I am so sorry that I haven't updated this is so long. I just couldn't do it for some reason. Sorry for the wait.

Chapter 10

I stood there for a moment before kamaji burst out. "Found them." He walked over to me and revealed a strip of tickets. "You can use these. I've been saving them for forty years. Now listen carefully, the train stop you want is called Swamp Bottom. That's where Zeniba lives, it's the sixth stop."

"Swamp Bottom. Sixth stop." I said.

"Make sure you get it right. The train used to run in both directions but these days it's a one way ride." I nodded. "You still want to go?" Kamaji asked in concern.

"I have to." I said and then I smiled. "Besides I can walk back along the tracks." I walked into the next room and got changed back into my regular clothes. I had some time before Chihiro got back so I sat down next to Haku. "Hey Haku, I'm going to help you. I promise." I grabbed his hand and Kamaji looked away to give us some semblance of privacy. "I don't know why but when I saw you all bloody my heart almost stopped. I don't know why but I couldn't let you die." I sighed. "I have to go but I promise you I'll be back and hopefully we can talk more."

Kamaji taught me how to use the boat so I could get us to the train. I was grabbing my shoes and my little friends when I caught sight of Haku. He looked so pale that I leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. Kamaji was staring at me in a way that made me blush. "I'm going to go wait for Sen." I said.

Kamaji just laughed as I walked out. I sat in the boat for about a half hour when Chihiro showed up. She came running down the steps and jumped in the boat. "Move." She shouted at me.

I started to move the lever that acted as the ships motor. It was hard but I managed to talk while doing it. "How'd it go?" I asked.

She sighed. "I fed him the medicine an-" She stopped. "There he is." She said quietly.

I looked back to see a black shape jumping from the bridge. "You can explain later." I heard a splash and looked back. A frog was swimming away. Chihiro had taken of her uniform and was in her regular clothes now. "Did he just eat that frog?" I asked. Before she could say anything I said. "I don't want to know."

She just laughed at me. We got to the train tracks so I got out of the boat. Kamaji said it would float back to the bathhouse. I helped Chihiro out and grabbed my shoes. We walked towards the platform in silence. We stood there for a moment before the train pulled up. The boat was still sitting next to the platform. It looked like it was waiting for something.

The train was pulling up so I counted my tickets. There were four on the strip so I had just the right amount. The black shape was walking towards us and I could see from Chihiro's face that she wanted to help him more. If she wanted him to come with us I was one ticket short.

The train pulled up and the conductor opened the door. He counted us and the tickets. "You're one ticket short." He said.

I looked at Chihiro and then at the monster. She made the decision. "Take him with you. I'll hide in Kamaji's room but he has to get away from here." I almost started crying and I knew she felt the same way.

We hugged and I whispered, "I just got you back. Promise me you'll be safe."

She laughed. "I'll do my best." She was quiet for a moment. "I'll watch over Haku." I blushed and pulled away. "He makes you happy so he's alright in my book."

I laughed and stepped away. I watched her go back to the boat before stepping on the train. We had been through this entire thing together and now we were separating.

I sat down across from the monster and he gave me a sad look. I could tell he felt guilty that Chihiro couldn't come with us. I sat there and stared at him for a minute before getting up and sitting next to him. "My mom told us a story one time." I stopped and looked at him. "It was about a family with eight children. None of the children could get along except for the youngest two."

I stopped and cleared my throat. I wasn't that good at telling stories. "Even with all the fighting, the family was happy and because of that an evil witch got jealous. Her family had died when she was younger and she felt so alone. Seeing the family so happy tore her apart, so she cast a spell. She erased all of their memories and put them in different families all around the world."

"The only ones who ever felt that anything was wrong were the two youngest, Yin and Yang. They were opposites in everything but they got along perfectly. They both felt a whole in their hearts that pulled them toward each other. They lived with this feeling for five years before Yin's family went on a trip. They were in the market when she felt the need to turn around."

"She came face to face with Yang and in that instant the spell was broken. They remembered everything and together they tracked down the rest of their family. It took thirteen long years but in the end they were all together and happy again. That was when the witch came again. She wanted to destroy their family once and for all but Yin and Yang stood in front of them. The witch's spell bounced off them and destroyed her but it hurt the girls."

"They were dying on the ground with their family around them. They grasped each other's hands and the spirits took pity on them. Because they were so strong the spirits brought them into this world. They lived out the rest of eternity together representing how opposites balance each other out."

I sighed and looked down into my lap. "Chihiro and I always balanced each other out but since we've been here we've had to face our own challenges." I felt a tear fall. "I guess we needed this, huh? We can finally get along without each other." The conductor shouted out Swamp Bottom.

I stood up. "Let's go." I said. I couldn't fail, I had to save Haku.