Chapter four!

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Yubaba's POV

Oh that girl! I'll be amazed if she lasts here very long having complexes such as the one she had not to long ago, screaming into the night like that! She woke me up, and Boh too for that matter.

Oh its almost time to switch shifts anyway I guess, those fools down stairs that need to get up so she just did me a favor I guess.

Shifting in my seat to get comfortable I picked up my little phone book with all the numbers in it and looked through them until I found the one I was looking for, Zeniba my twin sister. Its been forever since I called her, and trust me I wasn't calling her to have a heart to heart with her. I was calling on strict business.

"Hello?" I said loudly into the phone. I heard breathing and guessed it was no face, "Put Zeniba on the phone please." I said as nicely as I could.

"Uh, uh…" was the reply I got from him. I rolled my eyes and couldn't help but smile a little at the reminder of the day Sen let him in, oh what a day that was.

"Hello?" I heard Zeniba's soft voice answer.

"Hello Zeniba, its Yubaba." I said with purpose, "I have a sort of favor to ask of you, and before you hang up or say no it has to do with Sen."

"Chihiro, you mean." she said bitterly.

"Well as long as she is at my bathhouse I will call her by Sen." Yubaba snapped. "But what I was going to say is I need you to come and get her for a while."

"Why?" Zeniba asked.

"She can't remember a thing, and I think she needs sometime to think and from what I hear that's a rather good place to go and relax?" Yubaba laughed a little and then sighed.

"I'll take her, but not for you, you wench." Zeniba said hanging up.

Yubaba finished filling out a few papers and then sat back feeling impressed with her self. Her plan was unfolding rather well.

Chihiro's POV

Kohaku looked so sweet. He was just looking at me with that same sweet expression in his soft green eyes.

"The thing with Shiori is…I did like her, its just she was like…." he was at a loss for words.

"Rebound girl?" I asked quietly and Kohaku looked at me quizzically.

"What is that?" Kohaku asked innocently and I giggled a bit before explaining it.

"Its like, the girl you fall for after you loose the girl that you actually liked. You don't love the rebound girl but she can grow on you…" I became deep in thought. "She is pretty." I said fiddling with my long sleeves.

"Not near as beautiful as you…" Kohaku said softly looking at me I was blushing now and concealing it under my brown hair that hung loosely around my warm face.

"I guess she was a rebound girl. But I didn't really fall for her, not like I did you. I felt hollow and never knew why, until you came back into my life. Its like you took a very important piece of my with you Chihiro."

I looked away trying not to give in so easily, part of me asked why not? And the other part was so desperately begging me to get over it and forgive him. But what should I do?

"Kohaku…" I said my voice getting a little thick, "I just don't know what to say, other than I love you." my heart skipped when those three words slipped out of my gapping mouth. I looked at him to see a smile forming on his soft petal pink lips.

"I…" I had nothing smart left to say, my head got a little dizzy.

"I love you too." he answered.

Then I relied with something that changed the mood a bit, "But its not enough to love someone…you can still love them but hold a love for someone else too. Even if the two loves are different they are both still there." I bit my quivering bottom lip holding back the rest of my words.

"I know where your coming from." he answered, "But I don't love Shiori. I love you Chihiro." Kohaku was smiling at his words, "I feel wonderful after saying that to you, you know? All of those years."

"Yeah I have no clue what those years felt like, but I bet I would be pretty pissed if I did." I said relaxing a little into his cushiony bed. "Because you never did come did you?" I asked closing my eyes partly out of tiredness and partly out of trying to be strong, not let him see it hurt me even though I didn't really experience it. Just knowing he didn't come hurt.

"No, but I never did plan to either. It was out of pure selfishness that I told you that I would you know. It was for me, I wanted to but it wouldn't have been good for you if I did." Kohaku sighed, "But that's something you can worry about later…" he said smoothing back my hair and sighing.

"Gods your so beautiful. How have you grown into such a beautiful girl so quickly?" he murmured.

I sighed, "How are you so handsome? How did you grow into…." my voice trailed off as I drifted into sleep.

Haku's POV

How did I grow I thought to myself as I watched her breath softly in and out. She was asleep now, I think. I was her quiet observer for now and she was the muse of my every inspiration. She was what gave me breath now, my heart was beating softly and skipping lightly in my chest, I now understand that horrible feeling…it was emptiness.

KNOCKKNOCK!

There it was, and interruption. I sighed and got up who could it be?

I opened the door and gasped, "Shiori?" I said in surprise.

"Hey baby, can we talk?" she said sweetly. It didn't fit her at all, she was a strong bossy girl.

"I'm preoccupied at the moment but I do have to talk to you about something important." I said smiling to myself.

Her eyes looked as if the understood for a very short moment I even saw insecurity.

"O-okay." she said smiling and leaned in to kiss me but I turned my face.

"Not in the mood, sorry" I murmured and shut the door leaving her standing there with a shock expression. But I wasn't being a jerk please understand, you can't just say 'no' to her she doesn't understand 'no' because it's a word she hasn't been told often enough.

When I turned around Chihiro was standing in my doorway looking at me with a confused dazed look on her face. "Who was that?" she whispered.

I looked at her with a smile and said, "Shiori" it was easy to say it. Because her name didn't do anything to my heart now.

"Oh…" Chihiro said rapping her arms around herself as a cool breeze swept in off the water and into my open door.

"But I told her to leave." I said giving Chihiro a strange look, why did she look so upset now when I told her to go?

"Did you tell her why?" she asked me looking a bit hurt.

"No…but I'm going to tonight!" I said promising her.

"You promise me?" she murmured looking out the open sliding paper door with a sad expression.

"Yes, you can be there if you want. But I don't know if that would be a very good idea being as she is very violent." I said remembering what happened when she merely smelt my sent on her.

"No I trust you." she said firmly and then walked over to the balcony she went out and stood there with her head in her hands and her elbows on the railing. She sighed deeply looking out at the horizon, "The sun is about to rise…" she whispered gazing at the red lining.

"You need to get a fair amount of sleep before working tomorrow." I said putting my arms around her waist and pulling her close to me. I took deep breaths smelling her cinnamon sent mixed in with the human smell she carried with her like an elegant perfume.

"I know." she said turning around in my arms and putting her head gently on my chest, "Your so strong now." she said with a small giggle. I ran my fingers through her hair softly getting past the tangles, and she rubbed my neck with her thumb.

I wanted to say, 'Gods I love you.' but contained myself not wanting to over do it. She was so warm and soft…so delicate too like a small flower among weeds in a meadow. She stood out.

"Kohaku?" she asked my name sweetly, "Can we go lay down now?" she looked up at me and I looked down at her. She was breath taking in the moon light, her skin glowed and her hair shimmered. She was my goddess.

"Yes," I whispered lightly taking her hand.

She got into the bed and covered up shivering slightly, I looked at her with a milk soft expression and said, "May I kiss your forehead?"

She laughed and said, "Don't ask silly."

I smiled at her and she sighed as I leaned in and softly peaked her smooth forehead.

"Good night beautiful." I whispered in her ear and I turned to walk out but as a reached the door she sat up.

With a very soft voice said, "Stay with me please." she reached her hand out towards me. And in her sweet honey coated eye I saw a tinge of fear, her eyes were wide and she was pleading but there was no need.

"Of course." I smiled walking over to the bed in darkness that effected me none.

When I got into the bed and covered up I felt her squirm her way over to me she put her small arm around me, and I pulled her tightly to her. Feeling every breath she took. It was weird how I was feeling right now, so attracted to her. But I had control over myself no doubt about that, I had control.

Kiki's POV

I didn't want to go to sleep. I knew something bad had happened to her! I should have told her my dream….its my fault.

I just want to die! I couldn't sleep at all, not one bit, my mind was going haywire!

"Uhhh…" I groaned imagining the worst. My dreams have been mainly about a terrible explosion and I was there but they were now directed at Chihiro. She would be close to death, or in pain…or the worst one…on fire. But for some reason she smiled no matter what, she was giving her life for a reason. But she was under the wrong impression!

I don't know how knew this but I did and it made me sleepless.

Everyday at school all I could do is obsess over my dreams. I drew pictures and blurted things out. People though I was crazy before now they really do.

I got out of bed and wondered down stairs to get a drink of water out of the tap. I don't really like water but I felt sick to my stomach and if I did throw up I would rather it be water.

No one really seemed to care that Chihiro was gone. The police were searching and our foster mom gave a good interview but all in all it was a relief for there to be one less mouth to feed. And I hated it.

I had to find her. And I would.

Chihiro's POV

My dream were filled with horror. All I could see was fire, and that girl screaming at me.

When I awoke in the dream I had burns all over my body and my cloths were torn to bits. But that girl sat there with a grim expression, what did she want me to know?

I gasped as she jumped at me.

"Ah!" I gasped awake breathing harshly and sweating profusely. My heart was hammering away at my rib cage trying to escape.

I felt a cool hand grasp my naked shoulder then pull up my robe, I couldn't feel embarrassed I was so scared.

"Sweetie?" Kohaku said softly.

"Fine…" I said trying to catch my breath. I closed my eyes because the green room was spinning around and around.

"Its okay." he said touching my other shoulder.

"OUCH!" I screeched jumping.

"What the…" he looked at his hand and it had blood on it from the touch, "Your bleeding!" he said standing up to get a good look at it. "It looks like a burn?" he said gazing at it and holding my hand.

"Uh…" my heart started pounding so hard I had to get up and run to the bathroom to get sick.

"Chihiro?" Kohaku fallowed.

When I was done I turned over and sat on the cold ground shaking. My ragged breathing had slowed a bit.

"My dreams…they have fire in them…" I said softly closing my eyes and panting when my stomach curled again.

"Oh gods! Are you kidding?" he said sounding scared, "Chihiro we have to get you out of here now."

"Why? I'm fine I didn't mean to scare you so badly." I coughed a little getting up from the floor. My whole body ached with pain, was I sick? I wondered. that's more than likely it I was just sick…but then the burn.

"Come on." he said grabbing my hands.

"No!" I shouted, I was scared and tears were forming in my eyes. He was blowing it out of proportion, wasn't he?

"Chihiro…please listen to me!" he said panicking.

"I-" I was interrupted by a small tapping at the door.

"Chihiro!" Kohaku whispered with wide eyes.

"Ko-" he put his hand over my mouth to keep me quiet and mouthed 'Stay here' before rushing to the door.

"Is Sen in your company?" a small voice asked meekly and shyly.

"No." Kohaku said coolly.

"If you see here tell her Zeniba is here to see her. Its Yubaba's orders."

Then Kohaku closed the door softly, and turned to me with a sickly pale face.

"What? Why the hell are you looking at me like that!" I stomped.

"I don't feel well…" he said rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"Sit down then!" I said grabbing his hand and pulling him to the couch, it was a soft red sofa with gold, brown, and green colors in it.

"What are we going to do?" he murmured laying his head in my lap surprising me.

"I don't know about you, but me I'm going to talk to Zeniba. I have to get answers." I said rubbing his hair.

"Oh no. Please don't!" he said in a pleading voice.

"Yes. I am." I said kissing his cheek and getting up from the ductile sofa.

"I'm going to get dressed…" I said walking into his room and shutting the door behind me. He was very determined to get me to stay and I don't know why, I think he was worried about my dreams. But they were just dreams, and that wound well? We are in the spirit world a lot of things can happen. But Kohaku was so insistent! I wanted to say yes to him too. But I wanted answers more than I wanted to please him, and Zeniba is just the witch to ask about this whole thing. She would know.

I grabbed my old cloths and threw them on. They were stretched out and worn but thank the gods they smelt fine. When I was dressed I looked in the mirror and fixed my hair and wiped away any remaining sleep.

"Kohaku?" I said coming out of his room, "Where is a tooth brush?" I asked looking around.

He came around the corner dressed and looking nice and neat, "Go in my bathroom and look under the sink. Its not a toothbrush… but I think I know what your talking about." he gave him a funny look and left.

His bathroom was all white with Japanese flowers painted around the ceiling. And it was very cold in there might I add.

I walked to the sink and looked underneath it, I saw a small box with different beads in each little window. "What?" I said glaring at it.

Kohaku's hand reached around me and he opened the white little beads and got out three.

"Here you go, stick them in your mouth."

I sighed know he had never lead me astray before and but the three white beads in my mouth. They were mint, and my mouth was fizzy.

"Its kind of cool, right?" he said smiling, "When it stops fizzing spit it into the sink and rinse. After that was done with Kohaku walked me to Yubaba's office were Zeniba waited for me. I had to admit I was a little nervous.

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