Hi! Okay, this chapter is really short, but it says alot. For all of you that had questions on last chapter, they are about to be answered. Chapter 11...I think the title speaks for itself. :D

Chapter 11: What Love Did to Them

"What?" I said in shock. It was Yuki all along. I had lived with her for almost seven years and not once did I suspect the one Kage had been looking for to be her. She didn't come off as someone who would be embarrassed by her backgrund. Her mother was the most well-known witch in the Spirit World. There had to have been some pride in that.

"You heard me. I'm the one Kage is looking for. I was the one who acted like an idiot. But…I could not love him. Everyone in the Spirit World loved him, admired him even! And then I just show up out of blue. I was an embarrassment. I heard everyone talking about it. They were talking about me behind my back, saying how I was not good enough, how I was a joke."

"So is that why you left? Because of what others thought of you?" I asked. She could not even look me in the eye.

"I was an embarrassment. I still am. To my mother, to you, and to Kage." Yuki began bursting into tears, and I was there to comfort her. I embraced her, trying to make her feel better. What she thought didn't involve what she thought of her mother, it involved what she thought of herself. "The night I left, I wrote him a letter, telling him what I heard and I felt. But why? What possessed me to leave him?"

"I think you felt like those people were right," I began, "you thought you were a disappointment to Kage. But he saw the real you, he loves you, and he has never felt anything like that for anyone but you, Yuki." She wiped a tear from her cheek, not looking at me. "He really…loves me? After all these years, he never stopped?" I nodded. I helped her stand up and she gave me a hug.

"He knows you still love him, and he never stopped loving you." She looked me in the eye this time and said, "Thank you very much, Haku. I could not have asked for a better friend than you." But if he was paying attention to his surroundings, he would have noticed a distraught young girl, running away and crying. And about to make the biggest mistake of her life.

Chihiro 's POV

"Oh, Chihiro, I do not know what we would have done without you." My mother hugged me, but my father looked nervous. Almost like he was scared. Ever since I can remember, my dad was scared of nothing. He had always saved me when I was scared or in danger. What could frightened him now?

"Dad, are you okay? You seem tense." He looked at me with wide eyes. He was trying to hide something from me.

"Nothing! I mean, it's nothing, I'm okay." He told me, but I wasn't going to be fooled that easily. I had a somewhat of a super power where I could tell when someone was lying.

"You know I can tell when someone is lying, Dad. Tell me what is wrong." I stared at him with cold eyes. He looked at my mom, who shook her head. Both of my parents? I was flabbergasted. What could they be hiding from me, their only daughter?

"Both of you? What is so important you don't want me to know?" My dad tried staying strong, but I had my ways in making him talk. I gave him the sad daughter look, making him believe if I didn't know the answer, I would cry.

"Akio…" My mother said. He looked at her with fear. Fear of what, though?

"I have to Yuuko. She is going to find out eventually." My dad looked as if he were about to regret what he was about to say. I hoped that was not the case. Hope. That one, strong word again. It failed me once more. "The reason Yubaba held us captive…was because we were planning something. An escape, actually. After you left for the ball, your mother and I came up with a plan to get us all out of here, to go home."

"This is my home," I said quickly, "I don't want to leave."

"We know that now, honey," My mom said, "but you have a life in the real world. You have friends, family, and what about college? What about your dreams to become an artist?"

"I have family here," is aid, "and this has been my dream. To return home is what I waited nine years for. I am not just going to give that up. This is my life."

"But sweetie, this place…we do not fit in. What will happen when you want to get married, have children of your own?"

"I-I" How was I going to tell them I was in love with Haku? Did I really just say that?" I did. I had come clean to myself. I was in love with him. I had to make sure they knew it, too. "I love someone already." This brought shock to my parents.

"You mean that man Lin was talking about earlier? What was his name? Haku? Oh Chihiro, he's a spirit. And how do you know he loves you back?"
"Because of the kiss!" I screamed. I covered my mouth, hoping I had not said what I did. They were utterly silent. They did not know we kissed. Oh, how my dad was furious with me, but it looked at though he was even more furious with Haku.

"You WHAT!" He screamed, "We don't even know this man!"

"But I do! I know everything about him! He has the most gorgeous green eyes. He cares about me and would do anything to protect the ones he loves. He has had a rough past, but I was there to help him through it! I changed his heart. He used to be cold and lonely, but now he;s sweet and kind. And I love him!" Neither my mom nor dad had seen this side of me. I never had either. But they forced it out.

"Chihiro, please, there is no guarantee he loves you back. I mean it has been-"

"I don't care! That's not the point! I don't care if he loves me or not. I love him, so I'm staying. If you cannot accept this, then have a nice life back where you two belong, not me." I ran away, crying my eyes out. I did not want to be with them right now. I just had to be with Haku.

So what will Chihiro do? Where will she go? What will happen? I know, more questions arised than answered, but this will all be solved soon. Hoped you liked it! I loveeeee writing this! When I get reviews I see how much you like reading it! Please review!

Anabelle ;)