It had been a long and tiring day, but Chihiro finally found a perfect dress. And since all of the Spirit World knew who she was, she got the dress for free. Of course she insisted on paying it herself but the store manager refused, saying it would be disrespectful to him if she didn't have the dress as a gift. Finally after countless debates, Chihiro walked away from the store with a free white gown with plenty of sparkles and designs with the thread. It was gorgeous and took her breath away each time she glanced at it. She wondered what Haku would think when he saw her in it.

Now she was home. She had taken a nice and long warm bath then dressed for bed. Once she got into bed she heard the door open. In walked Haku looking more than irritated. His mission must have been a bad one. Something probably went horribly wrong.

"Are you okay?" Chihiro questioned from the bed. Haku jumped at the sound of her voice then turned to face her. His facial expression relaxed a great amount.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just peachy." He replied, she could tell he was being sarcastic by the way he spoke the words.

"No you aren't." She finally disagreed with him. He paused then sighed. There was no point in keeping anything from her anymore. Right? So, he walked over to the bed and sat down at the foot of it. Eyeing her, he thought about what he'd say to her.

"On my mission I found out that the Spirit with lightning powers, he is your . . . . Well, he is your great-great grandfather. And he knows all about the wedding and everything. He just knows everything and well, I guess he kind of caught me off guard. But he made sense as well. What I'm saying is I asked him to attend the wedding and he won't. He just won't. And I guess I'm just thinking that since he thought every living relative of his is dead he probably doesn't even really believe you're his family." Haku explained before laying down on his back next to her feet. Chihiro closed her eyes to take this all in. So that's what he's been doing all day!

"Maybe when he was alive he had a kid that he didn't know about and that kid is my grandfather. And he hasn't died yet so he's not in the Spirit World. It only makes sense that way." Chihiro suggested with a smile. Haku sat up then looked at her in an impressed way.

"You know what I think you could be onto something there. That's probably what's happening and that explains why nobody had lightning power until you came along." Haku pushed himself up beside her on the bed. The sun was almost rising. So, they had to get to bed quickly before they disappeared completely. Chihiro gave him one last smile.

"I love you." She whispered just before closing her eyes and disappearing. Before Haku even had a chance to respond he changed into his dragon form then closed his eyes and disappeared as the sun came up to great the earth and start another day.

The sun finally set after the day was over. Night overcame the earth, stars appeared in the sky and Spirits began to awaken. Haku was the first to wake up. Followed by Chihiro. They exchanged looks for a long time. Silently, Haku bent over her then put his large snout on her forehead. She giggled happily, like a little girl playing with a pet in their backyard. Haku then transformed back into his Spirit form and smiled as he looked down on her. The truth is, he couldn't wait to marry her. She meant absolutely everything to him and he swore that he would protect her from anything and everything possibly harmful to her.

"I love you, too." He whispered before placing his lips onto hers. This kiss gave Chihiro goosebumps. Their kiss lasted about a minute and a half. A feeling rose through Haku. A good feeling, like they could do anything together and nothing bad could ever happen as long as he held her in his arms.

"Really? You do, you really love me? I figured since I was gone so long you might have found someone else. Met someone. I've been gone a long time, Haku. Are you sure you love me?" Chihiro responded, her voice cracking some. She didn't want to be disappointed but she had to ask the question. Just to make sure he wasn't hiding something or someone from her. Haku looked at her as though she had gone crazy.

"No, I'm pretty sure that I love you. And there isn't anyone else. Sure it's been a long time but all I've been able to think of while you were away was you. I'm glad we're getting married. I really am, but you're still wearing that damned ring Takashi gave you and I just go insane every single time I look at it." Haku told her his honest feelings for the first time. He couldn't keep his feelings bottled up anymore. He wouldn't do that to himself. He wasn't that type of person, Haku liked dealing with things head on. Get them over with so he didn't have to keep worrying about them.

"Oh, well why didn't you just say something? I'll take it off. Besides you mean more to me than Takashi ever did. That's one thing I'm sure of." Chihiro said as she took off the ring and threw it across the room. Afterwards Haku rolled himself on top of her and hovered over her face. He watched her smile for a moment before he leaned in to kiss her deeply and romantically. Before Chihiro realized it, his tongue had found its way into her mouth. Her cheeks flushed as she realized this was called French-kissing and she had never done that before. She decided she'd just follow his lead since he knew exactly what he was doing and she had absolutely no clue.

Outside, a very possessed Lin watched them from behind an open window. She wore her newly bought black robe and her dark hair was now pulled back into a ponytail. A scowl or grimace was on her face. She wasn't happy and Chihiro was the exact reason why. The little brat got whatever she wanted and more while Lin stood by and watched. She did absolutely everything and got nothing in return. It just wasn't fair! So, Lin would have to teach her a lesson or two about true power. And if Chihiro got hurt in the process, well that would be her problem.