A/N : um heres the next chapter tadda, hope u enjoy -.-
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CHAPTER 10
"Love…….love? I don't love her….do I? No! Maybe…yes! Wait no,yes,no,yes,no? …ugh!!" Haku was very confused at the statement he just said that evening. Haku was in his bed, trying to go to sleep, even though he couldn't.
The next day, Haku went up to Chihiro's room in the morning to see how she was doing. Instead of finding her resting, he found her doing chores.
"…my head still hurts" Chihiro thought while sweeping "I'll just take a break, for a few sec-"
Haku quickly ran to her while she collapsed.
"Hey, you know you not suppose to do anything right now, right? You still need rest" Haku said.
"Ugh...sorry Haku. It's just that I thought Lin might get mad if I don't clean the room" She said sleepily.
"nonsense, she'd understand" Haku said, placing Chihiro in a sitting position on the bed.
"Thanks" she said in return, she smiled but then grabbed her arm.
"What's wrong?" Haku asked
"oh nothing" Chihiro said but Haku grabbed her hand that covered her other arm and moved it so he could see. She had a big cut in her arm.
"Have you tried anything on it?" Haku asked
"…..no. Its no big deal though, don't worry" Chihiro said while smiling to reassure him
"hmm…oh wait a sec, I'll be right back" Haku said while leaving the room
Haku came back 5 minutes later with a small jar of cream.
"This is an ointment that Kamagi made me a few weeks ago and I think it'll help you" Haku said while grabbing Chihiro's arm
"I said its no big deal but…then again, thank you." Chihiro said while smiling
Haku got some cream and rubbed it on her cut gently. Then he pulled out a lace to wrap around her arm.
"Thank you Haku." Chihiro said
"Your welcome"
Chihiro and Haku looked into each others eyes. Slowly, Chihiro started closing her eyes and leaning forward. Haku was surprised at this and blushed but then started leaning forward too, slowly closing his eyes.
Bang!Bang!
Chihiro and Haku opened there eyes wide open and froze
"Haku! Yubaba needs help in cleaning the bathtubs! Hurry up and come down here!" A worker shouted from outside
"I-I'll be right there" Haku answered "sorry but I got to go and-"Haku started stuttering
Chihiro kissed his cheek and said "It's ok. Don't worry I'll be fine."
Haku blushed a bit at what she did but then smiled and nodded and went down stairs.
Once he left the room, Chihiro's mind went crazy (Like any other girl)
Inside Chihiro's mind…
"Haku! He's so sweet! He's nice! Caring! Charming! I wish he lived near me by my house! Wait a sec! -gasp- My house! Mom and dad! They must be so mad right now! But ugh…I don't want to go home! Umm…….hmm……I know!" Chihiro snapped out of her thoughts and ran downstairs to the kitchen
-end of thoughts-
Lin was cooking some stew for a customer in the kitchen while murmuring
"Stupid spirit, 'double everything, and a piece of bread' I'll show him a piece of-"
"Lin!" Chihiro called out from far away
Lin broke out of thought and answered back
"Hi Chihiro! Feeling better?" She asked
"yup!" Chihiro answered while walking towards her. "Hey can you do me a favor?" Chihiro asked
"Sure! What do you need?" Lin said while moving a big wooden spoon in a pot
"Can you act as the mother of my friend on the phone?" Chihiro asked while putting her index fingers together
"Haha! That's it? That's the favor?" Lin said
"Yea" Chihiro answered
"Then sure! When do you want me to call?" Lin asked
"As soon as possible. Maybe after you finish cooking" Chihiro said
"Ok then, let me just finish this ok?" Lin said while smiling
"Ok!" Chihiro said
After cooking, Lin and Chihiro went outside of the bathhouse to the small town. They called from a shop that sold jewelry.
"Do you remember what to say?"Chihiro asked
"Yea" Lin answered
"…Hello?" Chihiro's mom said through the phone
"-cough cough- um hi Chihiro's mom. This is Zatzuki's mom" Lin said
"Oh hey Haruki, I thought Chihiro was coming home today" She asked
"um about that. I thought about taking Zatzuki and Chihiro to the um…the zoo." Lin answered
"Oh really? Well is Chihiro fine?"
"Yes"
"Then Chihiro can go but may you please drop her off at my house at least before 10pm?"
"Um sure!" Lin answered
"Ok then its settled, and by the way…your voice sounds weird. Are you sick?" Chihiro's mom asked
"Oh um…y-yes I'm a bit sick –cough cough- But I'll be fine. Well bye!" Lin said
"Ok then bye" Chihiro's mom said before hanging up.
Lin hung up the phone and said "Phew. For a second there she almost caught me" Lin turned to Chihiro, who was silent.
"What?" Lin asked
"The zoo? Out of all the excuses, the ZOO?" Chihiro questioned
"I'm sorry, I was nervous and nothing came to mind" Lin answered
"Haha. Ok whatever. Let go back to the bath house." Chihiro said
Meanwhile with Haku…….
"What is it now Yubaba?" Haku asked
"Well Haku, I've noticed that spirit that has been coming lately comes only when Chihiro's here. We can't be wasting much time on him so I've made a decision. Get Chihiro out of here already. Its not nothing personal its just that, well, the spirit is after her and we can't have her near here"
"That's not true! And if it is…there has to be another way to fix it other than banning her from coming here" Haku said
"Well, you have all this day to prove me wrong, and if you can't, I'll get her out of here myself by tonight, I'm sorry but end of discussion" Yubaba said while moving her finger and magically move Haku out of the door.
Yubaba closed the door and turned to her window.
Haku thinks of why all of a sudden the spirit is after Chihiro.
"There's nothing magically special of her…but…then what is it?" He thought to himself "the spirit has to be after something that is magical…hmm…like her necklace…maybe the spirit is after her necklace!" He thought.
(A/N: for ppl who don't remember, it's the necklace Haku gave to Chihiro so she can be coming back)
While he was walking out the bath house, he saw Chihiro and Lin were coming back
"Hey Haku" greeted Chihiro and Lin
"Hey…um do you mind coming with me Chihiro?" Haku said
"Um not at all" Chihiro said
"ok well I'll see you both later, bye" Lin said while heading back in the bath house
While Chihiro and Haku were walking, Haku brought up the subject
"….so, Chihiro…are you aware that the spirit is after…"Haku was cut off by a whimpering noise
"Me…yea I know." Chihiro added with her eyes teary. "It's been all my fault that the bath house has gotten so much destruction…I thought if I didn't say anything…no one would notice. I'm so sorry, really I am.." Chihiro started crying
"Don't blame yourself, Chihiro" Haku said "Its not your fault…" He said while grabbing her hand
She looked up to him and Haku wiped her tear away
"It's my fault for giving you hat necklace with great power…the spirit is only after the necklace…I presume"
"……Haku….thank you." Chihiro said. She hugged Haku and he hugged her back gently.
Suddenly, Chihiro's necklace started shaking and glowed bright green. Then the sky got cloudly.
"What's happening!?" Chihiro said, worried.
"I don't know but I have a bad feeling about this…"Said Haku.
Haku looked at Chihiro's necklace and then saw a symbol appear on it
"-gasp- Chihiro! Hurry, come with me!" Haku yelled
He grabbed Chihiro by the arm and pulled her behind a rock.
Small rocks started to fall all over the place
"Haku!? What's happening?! Tell me!"Chihiro said scared. She covered her head with her arms.
"….this…is bad…very bad" Haku said while looking up at the darkened sky
A:N: yay again! Cliff-hanger! Um yea I'm very sorrad to take time to think of this one good. skyeen. then .y that I took so long to make this chapter but I had to take time to think of this one good. Anyway, keep on the look-out for when I post up my new chapters ok? Love you! Bye!