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Chapter 13: Mishu-Kapi's Wish

Kohaku returned to Aburaya in the middle of the night, he went directly to the boiler room. Chihiro was still sleeping by the fire with Kamajii standing over her making sure that she was alright.

"Is she still alive?" Kohaku asked.

Kamajii jumped he wasn't expecting to hear anyone, especially not Kohaku. Kamajii turned around surprised to see that it really was Kohaku that looked back at him. Kamajii said "Good to see you, looking and sounding more like yourself Haku, and yes of course she is alive. Were you able to get her medicine?"

Kohaku breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Thank you Kamajii and yes I got half the medicine, a river spirit has the other half and we just have to find him. I also have some magick coal but you can't start the boiler until after I talk to Yu-Baaba."
Kamajii nodded as Kohaku placed the coal where the old coal pile used to be and picked up Kamajii's cold cup of tea and dropped a drop on the coal. Kohaku walked over to Chihiro and sat down beside her.

Kohaku picked Chihiro up and held her, he said, "Oh I hope Mishu-Kapi comes."

Chihiro woke up and looked into Kohaku's eyes she smiled and said, "Haku, Haku it's really you, your cured." Kohaku smiled at her, Kamajii handed Kohaku a piece of paper and pencil. Kohaku wrote down something quickly and handed it to Chihiro. She read You'll be alright as well Chihiro. But please tell me why did you return?

Chihiro smiled but also looked ashamed she said, "I know I'll be alright Haku. I came back because I really didn't have any choice. Everyone said I had my head up in the clouds, I made no new friends at school and spent all my free time on the banks of the Mishu-Kapi river. I wrote stories of Spirit World, as you have read, not a soul believed me. I said an expression to the wrong person one day the expression involved flying, she mistook the expression as me saying I could fly. This Lady thought I was depressed and I was going to kill myself. After I saw the lady the Mishu- Kapi river spirit gave me a vision of you and whispered 'RETURN'. I didn't know what to do, I knew you would come for me, but I also didn't know why the river told me to return. When I got home I heard my parents talking they said that the Lady had called them and she wanted me to go to a clinic on my birthday. Most likely at the clinic they would have given me so many drugs that I would be forced to forget you and Spirit World and if you ever found me I would be reduced to a vegetable. So I had to return here, and I can't return to the Human world until I'm eighteen. When my parents can no longer make me go to a clinic, because I'll be an adult. Well they could still make me go, but not because of something that happened when I was ten. Strangely this was the safest place I could think of. Don't forget you would still be a slave if I didn't return." Kohaku smiled and nodded.

"Kamajii!....Kamajii! is Sen with you?!" Rin was yelling as she ran into the boiler room. Rin came through the door and the first thing she saw was Kohaku with Chihiro in his arms, "Haku? You came back?"

Kohaku laughed, Rin didn't know he never left, Kohaku nodded his reply.

"What's wrong Rin?" asked Kamajii.

Rin answered, "Oh yes, no problem there is just a river spirit demanding to see Sen." Kohaku's eye's lit up.

It was Kamajii who replied, "Bring him down, but only him." Rin nodded and left. A few minutes later Rin walked in with the spirit. The spirit was so shocked when he saw that it was Chihiro that was in trouble not Kohaku. "Don't worry to much all she needs is that medicine that Arikii gave you, and the medicine she gave me," said Kohaku.

The spirit smiled, "I'm glad to see you back to normal Haku, and soon I'll see you both smile," said the spirit. As he handed Haku something that looked like the Nigadango, except this one smelled awful, when the Nigadango smelt good but tasted awful. Kamajii was already trying to heat up water with the tea bag over the open fire. Everyone waited for the tea to be ready, Kamajii poured the tea in a old cup and set it by Kohaku. Chihiro had been awake to long with no food, and she was drifting back to sleep. Kohaku propped her head up and tried to feed her the medicine. Chihiro recoiled from the rancid smell and struggled against Kohaku for a minute till she passed out.

Kohaku broke the medicine up into little pieces, and slipped one into Chihiro's mouth. Everyone watched hoping she would swallow it, after a minute Chihiro regained consciousness and swallowed. Maybe it was the repulsive smell, the good taste, or that the medicine worked while it was on her tongue just enough to wake her up. Chihiro already feeling better, took the rest of the medicine from Kohaku and ate it. Kohaku picked up the tea and handed it to Chihiro. Chihiro could already sit up and she felt completely better except her ears. When Chihiro was finish with the tea her ears went Pop!, she literally heard a pop.

Chihiro smiled at Kohaku. "So how long until she is cured?" asked Rin.

"I am cured!" laughed Chihiro. Kohaku laughed as well, they both were cured, and they were together.

"They're happy," was the last thing Mishu-Kapi said before he passed out.

Before anyone could react Kamajii frowned, "His river is gone." Mishu-Kapi slowly changed from a dragon like water spirit to a young man of twenty or so, he woke up.

"Where am I?" Mishu-Kapi asked he looked confused.

"You're in Aburaya bath house, you need to demand that Yu-Baaba gives you a job here, the work will be hard, but you can stay. At this moment it is all you can do, We'll bring you to her," said Kohaku.

"Ok," replied Mishu-Kapi. Kohaku and Chihiro got up and lead Mishu- Kapi to Yu-Baaba.