Mraawr :3 But yeah… *phew* chapter three was pretty long…. Well for me, that is. And sorry it took so long to get up…… I had a bit 'o trouble thinking of what all seven items would be. Anyway, here's the fourth chapter for you :) hope ya like it ;)   Er…… for those of you who were confused on how to pronounce Xovio, it would be said like zo-vee-oh. At least that's what I think. Wait, no…. I made it up! You read it like I say you should!

After about eight hours of sleep, it had come close to nightfall. Gyukudo's messenger would awake the two girls shortly, and then maybe stick around for a while after.

"Ah, ah."

"Mmm…. What?"

"Ah, ah."

Ruby rolled over to see what was nudging her, and she nearly wet herself. "AH!" was all she could say, and she got herself out of bed and away from the strange intruder as fast as she could.

Hearing Ruby's scream, Chihiro sat up to see what was going on. Then she saw who Gyukudo had sent to wake them up.

"No-Face! I'm so happy to see you! How have you been all this time? Are you still living with Zeniiba?"

"Ah. Ah." …..As you should know, No-Face isn't a very big talker. The only reason that he could speak before was because he swallowed that frog, so he could use the frog's voice. But still, Chihiro could tell what he was trying to say from the big grin on his face.

"Oh No-Face I'm so happy to see you and I am SO happy that you-….. Ruby, what's wrong?"

"Chihiro….. What IS that???"

"Ruby! This is No-Face! Don't you remember him from when I told you about the last time I came here? You can be afraid, just don't be so rude! He has feelings too, you know."

"Oh…… I'm sorry, please forgive me," Ruby said, becoming a little less afraid.

"Ah, ah."

"Well Ruby, Gyukudo told us that when we woke up we would have to go outside to use our items for the first time. So, let's go! No-Face, you are welcome to stay with us."

"Ah, ah," he said happily.

Chihiro lead Ruby and No-Face outside to the big field that Chihiro had crossed the last time she visited. From where they were, they could see the bath house and the rest of that region. As they found an area where they would have the most space possible, Chihiro absent-mindedly held her whistle by the wooden part like a handle and began spinning the string at the end. Suddenly, it started to spin violently and it made a screeching noise like nails across a chalk board and then it started to look solid. In fact…. That's what is was. It had turned into a shield. It was pretty big, too. It was as tall as Chihiro and twice as wide as the width of her shoulders. Chihiro stood where she was, silent and still.

"Wow…. I wonder what it does when I blow the whistle," she said in astonishment. She rotated the whistle in her hand almost instinctively, and it turned back to normal. She was just about to blow into it when Ruby stopped her.

"Wait! I want to see what mine does first!" she said, thrusting the key towards Chihiro to remind her that she still had it. She must have thrust it too hard though, because that made her lose her balance along with her grip on the key. She managed to snatch it back out of thin air before it hit the ground, and she tossed it back up as if to say, "In your face, gravity." You might have guessed already, but the moment it hit her hand again, the key grew into a long sword with barbed edges. Holding the sword by the handle (with a very strong grip; she could not believe what was happening!), Ruby felt that it had a small socket at the base of the blade. It looked like it would fit a small stone, so Ruby tried to put her amethyst into it. Once it was in, the sword shuddered and a dark purple smoke surrounded it, and looked as though it attached itself to the blade, which now had the color of the smoke.

"Give it a swing," Chihiro suggested, expecting that she knew what would happen.

Ruby did, and the sword practically guided her stroke. She practiced with it a few moments, and then something gave her an idea. Every time Ruby would swing it in a certain direction, it would emit a large black circle that was clearly caused by the amethyst, which Gyukudo had said was made of defensive magic. Knowing this, she said to Chihiro, "Toss a rock my way, I need to try something." Chihiro did, and Ruby made a swift movement with the sword, causing a black circle to appear once again. When the rock hit the circle, it became swallowed up in darkness through the hole, dropping out of existence.

"Now how do I make this turn back into a key?" Ruby asked aloud. After a while of trying, she still had not figured it out, and gave up, thinking that it would come to her sooner or later.

"My turn!" After seeing what Ruby had done, Chihiro started to look for a space to put her ruby, which was very tiny, if I never mentioned before. Then she noticed that one eye on the face of the dragon-shaped whistle curved in. Chihiro knew what it was for, and she put her ruby into the indentation. Instantly, a red smoke appeared around it and the whistle gained a reddish tint to it. Chihiro made it go back into a shield and began to fiddle with it so she might be able to see how to attack with it. She soon found out that when she squeezed the actual whistle (which acted like a handle for the shield), a blast of fire would burst from the center of the shield. Chihiro was not ready for the blast, and it made her fall onto the ground. When she fell, the shield got shorter at the bottom so that it would not hit the ground. Chihiro got herself up and began moving it up and down. The shield never hit the ground. She then released the shield back to its whistle form.

"Well, shall I blow into it and see what happens?" she asked Ruby and No-Face.

They both nodded, so Chihiro proceeded to blow into it. Words cannot describe the sound it made. It was beautiful. Without any effort at all, the whistle played a melody that made everything seem so perfect in life. At that point, life was perfect for Chihiro pretty much, because there was a pleasant breeze and then a flash in the sky. The wind started to pick up, but it wasn't violent, it was more like a feeling of having wings. More flashes in the sky appeared, each time getting closer to the ground. With one last flash of light, a great white dragon landed in front of the three of them. Once it landed, it changed into a human form.

"Haku!" Chihiro exclaimed. She was so overcome with joy that she burst into tears as she ran into Haku's arms.

"Hello Chihiro," he replied warmly. They both just stood there for a long time, hugging and rocking back and forth in each others arms. Finally, Chihiro couldn't stand it anymore. She lifted her head up and gave Haku a kiss. Right on the lips.

Haku was very embarrassed, but only because he had never kissed anyone before, because he had only been a spirit for most of his existence. He pulled away from Chihiro, but she understood why.

"Chihiro, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" Ruby asked menacingly. She wanted to know who this valiant young man was. Ruby thought that she and Haku would be good friends, and she wanted to know at least one person in this strange place.

"Oh I'm sorry. Ruby, this is Haku. He is the one who helped me rescue my parents and get back home the last time I was here."

"Nice to meet you." And she meant that. Ruby could see why Chihiro loved him so much right when she saw him.

"Same to you, Ruby." And turning to No-Face he said, "Zeniiba wanted me to tell you that she needs your help with some chores around the house. And I want to thank you for watching over Chihiro and her friend." Haku was so blown away by seeing Chihiro again that he couldn't concentrate on anything else, and he had already forgotten Ruby's name.

"Ah, ah," replied No-Face. And with that, he disappeared.

"Haku, will we need to get jobs again so that we can stay here?" Chihiro asked.

"Yes. But first, hold on to these berries. We aren't in the Spirit World yet, but when we get there you will need to eat some food from it, or you will disappear. I got these from a bush on the way from Zeniiba's house after I got her message for No-Face, so they will be fine for you to eat."

"Oh, man. This sword gets really heavy after a while!" said Ruby. She had been holding it up the entire time, but now she decided to rest the tip on the ground and hold it upright herself, which would take much less effort. As the tip of the sword hit the ground, it immediately shrank down to the key it began as.

"Huh. What d'ya know," she said, placing it in her pocket without another word.

"Well Chihiro, I think that it's about time to go visit Kamagii again. Wouldn't you agree?" Haku asked.

"I most certainly would," was Chihiro's reply. She was greatly looking forward to seeing everybody again, and chances are that going to Kamagii would bring them to Rin, or at least bring Rin to them when she served Kamagii his meal.

"Ok girls, fallow me," Haku said as he lead them towards the bath house. As they walked, Chihiro ran up to Haku and held his hand. Haku just smiled the rest of the way until they got to the bridge.

"Ok girls, hold your breath!"

"You have to hold your breath while we cross the bridge. Even the tiniest breath could break the spell and then everyone will see you."  

Well, that's all for chapter 4! I know! You want more! *glares at Lee, Erin and Jenny* But patience! I would also like to take this opportunity to give a big thank-you to Erin. If she didn't tell me to bring back Gyukudo later in the story, it would have no plot -_-`