE. And of course he was going to notice SOMETHING!

"Yoko," Kamaji asked me. "Did you make a Force Field?"
"No, Kamaji."

"I see. So then Haku sent a message to Chihiro on his own? It was a little over 10 seconds. He couldn't have done it himself without a Force Field."

"He sent a message? What? Who's Chihiro?" My dumb act wasn't really working. But I was also surprised to hear that he did not say Zeniba and instead said Chihiro.

"A dream teleportation... Yoko, do not lie to me."

I sighed, "I did not mean to disrespect you, Kamaji. But we just had to notify Zeniba of Yubaba's plans and -"

"Zeniba?" Kamaji repeated.

"Um yes. Zeniba."
"My dear Yoko... Haku sent a dream teleport to Chihiro. There was absolutely no teleportation for Zeniba."

"PARDON? But Kamaji! He said -"

"Think, Yoko. Would you have helped him if he said it any other way?"
And then I gasped in stupid realization.

HAKU'S POV

"You asked for me, Kamaji?"

"You lied, young Haku. What an extreme and unwise action."

I instantly knew what he was saying. "Kamaji.. I..."

"Yoko is filled with rage and betrayal. Twisting her trust in you was not wise."

"I know it wasn't but..."

"Do not lie to me like she tried to. I see through both of your lies. You did not know the consequence of your actions."

I was silent.

"You and Yoko have a lot to learn. And the first thing you should learn is unity. You are not born enemies. You are like magnets - always attracting. That was how the original fire and water spirits began."

I nodded. And I came to the quick realization that I was wrong in lying to Yoko.

But I was not ready to face her. Not yet.