Chapter 13

Chihiro refused to believe that what Zeniba said was true. Haku was good, he had to be. If he wasn't, then why would he go through all that trouble of helping

her and the twins even at the cost of Yubaba punishing him? Chihiro refused to let anyone think for her anymore and so returned to using her real name in

secret. She wasn't going to let Haku die. Not as long as she lived and breathed. The twins couldn't believe this woman. She was trying to put doubt into their

minds about the first friend they ever had. They knew that only because of that stupid control Yubaba had over Haku that he was he was so close to death

now. And she merely wanted to dispose of him once she thought he was as good as dead. Before any of the sisters could do anything, Haku used the last bits

of his strength to slice the shikigami and get the three sisters to the boiler room. It was instinct. The three girls shrieked as they fell right on top of Kamaji.

They could only watch in horror as Haku bled all over the place. Chihiro was the first on to snap out of it and react. She ran to Haku and using a piece of the

medicine given to her by the river spirit, made Haku spit p a black slug and the golden seal. "" Sen get that black slug. Over there. Get it. Get it." Well, Chihiro

got it alright. She squashed it with her foot. "You killed it. Those things are bad luck. Hurry, before it rubs off on you. Put your thumbs and forefingers

together. Evil be gone." "Kamaji these are my sisters, Aria and Lyra. I know it's not the best time for introduction but I just though you should know." With

that introduction, Aria stepped forward. "Kamaji, I wish we had met under different circumstances but the situation is dire. On orders from Yubaba, Haku stole

the seal in my sister's hand from her own sister, Zeniba. According to Zeniba herself, she placed a curse on the seal." "That's strong magic. It's made him

gravely ill." Before Kamaji had even finished his train of thought, Haku reverted from his dragon form back to his human one. Immediately, the four made him as

comfortable as possible in order to ease his pain. When they finished, the boiler man proceeded to tell the three sisters about Haku's past and how he had

gotten mixed up with Yubaba in the first place. He had also asked a question he had been wanting to the second Sen had introduced the twins as her sisters.

"Why is it that you say you are sisters but only Sen had to risk her life to get a job here? Are you not close?" "We are very close, but it was not our choice.

Haku made this plan due to something we don't know how to explain. He put it simply that if the three of us had gone in search of the job, it would have put

us all in more danger than necessary. And since only three humans had been reported entering this world, we would be giving ourselves away." When Aria had

finished her piece, Lyra stepped forth and continued the explanation. "And due to the fact that me and my sister did not 'smell like a human', we were able to

pass as customers as per Haku's silent suggestion." Just as the twins were about to continue, the little slide door that connected the boiler room to the bath

house opened and Lin stepped inside. Something told the twins that things were about to get real complicated. And they were right.