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Chapter 5: Unexpected Friend
Chihiyaku announced to the Yuna and Aogaeru, "We have a new worker, she'll be with you Rin." Rin rolled her eyes and thought great but her eyes light up when she saw Sen walk in, actually everyone was very happy to see her.
"I can't believe it! What are you doing here, where is Haku?" Rin asked.
"Well they all thought I was crazy in the Human world and wanted to send me away, and as for Haku I haven't seen him." Sen replied.
"Oh umm..... He probably wanted to have a home and job before he got you," Rin smiled, "and his replacement he is even worse then Haku ever was." Rin said almost disgusted.
"So what are we doing today?" ask Sen.
"Oh cleaning a normal sized tub and tending a river spirit I think." Replied Rin, "so you go dump this water and I'll get breakfast."
"No last time I dumped the water so it's your turn and you remember what happened last time..... I guess we'll switch, I'll dump it tomorrow" Sen quickly said.
Rin nodded and picked up the bucket of old water. Sen walked to the Kitchen and picked up to bowls of rice and brought them back to the bath stall. Rin and Sen ate there breakfast quickly, they didn't really have time to talk, a customer would be coming soon. Rin brought the bowls back to the kitchen as Sen started to sweep the floor.
Sen was very happy that for the past six month she insisted on helping around the house, and playing Soccer. What her first visit to the Spirit World taught her is that being spoiled and never helping out would turn around and bite her in the butt when she was grown up. Rin came back and they started to scrub the tub.
"So crazy huh?" asked Rin.
"Yeah cause I wrote stories about Spirit World, had no friends, spent all day at the Mishu-Kapi river, a lady thought I said I could fly, and the list most likely continues." Sen said with a laugh, "but since I'm talking to you now I can't be crazy."
Rin replied, "Stupid Humans!....umm....I mean not you of course."
Sen laughed and said, "It's ok." Soon both Sen and Rin were laughing.
Aniyaku walked by and said, "The Mishu-Kapi river spirit is coming, he wants a lavender-orange soak." Sen gasped that was her river the one she talked to everyday. Rin got up to get the soak token, and Aniyaku left.
About a minute later the Mishu-Kapi river spirit entered the room. "Your bath will be ready in a minute Sir, while your waiting I could get you something to eat." Sen said with a smile.
"Well actually I came to see you Sen. I just wanted to see how you were doing, wanted to see you happy, and Haku happy as well." The Spirit replied.
"Oh I'm so sorry but Haku he is no longer at the bath house," replied Sen slightly frowning.
The spirit gazed up at the over pass just when a boy with yellow hair, and clothes walked by, "Oh really? Well then I'm glad your happier," said the spirit. Sen smiled and nodded just as Rin waked in.
"Oh sorry sir, sorry...." Apologized Rin, "Sen....why didn't you get him something to eat," Rin whispered, "Sorry sir, I'll get your bath ready" finished Rin as she hooked up the Bath token. Sen climbed up on the tub and pulled down the water spout. The tub quickly filled with water, the river spirit slithered into the tube.
"You know Sen, what you might remember as blue, with a yellow(happy) heart might be yellow with a blue(sad) heart." Said the river spirit. Sen nodded a bit confused she didn't understand what he meant at all.
(A/N: The spirit meant Haku who is blue (river spirit, water has a bluish tint, or is blue however you argue it(though Haku's mane is green, blue fits better)) but his current appearance is yellowier.)
About an hour later the Mishu-Kapi river spirit went to leave, he handed Sen a small bag full of gold and said, "I already paid at the door, but I want you to be happy and stay here, cause If you return you'll never return to my banks again, I'm sad to say. Give it to Yu-Baaba, she also needs to be a little less sour." The Spirit laughed, he knew Yu-Baaba would always be sour to everyone except Bou. He smiled at Sen and left.
"Well Sen, I don't know what you did, but you did it, that about pays for the incident with Kaonashi. Now go on, you heard him up to Yu-Baaba with you, I'll take care of the tub and get dinner," said Rin shooing Sen out the door.
Sen walked the familiar path to Yu-Baaba's room she really wasn't paying attention, she was thinking about the Spirit. She didn't understand half the things he had said about yellow and blue or returning to the human world, It wasn't like he knew they wanted to send Sen to a Clinic. What puzzled her the most is why/how he knew she need to give extra money to Yu- Baaba and why he had given it to her.
Just then Sen ran into a yellow haired boy, they were both so startled that Sen dropped the bag of gold. The boy bent down and picked it up, he handed it back to Sen. Sen looked up into his eyes, those eyes.... Without thinking she whispered, "Haku?" The boy looked like he was straining to not hug Sen. They held their gaze for a minute until something in the boy won the battle his faced turned sour and he pushed Sen out of the way. Sen thought, Jerk! Must be the assistant. She looked around she was in front of Yu-Baaba's door.
Sen knocked on the door and Yu-Baaba said angrily, "Come in!" Sen walked in the door and closed it behind her. "Awe...Sen what brings you here?" bitterly asked Yu-Baaba.
"I brought you this, to help pay off my debt to Aburaya," replied Sen as she laid the bag on Yu-Baaba's desk.
Yu-Baaba opened up the bag and her eyes lit up with delight she smiled greedily then said, "Good work, now leave!" Sen didn't say anything she just nodded and left to find Rin.
"What took you so long I was waiting for you so we could bring the food down to Kamajii and the Susuwatari," asked Rin.
"Sorry," answered Sen as she picked up Kamajii's dinner and followed Rin down to the Boiler room.
Rin entered the boiler room first and said "Kamajii I brought you your granddaughter... and dinner of course."
Kamajii turned his head just as Sen walked in, "Sen your back! How are you? Where is H...." Rin shook her head, Kamajii didn't finish his sentence.
"It's great to see you as well Kamajii, and I'm doing much better since I got back," Sen said with a smile as she threw down some Kompeitou to the Susuwatari. Sen handed the bowl to Kamajii and while shoveling rice in his mouth he nodded a thank you. Rin motioned to Sen to leave, they said good- bye to Kamajii and returned to the kitchen to get their own dinner.
Chapter 5: Unexpected Friend
Chihiyaku announced to the Yuna and Aogaeru, "We have a new worker, she'll be with you Rin." Rin rolled her eyes and thought great but her eyes light up when she saw Sen walk in, actually everyone was very happy to see her.
"I can't believe it! What are you doing here, where is Haku?" Rin asked.
"Well they all thought I was crazy in the Human world and wanted to send me away, and as for Haku I haven't seen him." Sen replied.
"Oh umm..... He probably wanted to have a home and job before he got you," Rin smiled, "and his replacement he is even worse then Haku ever was." Rin said almost disgusted.
"So what are we doing today?" ask Sen.
"Oh cleaning a normal sized tub and tending a river spirit I think." Replied Rin, "so you go dump this water and I'll get breakfast."
"No last time I dumped the water so it's your turn and you remember what happened last time..... I guess we'll switch, I'll dump it tomorrow" Sen quickly said.
Rin nodded and picked up the bucket of old water. Sen walked to the Kitchen and picked up to bowls of rice and brought them back to the bath stall. Rin and Sen ate there breakfast quickly, they didn't really have time to talk, a customer would be coming soon. Rin brought the bowls back to the kitchen as Sen started to sweep the floor.
Sen was very happy that for the past six month she insisted on helping around the house, and playing Soccer. What her first visit to the Spirit World taught her is that being spoiled and never helping out would turn around and bite her in the butt when she was grown up. Rin came back and they started to scrub the tub.
"So crazy huh?" asked Rin.
"Yeah cause I wrote stories about Spirit World, had no friends, spent all day at the Mishu-Kapi river, a lady thought I said I could fly, and the list most likely continues." Sen said with a laugh, "but since I'm talking to you now I can't be crazy."
Rin replied, "Stupid Humans!....umm....I mean not you of course."
Sen laughed and said, "It's ok." Soon both Sen and Rin were laughing.
Aniyaku walked by and said, "The Mishu-Kapi river spirit is coming, he wants a lavender-orange soak." Sen gasped that was her river the one she talked to everyday. Rin got up to get the soak token, and Aniyaku left.
About a minute later the Mishu-Kapi river spirit entered the room. "Your bath will be ready in a minute Sir, while your waiting I could get you something to eat." Sen said with a smile.
"Well actually I came to see you Sen. I just wanted to see how you were doing, wanted to see you happy, and Haku happy as well." The Spirit replied.
"Oh I'm so sorry but Haku he is no longer at the bath house," replied Sen slightly frowning.
The spirit gazed up at the over pass just when a boy with yellow hair, and clothes walked by, "Oh really? Well then I'm glad your happier," said the spirit. Sen smiled and nodded just as Rin waked in.
"Oh sorry sir, sorry...." Apologized Rin, "Sen....why didn't you get him something to eat," Rin whispered, "Sorry sir, I'll get your bath ready" finished Rin as she hooked up the Bath token. Sen climbed up on the tub and pulled down the water spout. The tub quickly filled with water, the river spirit slithered into the tube.
"You know Sen, what you might remember as blue, with a yellow(happy) heart might be yellow with a blue(sad) heart." Said the river spirit. Sen nodded a bit confused she didn't understand what he meant at all.
(A/N: The spirit meant Haku who is blue (river spirit, water has a bluish tint, or is blue however you argue it(though Haku's mane is green, blue fits better)) but his current appearance is yellowier.)
About an hour later the Mishu-Kapi river spirit went to leave, he handed Sen a small bag full of gold and said, "I already paid at the door, but I want you to be happy and stay here, cause If you return you'll never return to my banks again, I'm sad to say. Give it to Yu-Baaba, she also needs to be a little less sour." The Spirit laughed, he knew Yu-Baaba would always be sour to everyone except Bou. He smiled at Sen and left.
"Well Sen, I don't know what you did, but you did it, that about pays for the incident with Kaonashi. Now go on, you heard him up to Yu-Baaba with you, I'll take care of the tub and get dinner," said Rin shooing Sen out the door.
Sen walked the familiar path to Yu-Baaba's room she really wasn't paying attention, she was thinking about the Spirit. She didn't understand half the things he had said about yellow and blue or returning to the human world, It wasn't like he knew they wanted to send Sen to a Clinic. What puzzled her the most is why/how he knew she need to give extra money to Yu- Baaba and why he had given it to her.
Just then Sen ran into a yellow haired boy, they were both so startled that Sen dropped the bag of gold. The boy bent down and picked it up, he handed it back to Sen. Sen looked up into his eyes, those eyes.... Without thinking she whispered, "Haku?" The boy looked like he was straining to not hug Sen. They held their gaze for a minute until something in the boy won the battle his faced turned sour and he pushed Sen out of the way. Sen thought, Jerk! Must be the assistant. She looked around she was in front of Yu-Baaba's door.
Sen knocked on the door and Yu-Baaba said angrily, "Come in!" Sen walked in the door and closed it behind her. "Awe...Sen what brings you here?" bitterly asked Yu-Baaba.
"I brought you this, to help pay off my debt to Aburaya," replied Sen as she laid the bag on Yu-Baaba's desk.
Yu-Baaba opened up the bag and her eyes lit up with delight she smiled greedily then said, "Good work, now leave!" Sen didn't say anything she just nodded and left to find Rin.
"What took you so long I was waiting for you so we could bring the food down to Kamajii and the Susuwatari," asked Rin.
"Sorry," answered Sen as she picked up Kamajii's dinner and followed Rin down to the Boiler room.
Rin entered the boiler room first and said "Kamajii I brought you your granddaughter... and dinner of course."
Kamajii turned his head just as Sen walked in, "Sen your back! How are you? Where is H...." Rin shook her head, Kamajii didn't finish his sentence.
"It's great to see you as well Kamajii, and I'm doing much better since I got back," Sen said with a smile as she threw down some Kompeitou to the Susuwatari. Sen handed the bowl to Kamajii and while shoveling rice in his mouth he nodded a thank you. Rin motioned to Sen to leave, they said good- bye to Kamajii and returned to the kitchen to get their own dinner.
