i left you on a cliff hanger last time, and ihmma leave you on another one this time ^__^ happy reading!

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'....My leg...I can't..m-ove it,ow...' Chihiro groaned in pain as she layed on the ground.

'I don't even know where I am...' she thought as she sat up and looked around at her surroundings. She gasped. She was near the entrance of the tunnel to the spirit world.

"HAKU!!!!!!" she screamed, hoping and praying that maybe, just maybe, he'd hear her from inside the spirit world. The outline of a figure could be seen walking from the entrance. SHe peered closer, and noticed it WAS Haku.

"Haku!" she yelled, but he ignored her and continued on his way. Hurt, she lost all hope that it was her Haku here in the human world.

Chihiro drifted off to sleep and into a dream.

'Chihiro? Chihiro where are you?' She could see nothing but darkness, but she knew the voice. She tried yelling for him, but she couldn't feel the words coming out. Slowly she saw the image of Haku outlined in the darkness. As his figure became clearer, so did his words.

"Chihiro, Chihiro! Wake up. Get up Chihiro!"

"...Ha..ku..?" She said sleepily, shivering from the cold. She felt something being wrapped around her.

"Can you walk?"

"My leg..." She murmered, starting to drift off again. She felt warm hands against her leg, and she heard Haku muttering something. She was too tired and cold to listen. Just as he was picking her up, she fell asleep again.