Disclaimer: Spirited Away doesn't belong to me yadda yadda. I don't even use the original setting in this story, anyway, just the characters…^^;;

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Written By: Haku no Miko

Haku moved fast. So fast, in fact, that it took half of Chihiro's abilities just to keep up with where he was. But she hadn't gotten scarred or even scratched yet, even though they had only been trying to get at each other for about 5 minutes.

Finally, they clashed swords completely, each one of them trying to hold the other one back from attacking, yet trying to push forward at the same time.

"Hey, I have a question," Chihiro said through gritted teeth.

Haku raised an eyebrow, still trying to get past her blade and the upper hand on the next attack.

"If you win, you get my life."

"That is correct.

"But what if I win?"

She finally gained the strength and threw it into her thrust, disconnecting the swords from each other and sending Haku flying backwards. However, he caught his balance in midair and landed on one hand, then flipped over onto his feet.

"I don't think that will be necessary, but you get anything you want," he responded to Chihiro's question.

Chihiro rolled her eyes and charged forward.

"Nice fighting spirit, Chihiro! I can see how you pose as a threat to Yubaba. But you can't get past me," he said, dodging her attack and turning around to smack her square in the back with the hilt of his sword.

If she hadn't have been in the correct position to leap away, she would have taken the whole blow, but instead she only took half of it. It was still painful enough to have her gasp for breath and go wide-eyed in both shock and pain. However, it didn't knock her into the hard rock ground, which would probably have even tripled the pain she would have received.

Haku just smirked. He had nothing better to do than smirk. Who would? He had the upper hand…

Chihiro didn't have any time to recover before Haku started throwing small sword slashes before her. It wasn't much from him, but she was already injured so her dodging skills weren't perfect.

Finally, she saw a platform that connected to a roof that she could try to jump on. It would be tricky, for if her footing was off just the slightest bit, she'd probably fall, crack her head open on the rocks, and die, and Haku wouldn't even HAVE to have killed her. She winced at the thought.

So she carefully positioned her right foot over to the right, leaving the left one as it was, and took a huge leap just before Haku could strike again. He growled and quickly turned his gaze to the platform she was on.

Chihiro smiled, she'd done it! Now all she had to do was get onto the top of the roof and then she'd be able to escape more easily.

However, she didn't have much time to contemplate how to jump, for Haku had just landed on another platform across from her on the same building.

"Holy shit!" She exclaimed as Haku jumped forward and landed on the same platform as her.

"Hello…" Haku said with an evil smile. Chihiro acted on instinct, and jumped as high as she could, barely making the roof and having to grasp onto it with her hand. As quickly as she could, she pulled herself up.

'There's no escaping him!' She thought. 'Should I revert to it?' She had one other weapon that she could use, although she rarely did because she wasn't amazing at her aim with them. But they were her ONLY hope now.

So Chihiro reached inside her small cape and pulled a few hand-held weapons as Haku jumped up upon the roof.

'Please work, please work, please work,' she thought as she threw them with delicacy and force at the same time.

Haku's eyes widened. 'Kunai?' He tried to dodge them all, but one smashed into his face and one dug into his side instead of just nicking it. 'God, her bad aim sure hurts much more than good aim…'

This was Chihiro's chance. She jumped into the air and before she landed on the roof she smacked him in the back with the side of her sword.

Haku smashed onto the steel rooftop.

"Damn it…"

"Just give it up, employee." Chihiro said, stepping on his back and not letting him get up.

"Alright, alright, you win, you win. I give up."

Chihiro smiled. "Alrighty then! Now you have to agree to my conditions!" She took her foot off of his back and sat down beside him as he slowly sat up.

"My…" he said. "You certainly have split personality."

Chihiro rolled her eyes. "So, I won. That means I can have whatever I want."

"Right. What are your conditions?"

"Tell me your name, and travel with me for a few days. I want to know more about you."

His eyes widened. "Wow, those are some strange conditions there."

Chihiro glared at him.

"But I have to accept. My name is Haku."

"Haku…it's a nice name."

"Thanks."

"Now come with me, we have much to talk about."

So they both carefully jumped off of the roof and began talking. It felt strange for Haku, talking to someone as if they were a full-time ally. He had never had one before.

Haku was beginning to like the fact that he had lost the duel…

A/N: Yes, short chapter, I know. But I hope you liked the duel. Please review, please!!!! ::begs a while::

Anyway, I have some people I need to thank!

Spellcaster Inverse Gabriev ~ Thank you so much for being my first reviewer ever! Also, don't worry, much Haku/Chihiro fluff is in store!

Lil azn mystikal girl ~ I like your penname. Glad to see you think Haku rules as well. Thanks for the comments, I'll keep them in mind!

Tabbie-butter ~ I've never heard of a movie like this lol so I don't know if it will be like the movie or not. What movie, anyway?

Andiavas ~ Thanks for the review! It was encouraging!

M-chan ~ I hope we can do a story together, if I get to talk to you first. My AIM is "HakuMikoCecily," IM me sometime!

DarkFairy ~ Shadow! HI! Thanks for the compliments and thank you so much for putting me on your faves! I appreciate it a lot!

Ojamajo Sakura ~ Thank you for the compliments, here's the next chapter for you! Hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the first.

V-chan ~ YAY! Another person who thinks Haku rules! Go you! You rule! ^-^ Thanks for the review, as well.

Telltale ~ Yahoo! Thanks for thinking this is a "tight as hell story." I feel honored to have my story called that actually, since you were the first person I reviewed and it feels kind of cool receiving a good review like that! Yay! And I loved the fall, splat, and die idea that I used it almost in Chihiro's thoughts in the chapter lol. Thanks for putting me on your faves, you rock! By the way, I read your bio and I'd like to say Orlando Bloom rules, Draco is hot, and do you hate Harry? That's all! Hope you liked the chapter!

EnchantedMiko ~ I continued thanks to your persuasive-ness! Thanks for the review, and I hope you read and review this chapter as well!


That's all for now. Now please review or I'll get Draco in here and he'll cast a spell on you! Sorry, I've been writing a Harry Potter fanfic. ^^;;;;