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Chapter 10: One Month Later

Sen was getting more tired each and every day for a month, she even lost her appetite. Rin had to force to eat one dumpling each day and drink one cup of tea. Sen's arm had fully healed and all the pain was gone, everything was back to normal except she only had one month to live (she still doesn't know she is dying) and she was still deaf, Yu-Baaba also didn't know that Sen was dying. Sen worked hard each day in Aburaya, and even smiled sometimes.

Something was wrong on the Island a bone chilling cold had swept over the Bath House, causing Kamajii to use more coal each day. The Bath House was in trouble, the coal was running low and guest where no longer allowed to come. Kamajii tried to preserve the coal but it seemed that someone was taking the coal and a new shipment was delayed. They ran out of coal, and Sen returned to sleeping in the woman's sleeping quarters. Everyone had to sleep close together to keep warm at night and they had to eat cold tea and bread. Only Kamajii, and Yu-Baaba didn't sleep with in the men's or woman's quarters for warmth.

One morning Yu-Baaba's apprentice entered the Boiler room. Kamajii knew what he wanted, Yu-Baaba was very mad that they had to shut the bath house temporarily, and today she had decided that it was Kamajii's fault and was going to express this thought to him. Kamajii sighed and started to walk up to Yu-Baaba's house.

Yu-Baaba's apprentice was just about to return through the door when a piece of paper that the Susuwatari were holding, caught his eye.