-NIGIHAYAMI KOHAKU NUSHI-

							 -XI-


	Swamp Bottom?! IS she that cruel to send me to that....for lack of a better term....that witch?! She's almost as
 powerful, no...is as powerful as Yubaba herself!

	"You're making a face, Haku. Are you complaining?"

	I held my eyes at her, though I could feel my hands ball up into fists at my sides. "Shall I get it now?"

	Yubaba returned to her desk. "You shall leave tomorrow. Right now you have to do something else."

	"What is it?"

	"Just standby for now. I will call for you."

	I bowed. "As you wish."


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	It wasn't long after that I heard the familiar ring of the bell in my room. I stood up from my bed and straightened
 my clothes before heading back to Yubaba's room.

	And the first thing I saw when I entered was Chihiro. But I resisted the urge to look at her and focused my eyes on
 Yubaba. "Did you call?" I could sense her eyes on me.

	"This child's starting to work as of now. Look after her."

	"Yes." Then I turned to look at her, barely able to hold in a sigh of relief. She made it, good girl...

	"Your name?"

	I regretted asking that to her as she seemed taken aback...but I had to. It was routine for new workers.

	"What? Chi...oh, I'm Sen."

	She was beginning to forget...I better do something about this quickly. "Follow me then, Sen."

	I led her out of the room, and into the elevator that went down into the workers' quarters.

	"Haku...um..."
	
	"No idle chatter. And call me Master Haku."


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Author's Notes:

Hi again! Er...I know, I know...this is another short chapter... *braces for anvils, stones, fruits, vegetables, etc* 
Sorry, sorry!!! *bows a million times*

MonkeyAlien: well, here's an update! ^_^
kawaiikitsune: Wow, thank you!! *hug!*
child-of-the-owl: Thanks! ^_^
Sabrin: That's the reason why I wrote this, I wanted to see another side of the story. ^_^
Dai: Yeah, I thought that too. ^_^
Kazuhiko: I know he sounds a bit out of character, but then again we won't know what his real character is, unless we peer
into his thoughts, right? ^_^
Kerochan: I'd love to have the soundtrack too! And I think I'll put some romance...sometime in the future. ^_^
shazaoblossom: And you write swell reviews too! Believe me, your reviews keep me up and coming. ^_^
Lady Dragon Daiken Priestess: Wow, thank you...I try my best to keep them in character...^_^
QueenOfHearts: Wasn't she really the one who sent Haku...? ^_^''
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Silver River: Eeep!!! *runs and hides under the cliff*
Anime Mastah: I've never watched Laputa......^_^''
White Tiger: lol, Haku, the dragon-tiger...
Shakiya: Hehehe, although I haven't an idea yet on the sequel... ^_^
elsie: Because Yubaba's talking about Zeniba. ^_^
Silvertress116: You know, Chihiro's done a good job in the movie, I mean--if all that had happened to me I'd really freak
out too. ^_^
Andiavas: Guess what?! I've got a xanga too!! www.xanga.com/Liella_chan. Question though, how do you upload stuff onto it?
I'm also planning to make an original manga (although I can't draw), so I'll put it there coz I don't have anywhere
to put it. ^_^
secretmirror180: Haku and Chihiro are soulmates!! ^_^
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kokonutsu: Hehe, yeah I found some spelling errors myself...but I'm rather lazy to change them..gomen!! ^_^
shigatsu: Oops, sorry about that! I'm using the notepad. ^_^
Blizzard: lol, I'll try to make you feel better when I get an idea coming. ^_^

Thank you all!!! Please keep on reading and reviewing! Till the next chapter!